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Free Rumwell by Candlelight event in aid of charities
| Published: 15th November 2019 10:08 |
FAMILIES from Somerset are invited this December (2019) to a free shopping experience with food tastings and festive music at a farm shop in the county.
Rumwell Farm Shop is hosting its annual Rumwell by Candlelight event on Wednesday, December 4 from 5pm until 7.30pm to raise money for two charities.
Anne Mitchell, Joint Owner of the farm shop, which is located on the A38 between Taunton and Wellington, explained: "The shop and cafe will be lit by candles and soft lighting during the event, which makes it such a unique, festive experience.
"We are hosting the evening this year in aid of Compass Disability Services and League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital. There will be collection buckets throughout the farm shop for people to drop their change into."
People who attend the event will receive a free mulled wine and mince pie on arrival. During the evening Singsational, formerly known as Somerset Hills Chorus, a Taunton based women's singing group will be performing Christmas carols and other songs. There will also be other musical entertainment throughout the evening.
Anne added: "There will also be the chance to try some tasty food items made by our staff in our butchery, such as our award-winning sausages.
"Regional suppliers such as Bramley & Gage liqueurs will be with us with its gin range and Mark Butler from Cellarmarque will be on hand offering samples of beautiful wines to compliment Christmas foods. Admission and parking is free."
Compass Disability Services is a user led charity and its Board of Trustees is comprised of at least 80% disabled individuals. The charity has adopted the Social Model of Disability as a way of working to remove barriers which exclude disabled people from equality of opportunity.
It also runs Compass Wellbeing, which is the first dedicated, fully inclusive wellbeing centre in Taunton. It aims to offer a wide range of activities, therapies and experiences that benefit members of the community, promote integration and tackles the problems caused by isolation, exclusion and loneliness.
While the charity has a background in working with disabled people, the wellbeing centre is open to people of all ages and abilities and boasts a café, garden, hydro pool and sensory room.
League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital was formed in 1959 by the Rotary Club of Taunton. It promotes voluntary service in the hospital and raises funds to buy extra equipment over and above what the NHS can afford.
The charity runs a shop in the Duchess Building and a trolley service around the wards, supplying patients, visitors and staff with some of the little extras to make life more comfortable. Bastable Lodge opposite A&E was also built by the charity to accommodate relatives of acute patients free of charge in times of crisis.
Rumwell Farm Shop is an independent, family-run, award-winning business owned by the Mitchell family. It was originally a potato store, when David and Anne Mitchell began selling their potatoes and free-range eggs at the gate.
Due to customer demand, the range of products soon increased, and the farm shop grew into the place it is today. David and Anne's sons, James and Jack, are now also involved in the business, as well as daughters-in-law Sophie and Donna.
Rumwell Farm Shop has a traditional butchery counter selling free-range pork and Aberdeen Angus beef reared just four miles away on the family farm. There is also a delicatessen, bakery, jam kitchen, food hall, wine cellar and gift room.
Home grown potatoes are also still available, when in season, as well as everything from fruit, vegetables and groceries to plants, flowers, gifts and cards.
The Rumwell Cafe can seat approximately 80 people. The food prepared in the cafe kitchen is sourced from the farm shop, the Mitchell family farm and regional suppliers.
Families are welcome to the cafe and there is a menu especially for children. The cafe also serves afternoon teas, carvery on a Sunday and is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
The Rumwell by Candlelight event will take place at Rumwell Farm Shop on Wednesday, December 4 from 5pm until 7.30pm.
For more information, please call Rumwell Farm Shop, which is located in Rumwell between Taunton and Wellington, on 01823 461599, visit www.rumwellfarmshop.com, follow the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/rumwellfarmshop or log on to www.facebook.com/Rumwellfarmshop.
Photograph caption: (Left) Paul Netley from Nynehead and (right) Sheila Netley from Sampford Arundel enjoying food samples with (centre) Denise Mear, Administrator at Rumwell Farm Shop.
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