Charities

The delicious takeaway teas at Stody Lodge Gardens are well-known. There is something for everyone – from light and fluffy Victoria sponge to indulgent chocolate cake and gluten free options too. For each gardens open day, Stody offers a local charity or organisation the chance to provide these good quality teas, from which they take all the proceeds.

In May 2025, the homemade teas will be provided by Tapping House, Thornage Hall, The Holt Youth Project, Leeway Support, Hospice Ethiopia, Priscilla Bacon Hospice, Norwich NSPCC, Riding for the Disabled, Blakeney School PTA, St Maurice Briningham, Norfolk Door to Door, and Norfolk & Waveney MIND. The gardens will open in aid of The National Garden Scheme on Wednesday 7th May 2025. We are delighted to welcome new charities to the garden tea rooms this year: Break and Finnbar’s Force.

If you would like your charity to be considered to fundraise at one of our open days, please contact enquiries@stodyestate.co.uk or 01263 860572.

Stody Lodge Gardens has supported numerous charities over the years both through its teas but also through larger events and private group tours.

Charities supported in the past include: Teenage Cancer Trust, Norwich Cathedral Appeal, Marie Curie, GIFT, Thornage PCC, The British Heart Foundation, Fakenham District Lions, Norwich Theatre Royal, SCF Sheringham, Holt Community First Response, Arthritis Research UK, Gardeners Benevolent Society, MIND, Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, Army Benevolent Fund, CLA Trust for the Disabled, Riding for the Disabled, Thornage Hall Appeal, Save the Children (Norfolk), Leukaemia Reserch Fund (Norfolk & Norwich Branch), Children's Hospice for Eastern Region, S.C.F., N.S.P.C.C., MacMillan Jenny Napier Appeal, King George's Fund for Sailors, MENCAP Blue Sky Appeal, Stody & Hunworth Millenium Fund, CLA Charitable Trust for the Disabled, St Johns Ambulance and Save the Children.