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Wallingford Freemasons Lodge donates to Style Acre and other local charities The Ingham Clark Freemasons Lodge, based in Wallingford donated over £2,000 to local charities at a ‘Giving Event’ on Saturday 25 January. The lodge is keen to support local…

Help us win the Oxford Bus Company ‘Brand the Bus’ Competition We’re excited to announce that we’ve entered the Oxford Bus Company ‘Brand the Bus’ competition once again this year, and we need your support! Last year, thanks to your…

Abba Tribute kicks of our 30th anniversary celebrations What a fun-packed Friday we had at our Abba tribute night, marking the perfect start to our 30th anniversary celebrations! As the doors opened, the audience arrived in some fantastic Abba-inspired costumes…

The Tea Room is chosen for the Tesco blue token scheme We are excited to announce that Tesco is supporting the Tea Room through it’s blue token scheme from now until 31 March. If you shop at any of the…

Portcullis Lodge purchases much needed equipment for the Style Acre Tea Room The Portcullis Lodge No. 6672, a Freemasonry organisations who meet in Wallingford generously donated much needed equipment to the Style Acre Tea Room. The lodge has approximately 35…

Record numbers take part in Charity Santa Dash The annual Style Acre Santa Dash, sponsored by Rowse Honey and In House Sales and Letting took place on the 1 December with a record number of Santa’s. 380 Santa’s took to…

Celebrating amazing achievements at SABRe in Banbury A couple of weeks ago we were celebrating amazing achievements at our wonderful community hub SABRe in Banbury. The annual awards evening is one of the highlights of the year for everyone we…

Style Acre sells Chilli and Nacho’s at Wallingford 1155 Fireworks Following on from the success of our Chilli and Nacho stand at Truck Fest we were delighted to attend the Wallingford 1155 Fireworks on the 2nd November. Our team of…

Join Style Acre’s Oxford Half Marathon 2025 Team Join Style Acre’s Oxford Half Marathon 2025 Team! Style Acre turns 30 next year and to celebrate we are taking a team to the Oxford Half Marathon on Sunday 12 October 2025.…

Coachmakers Arms quiz night in aid of Style Acre While we were all celebrating Halloween at Dan’s Disco on Sunday 27 October, The Coachmakers Arms in Wallingford were hosting a pub quiz in aid of Style Acre.    The pub was…

Ten runners take on The Oxford Half 2024 Wow, The Oxford Half Marathon 2024, what a great way to spend a dry, bright and crisp Sunday morning supporting a great team of runners! Our ten runners put on our bright…

Vertex volunteers return for their annual volunteer day We welcomed a group of 10 volunteers from Vertex Pharmaceuticals at the Wantage Market Garden on Friday 20th September. Every year Vertex come and volunteer at the end of September and help…

Walking on Fire for Style Acre Last week four people from Style Acre (Lisa, Kim, Bev and Alishia) took part in a heat defying challenge, a Firewalk. Determination, energy and adrenaline was running high, and the team soon hot footed…

Wantage Market Garden welcome Centrica volunteers We had the pleasure of welcoming back Centrica for a volunteer day on Friday 13th September. This time the team ventured to our Garden Project at the Wantage Market Garden. With the sun shining…

Style Acre finalists at the Cherwell Business Awards 2024 The twelfth annual Cherwell Business Awards ceremony was a night of celebration, honouring the outstanding leaders, businesses, and charitable organisations that make Cherwell District a hub of innovation and community spirit. Style Acre…

BDO volunteer at Station House Station house (one of a supported living houses) welcomed a team of six volunteers from BDO on Monday 9th September to help with a a spot of DIY! The team were eager to get going,…

Style Acre Superheroes complete the Superhero Triathlon On Saturday, our Style Acre Superheroes took part in the Superhero Tri at Dorney lake near Windsor. Everyone pulled out the stops to swim, cycle and run their hearts out. They each had…

Round the World Bear returns home raising £40,000 for Style Acre Style Acre a local charity supporting 275 adults with learning disabilities and autism in Oxfordshire is excited to welcome home Round the World Bear who has raised £40,000 whilst…

Style Acre raises £16,500 in the Feel Good Food Hall at Truck Festival 2024 Local Oxfordshire charity Style Acre, which supports over 270 adults with learning disabilities and autism across the county, has raised over £16,500 selling Chilli and Nacho’s…

Style Acre Superheroes and their Sidekicks are getting ready for the Superhero Triathlon at Dorney Lakes in August On Saturday 17th August, 40 Style Acre Superheroes and their sidekicks will be taking part in the Superhero Series Triathlon at Dorney…

New Forest School Sessions for Style Acre Style Acre Forest School Sessions with Wild Wood Warriors based on Howbery Park near Wallingford have started following a grant from the Community Councillor fund. Style Acre supports adults with learning disabilities and…

The Springs Golf Club raises over £17,000 for local charity Style Acre Every year money is raised by members of The Springs Golf Club for a charity chosen by the club captains. Last year Penny Hawson and Gary Walker chose…

Summer Soiree raises £3,250 It has been a busy start to the summer. We attended and helped organise a number of events in June, including The Thames 10K in Wallingford, Wallingford Walled Gardens, our Style Acre Big Picnic and ending…

Style Acre Oxfordshire Care Award winners Style Acre had a wonderful day at the Oxfordshire Care awards on Monday 17th June. The awards recognise the people making a difference to the lives of others from the community and voluntary sector,…

Style Acre all set to host their Summer Soiree at Howbery Park Style Acre all set for their fundraising Summer Soiree at Howbery Park on Friday 28 June, 6.30pm – 11pm. Guests attending on the evening will be treated to…

Wallingford Walled Gardens open day raises £12,500 for local charities On the 9th June 12 walled gardens in Wallingford opened to the public to help raise money for local charities. In its second year the open gardens attracted over 1,000…

Watch the movie ‘Champions’ at the Junction Didcot followed by a Q&A with Style Acre Makespace Oxford is delighted to invite you to join them for “Voices of Impact,” a film series event in Didcot aimed at raising awareness about…

Newbury Building Society Volunteer Day Our team at the Wantage Market Garden Project had seven volunteers from Newbury Building Society  helping them get ready for their open day on Sunday 19th May. With a long list of jobs that needed…

Jayne completes the London Marathon 2024 On Sunday 20th April Jayne Spence took on the London Marathon raising money for Style Acre. Style Acre has supported Jayne’s son James for many years, so she thought this was a great opportunity…

Virgin Media O2 volunteer at Style Acre Last Wednesday we hade three lovely volunteers from Virgin Media helping Angie Lawrence clear and tidy the garden at our day hub, Turnstyle. They all worked so hard and by 11am they had…

Third Place in Brand the Bus Competition We’re happy to announce that Style Acre came third in this years Brand the Bus competition. Style Acre was one of 48 local charities and causes in the competition and we were up…

Style Acre’s Gardening Social Enterprise nurtured by Root One Garden Centre Green Acre Garden Maintenance, a social enterprise run by Style Acre, a local charity based in Wallingford who support adults with learning disabilities and autism in Oxfordshire is happy…

Oxford Brookes students applaud our team for outstanding placement experience We were delighted to have received an Oxford Brookes University student nomination for an outstanding placement experience and inclusion in to the ‘Celebrating Excellence in Practice Education 2023’ booklet. The…

Food and Warmth at Maymessy We’re delighted that we have been able to provide more people we support with the opportunity to attend the wonderful Maymessy cookery school in West Challow. Two groups have each had three cookery sessions throughout…

New Silent Disco sessions at Style Acre Style Acre has started running Silent Disco sessions for adults with learning disabilities and autism on Tuesday afternoons at The Junction in Didcot. These are proving really popular, with lots of dancing, singing…

Style Acre supported by local Freemason Lodges We were delighted to attend two Charity Presentations this month. Our first invitation was to Ingham Clark Lodge – Nº 8164 at the start of January. Lisa one of our fundraising team and…