Friends Community Farm (FCF) in Assington is a new venture which provides a safe outdoor environment with learning and friendship opportunities, including a Forest School programme, to reach even more vulnerable adults, and families, allowing us to provide valuable independent living skills education in a ‘family inclusive’ environment.
Our service users have the opportunity to work as a team carrying out meaningful and therapeutic tasks on the farm. Learning to care for livestock, growing and caring for vegetables and flowers, harvesting and cooking the produce, emphasising the importance of healthy eating, hygiene and exercise. Working as a group, our service users improve their social skills, tolerance of others and have an important role within the group and the farm environment. And most importantly they meet new friends and have lots of fun!