Care Farming Explained

Care farms:

• Provide health, social or educational care services for individuals from one or a range of vulnerable groups. Includes people with mental health problems, people suffering from mild to moderate depression, adults and children with learning disabilities, children with autism, those with a drug or alcohol addiction history, disaffected young people, adults and people on probation.
• Provide a supervised, structured programme of farming-related activities, including animal husbandry (livestock, small animals, poultry), crop and vegetable production, woodland management etc.
• Provide services on a regular basis for participants, where clients/participants attend the farm regularly as part of a structured care, rehabilitation, therapeutic or educational programme.
• Are commissioned to provide care farming services by referral agenciessuch as social services, health care trusts, community mental health teams, education authorities, probation services, Connexions etc. Clients can also be self-referred as part of the direct payments scheme, or be referred by family members.

• Utilise the whole or part of a farm. Be they commercial agricultural units, smallholdings or community farms.

The nearest Care Farm is Vauxhall City Farm 165 Tyers St, London SE11 5HS for more information check out their website here