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 | Come along and join us at Hilderstone Village Hall for a fun packed evening with your family and friends where 'jockeys' from the audience try to coax their wooden pigs along a length of rope to the finish line. During the evening there will be eight races to have a flutter on, so plenty of chance to win!
Tickets £7.50 (under 12's £5) to include a bacon bap (or veggie alternative) available from Oak Tree Farm Reception. Payment by cash or cheque only please. Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Click for more details |
| | Come and
join us for our annual Christmas at the Farm event where we will have wreaths
and other 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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| | The Ingestre Singers will be putting on
a Celebration of Christmas concert at Sandon Hall. Tickets for this popular event can be
purchased from Oak Tree Farm, or by contacting Paul Wyatt on sandonwyatts@btinternet.com or 01889
508042. Tickets are £8 which includes a
glass of wine and a mince pie.
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 | Our Christmas Lunch menu will be available in our tea room from Monday 12th November until Friday 14th December between 12-2pm each day. Booking advisable as we do get very busy at this time of year. Click for more details |
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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. We hope to have the interior fitted out in time to open the shop before Christmas. Click for more details |
 | At the beginning of September Bob Colclough began cycling the US Pacific Coast route to raise money for Oak Tree Farm Rural Project in Hilderstone. The three-week ride was to cover 1857 miles from Vancouver, in Canada, to San Diego just short of the Mexican border. Unfortunately, after cycling 800 miles, Bob became ill and was unable to complete the journey. He has posted the following update on his Just Giving page.
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those that have followed the trip on FB you will already know the outcome. I
became ill half way through the ride and had to return home. There was a
considerable amount of Flu in Oregon and it seems I contracted a strain. Simply
rest and staying warm is the only treatment."
Although Bob is disappointed not have reached his goal of reaching San Diego, we are still really proud of him for achieving what he did, and would like to thank him and his supporters for the donations made on his Just Giving page. We wish Bob a speedy recovery now that he is back in the UK.
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 | 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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security very seriously at Oak Tree Farm Rural Project and it has always been
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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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The Craft Group continues to meet monthly on the first
Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the Tea Room.
A charge of £5 per session includes a hot drink and slice of
the wonderful Oak Tree Farm cake.
On 4th September we will be doing free motion embroidery and the
programme for the rest of the year is below.
Do come along and join us, you can join in with the topic
for the evening or bring your own project to work on with like-minded
friends.
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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 |
| | Get regular updates about what's happening at Oak Tree Farm Rural Project. Follow our Facebook page Click for more details |
| | Duncan Latham ran the Cordoba Half Marathon on 27th November in memory of his brother Mark Latham who was a much loved team member at Oak Tree Farm for many years. If you wish to sponsor Duncan or find out more about the challenge please visit his Virgin Money Giving page through this link http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/DuncanLatham Click for more details |
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