2025 is our 40th anniversary as a registered charity!

Thank you so much for considering fundraising for Canterbury Oast Trust during our 40th anniversary celebrations! This milestone is truly special to us as we reflect on the incredible progress we've made over the past four decades in supporting adults with learning disabilities and now, also those with autism.

Can you help us by fundraising or sponsoring our Ruby Jubilee Music Festival - a joyful celebration supporting all we've achieved over 4o years? It's part of our just-launched £1 million fundraiser to support reaching our ambitious 5 years goals including making the Rare Breeds Centre accessible to people with a wide range of disabilites. Your generosity and support help make all of this possible, and we are deeply grateful.

HELP US CELEBRATE WITH A 3-DAY RUBY JUBILEE MUSIC FESTIVAL

This year, we're gearing up for a spectacular celebration—a 3-day Ruby Jubilee music festival dreamed up by our supported people! It's a tribute to the incredible innovations of our founding parents and supporters and the decades of dedication that have brought us here. To honour our 1985 roots, the Friday celebration will be 80s-themed. Your support in sponsoring or fundraising for this event means the world to everyone involved. Let's come together to celebrate, laugh, and dance in honour of four decades of transformative work and our bright future ahead! Here's what we have planned:

• Friday, 5th September 2025: An exclusive, 80s-themed private party for our supported individuals, their friends, family, staff, and supporters.
• Saturday and Sunday, 6th & 7th September 2025: A vibrant public festival, bursting with live music, entertainment, and a true sense of community spirit.

To make this celebration unforgettable, we need your help. Our supported peoples’ wish list includes live music, entertainers, a tethered hot air balloon, catering, bars, prizes, karaoke, and so much more! Any donation you can contribute will bring us closer to turning this dream into a reality, and will be deeply appreciated by everyone at COT—especially the people we support.

Here's how to contribute

• Contribute financially through our Donate page
• Download our Ruby Jubilee fundraising pack to help raise funds for us
• Download our corporate sponsorship pack to see how your organisation can be a featured sponsor at the event, online and in our email campaigns

* Fundraising, payments and donations will be processed and administered by the National Funding Scheme (Charity No: 1149800), operating as DONATE. Texts will be charged at your standard network rate. For Terms & Conditions, see www.easydonate.org.

£1 million 5-year-plan fUNDRAISER

This year, we're also launching our £1 million fundraiser for our ambitious 5-year plan. Your fundraising efforts will have a profound impact on the lives of those we support. The funds you raise will directly contribute to the implementation of accessibility improvements across the farm for individuals with a wide range of disabilities, help us invest in life-changing assistive technology and provide specialist support among other important projects for the future of COT also including:

• Maximising our conservation work across Poulton Wood and the Rare Breeds Centre
• Expanding training programmes to help people gain skills for employment
• Launching a new, fully integrated website with accessibility tools

Here's how you can contribute:

1. Download our fundraising pack
2. Donate through our Just Giving page and share on social media
3. You can also watch and share our YouTube video about the fundraiser

Thank you so much for any assistance you can give to help us reach these important goals. If you have any questions, we are here to help. Please email us at [email protected].

Our registered charity number is 291662 and we are registered with Fundraising Regulator.