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| Derbyshire Shire Horse Association at Croots |
Derbyshire
Shire Horse Association has presented £500 to the Nightingale Macmillan Unit, a
specialist palliative care unit at the Royal Derby Hospital, following the
group’s annual open day.
The money
was raised from admission fees, raffle tickets, a tombola and sponsorship from
local companies – and was handed over during a ceremony at Croots Farm Shop.
Staged at
Farnah House Farm, just outside Duffield, and the home of Croots Farm Shop, the
show is an annual event which attracts pedigree Shire horses from across
Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire.
“We have
held our annual event at Farnah House Farm for several years and plan to hold
it there again on the first Sunday of next August. We are delighted to have
raised £500 for the Nightingale Macmillan Unit,” said Sheila Shardlow, treasurer
of the Derbyshire Shire Horse Association.
Approximately
30 Shire horses took part in the show, dressed in all their finery – attracting
crowds of visitors.
Farnah
House Farm is the home of Jim Yates, President of the Derbyshire Shire Horse
Association, and his wife Sue, who have been breeding and rearing Shire horses
for many decades. Jim is also the chairman of the executive committee of the
Shire Horse Society, the only national charity that is dedicated to the protection, promotion and
improvement of the Shire horse.
Their
daughter Kay Croot, who runs Croots Farm Shop with her husband Steve, said: “We
thoroughly enjoy hosting the annual open day run by Derbyshire Shire Horse
Association, and are pleased that the event raised so much money for a local
good cause.”
Photo
caption, front row, left to right, Simon Livesey, who is chairman of Derbyshire
Shire Horse Association, Janet Sanders, from the Nightingale Macmillan Unit,
Jim Yates, president of the Derbyshire Shire Horse Association, and committee
member Kay Croot, from Croots Farm Shop, with other committee members of the
Derbyshire Shire Horse Association.
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