Training

GCF Training opportunities

Welcome to the training pages of Growing Care Farming.

* Due to Covid-19 restrictions, all face to face delivery is on hold until January 2021, but online training is unaffected*

A number of new training and information options have been developed as part of the Growing Care Farming project:

• Principles of care farming - Online 
• Care farming awareness days - Face to face
• Starting with care farming - Online 
• Developing good practice in care farming - Online
• Introduction to the Code - Online - * Coming Soon!*
• Care farming and mental health - Face to face  and an online version is currently being developed
• Care farming for Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders - Face to face and an online version is currently being developed
• Developing Alternative Provision on care farms - Face to face and an online version is currently being developed
• Nurturing young people with anxiety and depression through care farming - Face to face and an online version is currently being developed

There are also recordings of the monthly themed webinars covering a wide range of subjects here

Training dates

For a list of all of our face to face training dates please click here. For a list of other events please click here

Training offered by other organisations

We are also linking to other training opportunities that are being delivered by other organisations, courses that we think will be useful for care farmers and those wanting to start out in care farming:

• CEVAS - care farmer training via the 'Therapeutic Route'
• Countryman's Club

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