Why We Charge for Community Impact Days
When a business brings a team to Stonebridge for a volunteer day, they are stepping into a working community space, not a spare or unused one. We are always glad to welcome organisations who want to contribute their time and energy, and we value the commitment that brings people out of the workplace and onto the farm.
Hosting corporate volunteers takes planning and resource. It involves staff time, supervision, safeguarding, insurance, and the ongoing care of our land, tools, animals, and facilities. It also means adapting our normal routines, all of which has to be managed by a small charity with limited capacity.
If we did not charge a fee, those costs would be absorbed by donations intended to support our volunteers and local community. That would effectively mean subsidising a company’s team day or CSR activity, which would not be a responsible use of charitable funds.
Our fee is not about profit. It is about covering the real costs of hosting and setting a clear, respectful boundary. It allows us to support our staff and volunteers properly and ensures that welcoming businesses does not detract from our core purpose.
We are genuinely grateful to the organisations who choose to invest in the farm as a shared community resource. In practice, those partners tend to become our strongest and most committed long-term supporters.
See who has joined us recently and what they got up to
Coca-Cola
Capital One
Capital One
A day of construction for the team from Coca-Cola. They helped with our new bird aviary and also assembled some of our new tables and chairs. They also made a generous donation to the farm on top of their CID contribution.
Capital One
Capital One
Capital One
Capital One joined the number of CIDs who have been working on our aviary. They gave our newly sowed grass seeds a good watering and of course the farm's favourite task of moving manure!
HWA
Capital One
Yugo
The team from HWA were raring to go. Luckily they wore their hi-vis vests because the first task they were given was to make up some sweet packs for an upcoming event! Unfortunately for them once they had finished that task they did some weeding and clearing of the animal paddocks.
Yugo
Exposure Ninja
Yugo
The team from Yugo were given loads of tasks to do during their time on the farm. They carried on working on the new bird aviary, made a pumpkin tree feature, a spot of weeding, painting and cleaning. The managed to get so many jobs done throughout their day at the farm.
Ideagen
Exposure Ninja
Exposure Ninja
You would think that the weeds would stop growing during the autumn/winter months. Unfortunately for us that isn't the case, but lucky for us we had the team from Ideagen on hand to get pulling!
Exposure Ninja
Exposure Ninja
Exposure Ninja
The team from Exposure Ninja were an excellent team who had a tremendous drive to support the farm. The team were from up and down the country and usually work remotely so this was a great opportunity to meet each other for the first time in person and to build working relationships. Lots of fun was had working together and figuring things out as a team.