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.