Roots & Wings Sessions
🌻 Practical, purposeful days on the farm for adults with disabilities 🌻
🌱 Roots & Wings is our group for adults with disabilities who enjoy being outdoors, working with animals and getting stuck into practical farm activities.
🐴 There is always something to do at the farm. Participants help to care for our horses, ponies, goats, chickens and rabbits, grow and harvest vegetables, maintain the farm and take on the many jobs that come with running a small working farm.
🔨 The work is real, and so are the results. A fence needs repairing, vegetables need harvesting, animals need feeding and the paths need maintaining. Working together means that everyone can contribute, whatever their abilities or experience.
🌱 Learning by doing
🛠️ Much of what happens at Roots & Wings is about learning through practical experience. Participants can learn new skills, practise existing ones and gradually take on more responsibility as their confidence grows.
💡 Farm activities naturally involve problem solving, perseverance and teamwork. They also provide opportunities to develop skills that can be useful beyond the farm — from following instructions and planning a task to working safely, communicating with others and seeing a job through from beginning to end.
⭐ And there is something very satisfying about looking back at a day's work and knowing “I did that.”
🐾 Animals, plants and people
🐴 Working with animals requires patience, consistency and mutual trust. Caring for them means noticing when something isn't quite right, learning what they need and treating them with respect.
🌱 Growing plants brings its own rewards. Seeds need planting, crops need tending and eventually there is something to harvest. Not everything works every time, so there are plenty of opportunities to try again, adapt and learn.
🤝 The farm is also a place where people work alongside one another. We value kindness, patience, respect and a willingness to help each other — while recognising that everyone has different strengths.
🌻 A place to make a difference
🌾 At Roots & Wings, participants aren't simply taking part in activities designed for them. They are helping to run the farm.
❤️ Their contribution matters to the animals, the plants, the other people using the farm and to the farm itself.
🎯 There is a purpose to the work, a reason for being there and the opportunity to see what has been achieved at the end of the day.
📩 How to Join
⬇️Download our referral form above and email it to: enquiries@thesunflowercommunitycarefarm.org.uk
📞 07850 953351 for more information.
🌟 Everyone can shine 🌟
