COMMUNITY
We are proud to play an active part within our community. Each year we donate raffle prizes to a large number of local schools and businesses for their fundraising, as well as supporting some brilliant local charities.
Throughout 2025 we will once again be supporting some of the wonderful charities within Oxfordshire and the surrounding areas. So far this year, our chosen charities are:
SSNAP:
Supporting sick newborn and their parents.
In May 2025 we held our first ‘Big Farm Vehicles’ weekend and raised an incredible £9,737.01 for SSNAP. A big THANK YOU to everyone who came along and joined us in raising this money for SSNAP.
In the UK, 1 in 10 babies need specialist care at birth. SSNAP supports sick & premature babies and their families in the Newborn Care Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Imagine your newborn baby needing specialist care at birth. Instead of those very special days getting to know your baby as a family, you’re catapulted into an unfamiliar world of incubators, wires, medical tests and interventions.
While your baby has specialist treatment at the John Radcliffe Hospital, SSNAP provide emotional, medical, financial and informational support to help families through the trauma & upheaval.
They champion the right of all sick and premature babies treated in Oxford to receive the best care. They do this by supporting families, purchasing life saving equipment and enabling life changing research and training.
APP:
The APP (Action on Postpartum Psychosis) charity is dedicated to supporting women and families affected by postpartum psychosis (PP), a serious mental health condition that can appear suddenly after childbirth. This condition can bring about hallucinations, delusions, and intense mood swings, making it a challenging experience for new mothers and their loved ones.
APP offers a lifeline through its peer support network, connecting women and families with others who have gone through similar experiences. The charity also shares valuable information about PP, including treatment options and recovery tips, to empower those affected.
Our customers can help us to support this charity by choosing to add on a small donation when booking tickets to Sprouts Play Barn. Millets Farm will then match every donation made.
We hope that by supporting this charity we can not only raise money for them to continue their important work, but to also raise awareness of this treatable condition impacting families.
The Abingdon Bridge:
The Abingdon Bridge (TAB) is a charity based in Oxfordshire that provides essential support for young people aged 13-25. They offer a range of services designed to help young individuals navigate life’s challenges, including counselling, group work, one-on-one wellbeing support, and healthy lifestyle programs
Our customers can help us to support this charity by choosing to add on a small donation when booking tickets to Sprouts Play Barn (from June onwards). Millets Farm will then match every donation made.
The Wantage and Abingdon Food Banks:
Every week we donate fresh fruit and veg to Abingdon Food Bank and you can help to! If you’d like to contribute towards this as part of your shop, simply pick up a leaflet in-store or ask a member of the team.
The Guide Dogs:
The Guide Dogs charity is dedicated to helping people with sight loss live independently and confidently. They provide a range of services, including the training and placement of guide dogs, to support individuals with visual impairments.
Our annual dog show, which is taking place in May this year, raises money through it’s class entry fees and we hope to surpass our previous donations every year.
We are honoured to be able to support these great local charities and will continue to work with our local communities as much as we can.
In 2024 we supported…
The Wantage and Abingdon Food Banks:
Every week we donated fresh fruit and veg to Abingdon Food Bank, to allow them to offer fresh food options along with the food parcels they distribute to families every week.
The Ashfield Trust / Butterfly Suite:
The Ashfield Trust do incredible work supporting families at the John Radcliffe Maternity Unit in Oxford, creating suites that give families a private and appropriate space to grieve, create memories and spend time following the loss of their child in late pregnancy or shortly after birth. The team based at the Butterfly Suite personally supported one of our own team members in 2023 following the loss of their baby, Alfie.