Churchill Fellowship Covid Action Grant Phase Two Update - Education Courses for Prospective Care Farmers

In January 2022 I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship Covid Action Grant to support a three phase project.

Phase Two of the project focused on the design and development of an 'Introduction to Care Farming Course' in order to meet two of the recommendations in my report and the findings of my focus group meetings with farmers.

My report recommendations included: 

• The development of a robust care farming information package that would help prospective care farmers to make well-informed decisions. 
• The development of a comprehensive training programme for farmers who might be considering setting up a care farm.

Over recent months this introductory course has taken shape and I'm delighted to announce that the pilot sessions will be run in July and October 2022 at FarmED.

The sessions will cover: 

• The history of care farming.
• Care farming today. 
• The types of clients care farms might consider taking. 
• What a typical care farming session might look like?
• What skills / training will staff need in order to be effective?
• How to prepare the farm before clients arrive.
• Health and Safety considerations.
• Legal and Business considerations. 
• Securing funding.
• Finding potential clients. 

There are now only a couple of spaces left available for the July and October courses so if you want to attend, you should not delay! For more information and to book your place please go to the FarmED website.

I look forward to sharing the updates from Phase One and Phase Three of the project shortly.