More about Social Farming
How to get involved
As a Participant you can ask your Key health worker if you would be eligible for a benefit payment to fund your sessions as there is a daily rate for attending the farm. They can contact us to discuss what you are looking for. We can then arrange for you to have a farm visit to see if we would be a good fit. You will get to meet our team leaders and walk around the farm. You may also meet some other farm community members as they work on their allotments or are helping with an activity such as weeding or maintaining a woodland pathway.
As a Key Health Care Worker you can contact us to discuss our facilities and programme of activities. We can arrange a farm visit for you and a client or for yourself and colleagues, so that you can get to know us and see if we are a good fit for your clients needs.
Our Team Leaders
Catherine Wells provides a diverse range of activities on our farm. She supports individuals and groups to find healing through connection with nature and each other.
“Hi, I am an occupational therapist and an experienced yoga teacher with a passion for natural and accessible avenues to optimal wellbeing. With my primary degree in Applied Psychology, I have always been interested with the real world application of strategies and techniques to support mental health. This led me to study occupational therapy which is focused on practical, solution focused, functional, scientifically supported ways to create a life that supports wellbeing, meaning and optimal mental and physical health”
Gayle Keenan – Supports our social farming sessions here on the farm. She has professional experience within the NHS and also as a private practitioner. She has particular expertise and skills in supporting groups and individuals.
“Hi, I am Gayle, I am passionate about food, health and growing people and connections. Through the land, I find ways of bringing communities together, create spaces of care and inclusion and nuture well being. I am also passionate about sustainability and the simple truth that when we take care of nature, it takes care of us. “
