Welcome to our Spring Newsletter! We have introduced a few new features over the past few months including: A WhatsApp group for the staff and volunteers which has proved successful in keeping us all in touch (and helping when we forget the milk!). A New Poster which we are distributing around the local towns and […]
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WELCOME TO OUR WINTER NEWSLETTER! Welcome to 2024 and our Winter Newsletter. We want to extend our warmest wishes to you all, and to thank our sponsors and everyone who has donated to Countrymen UK over the past year. Your continued support means the world to us, we really do appreciate your kind generosity and
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We would like to say a big thank you to an anonymous donor, who has enabled us to revamp the car park as well as creating a warm space for the Countrymen to use in the depths of winter. A very happy 30th birthday to Harry who is busy helping with the project.
We are very grateful for the generous support from the Somerset Community Foundation, their donation will make a big difference to the running of the Countrymen’s club just across the border in Dorset. We would also like to thank Dike and son, Stalbridge who have also made a generous donation. This will help local men
Countrymen recently receive a funding boost curtesy of Hunt’s Food Group community fund, here is their post. At Hunt’s Food Group, we are passionate about using our business as a force for good. We have been proud to support many local and national charities for many years, and in 2022, we pledged to increase this
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On Tuesday 9th May the Countrymen’s club at Boyshill near Sherborne, hosted a special party for club members and friends of the club to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. The weather thankfully stayed dry as the barn filled up with countrymen and their families. We were entertained by a wonderful trio called Doctor
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The Dorset group have been keeping warm by digging over the compost in the polytunnels. We have had donations of seeds from the local community, so we will soon be able to get planting! The cattle and ponies all have full winter coats on and the Shetlands resemble hairy barrels at the moment. I am
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We have had a busy autumn and winter, with many new men joining the club as covid regulations relax. We still have plenty of ventilation in the barn and of course out and about on the farm! This winter, we have a good crop of broad beans growing nicely and ready to be planted in
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Countrymen UK marks 10th anniversary at Dorset farm to celebrate all the men it has helped find the respite and meaningful activity they longed for At the end of July many local people gathered at Ryland’s Farm, just outside Sherborne, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the innovative Countrymen UK Club which has featured on
This year marks the 10th year since Julie’s initial start-up of Countrymen. Over the last decade the Club has trained 11 other spaces and farms across the country to use the its model, from Cornwall to Buckinghamshire, Wales to Scotland. Julie says, “We hope that now Covid is more manageable that we will be able
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