SWALLOWFIELD SHOW 2023
Charitable donations
Run for the benefit of the community, the two-day Swallowfield Show aims to provide high quality traditional family entertainment whilst raising money for local charities.
Organised by volunteers who are members and friends of the Swallowfield Horticultural Society (SHS), the 2023 Swallowfield Show attracted an impressive 8,000 visitors and raised a record sum of £24,833.
The following pages provide details of all the local charities and good causes who received a share of the funds raised by the 2023 event.
Berkshire Animal Connection Centre
The Swallowfield based Berkshire Animal Connection Centre provides a sanctuary to animals who are unwanted, abused or abandoned as well as a safe space for people of all ages, ethnicities and identities to experience and benefit from therapeutic interaction with them.
www.animalconnectioncentre.org
THRIVE
Beech Hill based charity THRIVE uses gardening to bring about positive changes in the lives of people living with disabilities or ill health or who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable.
Royal Berks Charity
SHS Chairman Graham Stanley is pictured with Martin Butler, Community and Events Manager at the Royal Berks Charity, who was delighted to accept a contribution to the hospital’s Oasis Wellbeing Garden appeal.
www.royalberkscharity.co.uk
Launchpad
Reading’s leading homelessness prevention charity Launchpad provides vital information and support to anyone in Reading who doesn’t have a stable place to live or is at risk of losing their home.
www.launchpadreading.org.uk
Home-Start Wokingham District
Pictured with SHS Treasurer Carolyn Clark is Gareth Heard, Trustee of Home-Start Wokingham District. This local charity provides a family support service to disadvantaged and vulnerable families in the Wokingham district and offers one to one support through its unique home visiting service.
www.home-startwd.org.uk
Daisy’s Dream
Daisy’s Dream works predominantly in Berkshire and surrounding areas offering a professional support service which responds to the needs of children and families affected by life threatening illness or bereavement.
www.daisysdream.org.uk
Berkshire Search & Rescue Dogs (BSARD)
BSARD is a volunteer Lowland Rescue search dog team. On call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, BSARD supports the Police and other Emergency Services to search for, locate and reunite high risk vulnerable missing people with their loved ones.
www.bsard.org.uk
Saving Abandoned Fly-Grazing Equines (SAFE)
SAFE supports local landowners to legally rescue and re-home abandoned and neglected horses in the Berkshire and Surrey areas.
Rescue, Rehabilitate and Re-home are the three fundamental objectives of the charity which currently cares for 28 horses.
www.safe-horses.co.uk
The Happy Hedgehog Rescue
The Happy Hedgehog Rescue is a self funded animal sanctuary based in Yateley which rehabilitates hedgehogs in need before releasing them back to the wild where they are happiest.
www.happyhedgehog.org.uk
Headway
Headway Thames Valley, based in Henley-on-Thames, helps adults of all ages in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire to live life after brain injury by providing those affected and their families with information, support and services.
www.headway.org.uk
Saints Sled Dog Rescue
A regular and very popular presence at the Show, Saints Sled Dog Rescue is a charity dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing unwanted, neglected or stray Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute breeds.
www.saintssleddogrescue.co.uk
Peter Samuel Charitable Trust
Pictured is SHS Treasurer Carolyn Clark meeting with the Viscount Bearsted of Farley Estate. Farley Estate very kindly allow the show to be hosted in Swallowfield Park in exchange for a donation to the Peter Samuel Charitable Trust which is chaired by Lord Bearsted.
pa@farleyfarms.co.uk
The Swallowfield Show
Thanks go to the team of dedicated volunteers who organise the Swallowfield Show and to traders, sponsors, exhibitors and visitors for supporting our local community event and making it such a success!
www.swallowfieldshow.co.uk