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
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OT Outdoors and Skill up in Nature
OT Outdoors is a group of occupational therapists passionate about bringing people together in nature and founded on the belief that connection to nature is fundamental for health and wellbeing. We create welcoming spaces and offer therapeutic activities outdoors to anyone with a health or social care need.
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.
FANCY GETTING INVOLVED?
Head to our blog to learn more about OT Outdoors sessions on our farm this Autumn.
YEO VALE FOREST SCHOOL
‘Established in January 2018, Yeo Vale Forest School’s aim is to build imagination,
self-esteem and active, healthy lifestyles in the natural environment. We deliver this
through Forest School and Nature Play sessions across Somerset and North
Somerset.
Our newest adventure is Nature Play sessions at Five Acre Farm in Backwell, and
we couldn’t be more excited to welcome children and adults into this beautiful venue.
Nature Play encourages children to interact freely with the outdoor environment. Our
activities help foster a love for nature, and a desire to protect it. Our stories, nature
trails and woodland craft keep little hands busy, and our snacks cooked on the fire
make sure tummies are full too. We pride ourselves on the friendships that have
grown from our groups, amongst both the children and their carers.’
know a little person who would love this?
Head to our blog to learn more about our Forest School sessions