Care farming through the holidays

Join us for hand on farm and animal care

Organisation links
Location address: Deben Community Farm, Woodbridge
Chosen age group:

Ages: 5 - 16 years

Available tickets:
HAF approved session Free
Next date: Wednesday 30th Jul,
Funded by Suffolk County Council
Universal provision with SEND support
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
Care farming through the holidays block mentored by Deben Community Farm
What we'll do
At Deben Community Farm we work with the student, referrer, and family/carers to provide a stable, consistent setting where every student can feel emotionally and physically safe and valued, and where they can progress at their own pace. Our staffing team work to provide a pathway to progression for the students. We listen to, nurture, and guide them to where they want to be. This could be transitioning into school or college. We will challenge them and stretch their comfort bubble slowly and appropriately. The structure we provide is framed by the staff as role models, who encourage, guide, and support the student to meet their needs on a daily basis. Students can build on their interests, creativity and natural talents, and learn life skills such as how to problem solve, plan ahead and express themselves. Our learning-by-doing approach and focus on the process, not the outcome, means we can build self-esteem by celebrating every success relevant to the student.
send accessibility checklist
1:1 care
2:1 care
Qualified to administer medication
Epilepsy trained
Accessible toilet
Assist with personal care and toileting
Hoist and changing bench
Makaton and PECS trained
Sensory break area
Quiet spaces
Secure environment
Disability communication skills
More information available on request
Contact the Mentor to discuss your specific needs regarding this list item.
Please note:
It is the responsibility of the booker to satisfy themselves about the adequacy of the the measures provided above. This platform is merely an introducer and does not verify the items listed.
About your mentor
Deben Community Farm
Our nurturing farm where everyone is valued
We are a not for profit small community farm in Saddlemakers Lane. We have a variety of animals including a highland cow, pigmy goats, rare breed Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, alpacas, Southdown sheep, hens, ponies and donkeys. Heather, David and I are the directors and we run the farm completely on a volunteer basis. We employ 5 part time staff and 1 apprentice to support the Co-Worker and Home Education groups which we run mid week to support young people who are not in full time main stream education. We offer the local Pre-school free use of the farm 3 days a week so that the children aged 3 to 5 years can access free forest explorer sessions. We are open to the public free of charge on a Sunday afternoon and also support the local children and young people with volunteering opportunities to enable them to complete their Duke of Edinburgh awards and various Guild and Scout badges. We run a free gardening group for older people. We also support Pitstop Holiday Club by giving them free access to the farm to run a holiday club during the school holidays. This was inspected in 2019 and was awarded an outstanding Ofsted.
A summary
We are pleased to announce that we have secured 4 dates over the summer holiday to run HAF care farm sessions. Wednesday 30th July 2025 Wednesday 6th August 2025 Thursday 28th August 2025 Friday 29th August 2025 10am to 2pm (for our under 8’s please note that they are only able to stay for 2 hours unaccompanied. You are welcome to stay for the second half of the session and also share lunch with us if you wish for your child to stay for the whole 4 hours. Please let me know if you wish to stay and would like a complementary lunch) There will be lots of animal care activities and tasks to complete on the day and will also include a hot snack lunch, healthy snacks, fresh fruit and vegetables and a selection of cold drinks
Application process
Please follow this link https://eequ.org/book/care-farming-through-the-holidays-with-deben-community-farm-8481
Pricing information
Ticket nameHAF approved session
Price£0
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Where we'll be
Deben Community Farm, Saddlemakers Lane Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1RW
WHAT’S PROVIDED
Drinks
Snacks
Meals
Equipment
Safety
Enhanced DBS
Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
First Aid Kit

Please note

Please note, it is the responsibility of the booker to satisfy themselves about the adequacy of the safety measures. This platform is merely an introducer and does not verify the items listed here.

Cancellation Policy
Free bookings do not require refunds but as places are limited, please cancel if you cannot attend so that your place can be offered to someone else.Please let me know as soon as possible if you are not able to attend so that we can offer the tickets to others.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.

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