5 Acre Farm has recently been converted to a Community Interest Company (CIC). This is in order to better enable it to connect with its community.
Read on to learn about how this informs our development and community engagement.
Community Interest Statement
The company’s activities will provide benefit to…..
The wider Backwell community and parts of South Bristol, including local schools and networks, through the growing and selling of food, workshops and educational activity.
Activities:
Food growing – Opportunity to partake in community growing projects and enable a wider understanding of the importance of local, seasonal, fresh produce.
Workshops & events – Opportunity to partake in a variety of country crafts, food and health projects, flower growing and arranging, and the hosting of local events.
Explore our events + outreach projects
As with all CIC’s, any surplus money made by 5 Acre Farm will be used to reinforce the activities and purpose of the farm.
Read more about how CIC's work
friends of 5 acre farm
OT Outdoors and Skill up in Nature
Skill up in Nature is a horticultural group for young people who are struggling to access education, running every Thursday during term time from 10am to 2pm.
Skill up in Nature provides the opportunity to learn practical skills such as growing, woodwork and crafts, whilst developing social and emotional skills through working together and connecting to nature in the beautiful setting of 5 Acre Farm.
‘At Skill up in Nature we help the farm with jobs such as weeding, harvesting and processing flowers, this is great work experience for the young people, and creates a sense of belonging and community . We are also delighted to be involved in caring for the community garden, everyone at Skill up in Nature plays an important part in making this a beautiful space for learning, collaboration and biodiversity.’
