Our charities

Farmfestival was conceived to create an event that stood up to the growing number of over-priced and overly corporate festivals dominating the U.K every summer. Every year donations are made to a number of charities including Practical Action, and this year, The British Stammering Association (Gav suffered from a stammer) and local organisation, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance.

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Practical Action

This is an international development charity with a difference. Based on Erwin Schumacher's 'small is beautiful ', Practical Action works together with some of the world's poorest women, men and children, helping to tackle poverty in the developing world through the innovative use of technology. Their vision is of 'a world free of poverty and injustice, in which technology is used to the benefit of all'.

Practical Action has locally-staffed offices and full-scale regional programmes in East and Southern Africa, Latin America and South Asia, and country programmes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sudan.

They will be setting up a marquee and showing their achievements at the festival.

www.practicalaction.org

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British Stammering Association

The British Stammering Association, (BSA) is the only national organisation for adults and children who stammer, run by people who stammer. One of our team, Gav, sadly lost, had a stammer that he fought and conquered with the guidance and help of the BSA.


www.stammering.org

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Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

Many people do not realise that the Air Ambulance service receives no direct funding from the Government or the National Lottery and relies solely on the generosity of the public to help it raise the £1.4 million a year it costs to keep flying. The crews pride themselves on having an outstanding air ambulance emergency service, with their teams of highly trained paramedics and pilots using their knowledge, skill and cheerful enthusiasm to save lives every day.

www.dsairambulance.org.uk