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A tale of beef and butterflies – creation of a wildflower meadow

By Adam Bratt – Farm Operations Manager, Nethercott House On winter evenings at Nethercott after the children have had their tea, the cattle need to be fed. All the cattle are settled in the barn, lying in their deep straw...
A tale of beef and butterflies – creation of a wildflower meadow
  • 15/02/2024

    Croeso Gethin! Welcome to our new Farm School Manager at Lower Treginnis

    We’re excited to welcome our new Farm School Manager Gethin Jones – find out why he’s excited to be leading the team at Lower Treginnis and what he’s been up to since starting in this blog… Hi! My name is…

  • 09/02/2024

    ‘Stepping stones of biodiversity’ connect children with nature and farming

    An innovative farming practice in Devon is connecting city children with nature and farming. The Woodland Trust is working with Farms for City Children, a charity founded by Michael Morpurgo and his wife, on a unique “roundel” scheme. These roundels…

  • 05/02/2024

    My Voice Matters – Improving Connections and Wellbeing at Farms for City Children

    By Charlie Harrison – Farm School Leader, Nethercott House For Children’s Mental Health Week 2024 Farm School Leader Charlie reflects on how a week at one of our three farms benefits the mental health of our young beneficiaries, especially within…

  • 01/12/2023

    2022-23 Highlight Report

    In 2022-2023 we made 3,288 children and young people farmers for a week and welcomed 620 adult beneficiaries. Find out more about how their lives were transformed through our immersive residential farm experience in our latest highlight report.

  • 15/11/2023

    Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023

    We’re taking part in the 2023 Big Give Christmas Challenge, and this is your chance to DOUBLE your donation! Every £1 you donate during the campaign will be doubled thanks to our generous pledgers and champion funder, The Reed Foundation….

  • 27/10/2023

    New Report Evaluates the Transformational Impact of Farms for City Children

    The transformational impact of the work of the Farms for City Children charity has been set out in a detailed new report produced by a Harper Adams postgraduate researcher. The charity brings children from all areas of England and Wales…

  • 20/04/2023

    Farms for City Children are delighted to welcome JB Gill as charity Ambassador.

    It is with great pleasure that Farms for City Children announces that they are welcoming JB Gill into the charity family as their new Ambassador. JB enjoyed an immersive experience at Wick Court farm in Gloucestershire earlier this week where…

  • 07/10/2022

    Support Farms for City Children this Christmas with Advent of Change

    Farms for City Children supporter, and award-winning social enterprise, Advent of Change, has announced the long-awaited return of its festive charity range for 2022 – including its best-selling charity advent calendar, which replaces chocolate or plastic-filled advent calendars with a…

  • 05/10/2022

    Joules’ support reaches £50,000 milestone

    Here at Farms for City Children we’ve been a proud partner of much-loved British lifestyle brand Joules since 2016. The company has supported us in all sorts of ways over the last six years, raising money to support our work,…

  • 22/09/2022

    2021-2022 Impact Report

    We are delighted to share our impact report for 2021-2022.

  • 03/03/2022

    Brewin Dolphin Southwest offices raise over £12,000 for children’s charity

    Wealth manager Brewin Dolphin’s Southwest offices (Exeter, Plymouth and Truro) have raised over £12,000 for Farms for City Children, during a two-year partnership with the charity, which began in 2020. The money raised will be able to subsidise around 39…

  • 22/12/2021

    Britains donates £10,000 to Farms for City Children

    We are absolutely thrilled to share the following press release, celebrating the generous support we have received from Britains Farm Toys. Happy 100th anniversary to Britains and happy Christmas everyone. To mark its incredible 100 year anniversary milestone, Britains, Europe’s…

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