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Discover the latest news and points of view from our farms and the young people who visit us.
Celebrating 50 years of growing, learning and thriving on our farms!
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03/06/2025Champions for Children 25: Get your donation doubled!
For the next two weeks, we’re really excited to offer you the opportunity to DOUBLE your donation! Every £1 you donate to our Champions for Children appeal page will be matched, thanks to our amazing champion funder, The Childhood Trust….
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04/04/2025Royal visit celebrates our community connections
Staff, volunteers and visiting children at our Lower Treginnis farm were delighted to welcome a very special guest this week, as Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined them for a visit on Wednesday. The Princess Royal has been a…
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17/02/2025Get baking for Real Bread Week!
This week marks Real Bread Week, the international celebration of additive-free bread and people who make it. Making bread from scratch is always a favourite cooking session for children and young people visiting our farms – and there’s rarely a…
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03/02/2025Know Yourself, Grow Yourself – building resilience through a week on the farm
By Charlie Harrison – Farm School Leader, Nethercott House For Children’s Mental Health Week 2025, farm school leader Charlie reflects on how a week on one of our three farms enables children to learn about themselves in a new context,…
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28/01/2025‘We absolutely love it here’ – furthering education with Nescot College
Back in December, a group of 30 students from Nescot College in Surrey spent a hugely enjoyable week at our Nethercott House farm. During their time with us, they broadened their knowledge of farming, sustainability and the natural world, enhancing…
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14/06/2024Farms for City Children hosts Festival of Learning
Farms for City Children was delighted to host its Festival of Learning event in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Butchers at the Butchers’ Hall on the 11th of June 2024. With a distinguished guest list including schools, charity organisations,…
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17/05/2024Redditch District Scouts – The Impact of a Week at Lower Treginnis
In April 2024 Farms for City Children welcomed its first group of scouts to stay on its Lower Treginnis farm in Pembrokeshire – the most westerly point in Wales. District Scout Leader Hannah Malpass shares her insight into the booking…
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27/10/2023New 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…
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20/04/2023Farms 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…
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