Working Small Animal Farm Case Study

Ferring Country Centre Limited

This very special project will create a small animal farm to increase the work and training activities Ferring Country Centre can offer. The farm will encourage adults with learning disabilities to develop their skills in animal husbandry and take responsibility for the welfare of the animals. The building work will involve local businesses, clients and staff, as well as volunteers from the local community. Clients of the organisation will benefit from enhanced social inclusion, being further enabled to undertake meaningful tasks, understanding the workplace, as well as obtaining a variety of social and practical skills. The project will also benefit the children and young adults with special needs who attend the riding therapy unit or use the centre for summer play schemes. The farm will provide an invaluable tool which will also benefit all those children, adults and their families who are able to visit, and will also be available to other establishments that would benefit e.g. schools, nurseries, day centres and other care establishments.

The farm will improve the quality of life of both people with learning disabilities and all those who visit. In addition the project will allow access to the countryside and a farm environment to the local community, there will be no exclusions. It will offer greater choice ad opportunities to vulnerable adults and children, whilst offering animal assisted therapies which are known to have far reaching physiological and emotional benefits.

Project contact details

Ferring Country Centre
Rife Way
Ferring
Worthing
West Sussex
BN12 5JZ