Thistles Market Garden in Sutterton named Shooting Star charity of the year. They support adults with learning disabilities.
Thistles Market Garden is in Sutterton. PR firm Shooting Star will help them in 2025. They chose Thistles as their charity of the year.
Thistles helps adults. These adults have learning disabilities. Thistles provides activities in gardening. About 22 people participate right now and they come from nearby towns.
Michael Burgess manages Thistles. He is very happy with the choice. He thanks Shooting Star for their help this year. They have grown a lot as a charity because of it.
They want to do even more. Shooting Star will surely help them. Shooting Star gives free help; this help includes PR and marketing work. They will fundraise for Thistles too.
Kate Strawson directs Shooting Star. They will help Thistles for free in 2025. This support includes social media and marketing. They will fundraise during their quiz in November.
Choosing was hard, she explained. Thistles gives an amazing service. This service helps locals with disabilities. So, they wanted to support them, besides, they love gardening too!
Shooting Star started this effort in 2009. Thistles is the 18th charity helped. They’ve helped other charities before.
Thistles sells fresh veggies. The people they support grow them from seed. That’s quite a service!