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 | Our Oak Leaf Tea room will be closed on Thursday 19th December through to Saturday 4th January. It will reopen on Monday 6th January 2020. Thank you to all our customers who have supported our tea room in the past year.
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join us for our annual Christmas at the Farm event where we will have festive decorations made by our Team Members for sale, along with stalls
selling Christmas crafts and handmade gifts, cards, plants and pottery. The Tea Room will be open for light
refreshments and mince pies.
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 | We are fundraising for an AED We are working with the charity AED Donate to raise money to provide a lifesaving defibrillator here at Oak Tree Farm for the benefit of team members, staff, volunteers, visitors and the wider community. You can contribute by sending a donation to the farm, or placing it in the collection boxes in our tea room and shop, or online at aeddonate.org.uk/projects/oak-tree-farm.
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 | Hannah, Michael and Kelly enjoyed a visit to the Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre to present a donation of £450. This was from the money they raised during the Team Members' bike-a-thon in August, which the Team Members chose to split between Oak Tree Farm and the wildlife centre, after they heard about the fire that destroyed part of the centre earlier this year.
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 | Thank you to everyone who supported our coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Alzheimer's Society We raised £158 to be split between the two charities.
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 | Following the success of the previous years’ bike-a-thons, the Team Members, Staff and Volunteers did it all again. They smashed their target mileage of 350 miles and cycled a total of 445 miles and have so far raised £925, so we’ll done to everyone who took part and thank you to all those who supported us and made donations. All monies raised by our Team Members will be divided between Oak Tree Farm and the Team Members’ chosen charity which is the Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre.
We also have a Just Giving page online for the event at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/oak-tree-farm-bike-a-thon.
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As some of you may remember, Bob Colclough attempted to cycle the West coast of USA last year in aid of Oak Tree Farm. Unfortunately he became ill part way through and had to abandon the ride. This year he hopes to try again. Here is what he says on his Just Giving page about it:
"The adventure begins again...........Cycling from Seattle to
San Diego on the Mexican border. Those that followed the ride last year will be
aware of the “Oregon Flu” I contracted which meant I was unable to complete the
ride fully. So it’s “unfinished business”!!
This is a "once-in-a-lifetime" trip, riding the North American Pacific Coast. 1630 miles with 106,300 feet of climbing.
Starting from Seattle on 6 September the route begins mainly flat and rolling with a few climbs through
Washington State, but soon becomes hilly along the coast of Oregon. Steep and long with spectacular views and undoubtedly exhilarating descents!
California is Redwood country with its coastline vistas and numerous towns and cities including San
Francisco. The route actually traverses the Golden Gate Bridge and then onward towards LA and Santa Monica where I began my 2017 Transamerica ride to Orlando.
The plan is to arrive in San Diego by 1 October and if there's time I'd like to visit San Diego Zoo which I recall reading about as a child.
All in all, this is considered as one of the most beautiful rides in the world and one which I am really looking forward to.
Having previously raised funds for national charities, I have chosen to continue my support for the Oak Tree Farm Rural Project, a local charity to Staffordshire that undertakes such wonderful work helping people with learning disabilities gain independence towards an active role in society."
If you would like to
support Bob and Oak Tree Farm you can donate online through his Just Giving
page following this link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bob-colclough1
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| | We are very sad to announce that one of our Patrons, Lady Jane Harrowby passed away on 1st May 2019. Lady Harrowby was always eager to support the work of Oak Tree Farm in any way she could over the years and was very much a friend of the farm. She was a frequent visitor and always took time to speak to team members, staff and volunteers. She will be greatly missed by us all.
There was a memorial service for Lady Harrowby at Lichfield Cathedral on Monday 24th June.
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 | Our shop has now moved to it's new premises in the extension next to our tea room. It will be open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 3pm. We will be selling pottery made on site by our Team Members, crafts and cards and, later in the year, cut flowers grown at the farm. Our plants sales are now based at the new shop, with a new plant sales area just outside the shop/tea room. We look forward to you visiting. Click for more details |
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The Craft Group continues to meet monthly on the first Tuesday of the month to enjoy crafting and learn new skills whilst raising funds for Oak Tree Farm. All meetings start at 7pm and finish by 9:30pm and are open to all. A charge of £5 covers refreshments and some materials and all proceeds are donated to the Farm. In 2018 we were able to donate over £750 to the Farm, plus many members made and donated items to be sold in the shop.
The photo shows the fabric corsage flowers we made at the June meeting.
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The new shop will provide further opportunities for our Team Members to learn new skills, including floristry, using the till, customer service and so on. Click for more details |
 | In September Bob Colclough, retired NHS manager from Leigh, will be cycling the US Pacific Coast route to raise money for Oak Tree Farm Rural Project in Hilderstone. The three-week ride will cover 1857 miles from Vancouver, in Canada, to San Diego just short of the Mexican border.
Bob says “This is the latest in a series of long distance rides I have done for charity. Previously I have supported national charities, but decided this time to support a local one.”
David Folkes, Chairman, says “We are delighted that Bob will be supporting us in this way and look forward to following his progress on social media.”
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 | Thank you to everyone who came to our Focus Day this year. Our Team Members really enjoyed showing visitors what they do when they come to Oak Tree Farm.
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 | Following on from the success of lasts year's bike-a-thon, our Team Members did it all again. This year they cycled 337 miles, the distance from Oak Tree Farm to our plug plant suppliers in the Netherlands, on static exercise bikes in our animal area outside the tea room. Our team members raised £900 which will be divided between Oak Tree Farm and the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
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 | Congratulations to our Team Members on winning 2nd place in the Traditional category at the Hilderstone Village Scarecrow weekend. Click for more details |
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The hammer fell at Oak Tree Farm Rural
Project last Friday 16th March when local artist Rita Banks donated 26 of her
paintings to be auctioned.
We were delighted with Rita’s generous offer and called on the services of
auctioneer and friend of the Farm, Mike Beardmore, to conduct the auction.
Viewing took place from 6pm and by the time the auction began at 7pm the Tea
Room was packed with eager bidders.
Rita supported Mike by telling the story behind the paintings as they went under the hammer; many had been exhibited and won
international prizes.
By the end of the evening all the paintings had
been sold and we had raised the amazing sum of £1148 to boost funds.
Sincere thanks to Rita Banks for her generous
donation and to Mike Beardmore for his skills as the auctioneer.
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| | Thank you to those of you who came and supported this event. We raised £237 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Click for more details |
| | Check the 'What's On' page of our website for details of all the events we have coming up over the next few months. Click for more details |
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