Derbyshire farm shop Croots will be supporting two charities
during 2012, it has announced.
The farm shop in Wirksworth Road, near Duffield, will continue
to raise money for the Shire Horse Society in recognition of the
Shire horses that live in the fields around the store. But it will
also support Derbyshire Children's Holiday Centre - a charity that
provides disadvantaged children in Derbyshire with holidays in
Skegness.
The charity provides 450 holiday places per season and needs to
raise more than £150,000 a year to continue its work.
Steve Croot, who runs Croots Farm Shop, said: "With the support
of our customers and staff, we have raised many hundreds of pounds
for local and national charities since we launched in June 2008,
and this year we hope to continue the good work by collecting for
the Shire Horse Society and Derbyshire Children's Holiday
Centre.
"We plan to have a number of events and competitions over the
next 12 months which we hope will raise much-needed funds for these
two causes."
Croots Farm Shop and Kitchen, based at Farnah House Farm, is
open Sundays from 10am to 4pm (café until 3.45pm), and from
Tuesday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm (café until 4.30pm). It
is closed on Mondays.