The Educator Magazine U.K. Sept-Dec 2024 issue - Magazine - Page 67

Farmers for a Week
Immersive ﬁve-day residential stays on one of our stunning
heritage farms in Devon, Gloucestershire, and Pembrokeshire.
Farms for City Children supports children and young people by
providing a life-changing week on one of our farms.
Wearing their wellies and working on our farms, children and young people,
many from under-privileged and under-served backgrounds, learn about food,
farming, and the natural world. They reap the physical and mental health
beneﬁts of being in the countryside and leave feeling inspired, engaged, and full
of possibility for their future.
Why a week in wellies?
With 1 in 6 young people
suffering from mental health
issues, technology dominating
their day-to-day lives, and less
than 50% of children and young
people reaching their daily
recommended activity levels, a
week on our farms is a vital
antidote to the pressures of
modern life.
"Around the farm it was stunning.
I met the staff and they made me
smile. I love the jobs they gave us.
On the last day you will see how
much fun you have had and how
good the food is and how you
have overcome your fears.”
Pupil, West Borough Primary School, London
In the past year, over 3,000
children and young people visited
one of our three farms in Devon,
Gloucestershire, and
Pembrokeshire. Get in touch now
to book your week in wellies.
FIND OUT MORE: farmsforcitychildren.org
@farmersforaweek
@farmsforcitychildren
@Farms for City Children
@Farms for City Children

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