Website Admin The trustees have been very busy meeting to consider the plans ahead for creating accommodation for the visiting groups. They are now liaising with the architects, neighbours and DNP planning dept to develop a proposal that will sit well with all interested parties. Please pray for wisdom, sensitivity and a positive outcome.
The coming few months are our busy time for events for which we need as much help as we can get. From 15th – 18th August we are hosting the Family camping week for young people and their families, a rare time for some to enjoy a holiday. We will need tents, catering help and … Read more
We will be reuniting old friends, reliving memories, walking on the open moor, meeting the animals and enjoying fresh farm produced food. The plans for the 40th Anniversary celebrations on 24/25th September are well underway. On the Saturday evening all our friends, volunteers and neighbours will be welcome to share in the barn dance, live … Read more
The lambing season began just in time for the junior group to enjoy looking after them. They regularly checked the sheep in the lambing shed and then with Will’s tuition tended to the newborns and their mums. They helped out at Broadaford Farm with their huge flock, filling water buckets, feeding silage, checking the expectant ewes … Read more
Recently we sent an old worn piece of Elizabeth’s furniture to Gilboys in Staverton to get an estimate for restoring it. We had been storing it in “the old caravan” so imagine what a surprise they had when they found a secret drawer, hidden behind another small drawer and in it was a diamond and … Read more
The trustees and staff team have spent considerable time reflecting on planning refusal received in March. We have also been in close consultation with the planners and feel confident that together we can develop an exciting future for the work at the farm with disadvantaged young people. There is much to do but watch this … Read more
We were delighted to host a day for the DNP Rangers and the Education team. They spent a productive day sharing ideas and skills with each other. We can be so focused on the world in which we work that it is good to develop relationships with other outdoor providers who also work with young … Read more
We never cease to be amazed at the amount of work that the team gets through whilst they are here! In 48 hours the 6 men built us three huge raised beds, filled them with manure, built a new concrete plinth for the pig trough, created 2 new stable doors, stacked the wood shed, secured … Read more
What a star she is. Her knees gave up at 11 miles and so she powerwalked the rest! We are very grateful to her as she has raised £550 in support of the visits to the farm this year. God bless you Carole and thank you.
This year’s big event will be the 40th anniversary of youth work at Shallowford Farm. To mark the occasion the Saturday 24th September has been set aside. The form that this day will take has not yet been resolved suffice it to say that there will be much to celebrate, organise and cater for. We … Read more