Care Farming at Melton

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Deben Community Farm

Our nurturing farm where everyone is valued

Location address: Woodbridge, IP12 1RW
Chosen age group:

Ages: 5 - 12 years

Available tickets:
Child ticket £35 per session
Next date: Tuesday 10th Sep,
What we'll do
Care farm Care farming is a powerful mix of nature, social interaction, and meaningful farming, providing a supervised, programme of farming-related activities 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 or helping to change their behaviours at home or school. 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
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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.
Term dates
DCF term dates 2024 – 2025 Autumn Term PD Day Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd September 2024 Start Wednesday 4th September 2024 Half-term holiday Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November 2024 End Friday 20th December 2024 Spring Term PD Day Monday 6th January 2025 Start Tuesday 7th January 2025 Half-term holiday Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February 2025 End Friday 4th April 2025 Summer Term Start Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Half-term holiday Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May 2025 End Friday 18th July 2025 PD Day Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Pricing information
Ticket nameChild ticket
Price£35
InformationEach attendee must book a ticket in advance for each session.
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Where we'll be
Deben Community Farm, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1RW
WHAT’S PROVIDED
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
No refunds are given except in the case of a cancellation by the Mentor.

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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