Collective Charity Auction

Wednesday 4th November 2020
Collective Charity Auction

Collective Charity Auction of 12 Vintage & Classic Tractors, Machinery & Bygones Mark Northcott, head of Symonds & Sampson Farm Dispersal Sales was delighted to hand over a cheque for…

Countrymen UK

Saturday 8th August 2020
Countrymen UK

Future Roots are the founding organisation of the registered charity Countrymen UK. This was funded through the support of the National Lottery and other local funding streams. To find out more about…

Holnest Country Fayre Report

Saturday 3rd October 2015
Holnest Country Fayre Report

  It was another busy weekend at Rylands Farm near Sherborne as more people than ever flocked to the fourth annual Holnest Country Fayre. Fun favours the bold it seems as those who were…

Farmhouse Breakfast Fund 2014

Wednesday 29th October 2014

    Our new Crowdfunder video to raise funds to pay for a farmhouse breakfast for every child who visits us at our farm in…

Wessex Country

Tuesday 5th August 2014
Wessex Country

Dozens of volunteers from Dorset’s Wessex Group answered a call for help and spent a day sprucing up a farm used by disadvantaged and disabled children. The 30 volunteers descended on Rylands Farm…

A song and dance at Hilfield Friary

Tuesday 15th July 2014

Our good friends at Hilfield Friary have raised over £1,000 for Future Roots from a good ol’ fashioned barn dance. Hilfield Friary has been the home to Franciscan brothers since 1921 and today…

Dorset AONB supports gardening at Whitfield

Tuesday 3rd June 2014

The Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty(AONB) Sustainable Development Fund has awarded Future Roots a grant of £1,600 to purchase garden tools for the new Whitfield site. The AONB is one of a…

We’re a Santander SEDA winner!

Thursday 24th October 2013

Future Roots has been announced as one of the winners of the 2013 Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards. The Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards (SEDA) aim to support social…

Ernest Cook Trust funds rural skills

Tuesday 7th May 2013

Future Roots has received a grant of £4,000 from the Ernest Cook Trust, one of the UK’s leading educational charities. Ernest Cook Trust Rooted in the conservation and management of the…

Future Roots receives Welly-aid from C&O Tractors

Thursday 27th December 2012

Future Roots has always been lucky to receive the support of Dorset’s food and farming champions who help us to support young people in the county when they are facing challenges in their…