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Mount Lodge Care Farm - Day Service for Adults with learning disabilities


Mount Lodge Care Farm Benenden Road, Biddenden, Kent TN27 8BY Tel: 01580 291803   Email: theworkshop.chicken@gmail.com   Web Site: kentcarefarming.co.uk  

Mount Lodge Farm offers young people and adults with learning disabilities/additional needs the opportunity to engage in fully supervised farming and countryside related activities, covering Ashford, Maidstone, Folkestone, Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas.

The members that attend the farm work as a team and with staff to build confidence and self-esteem and promote health and wellbeing. Members will be introduced to new experiences, learn new skills as well as developing existing skills and interests working with our animals and growing plants and vegetables.

At Mount Lodge Farm we encourage our members to develop independence and life skills working on the farm, making and mending, woodwork and rural crafts.

We promote exercise and healthy eating, members will help grow fresh produce and learn how to prepare and cook healthy food.

Activities include

  •     Animal & Poultry care, Pony & Donkey grooming and exercise
  •     Woodwork/ Carpentry, Photography & rural crafts
  •     Vegetable & plant production  
  •     Food preparation and cooking from home grown produce
  •     Independent living, Skills & employability, Asdan Qualifications
  •     Team building, group fitness & orienteering

Who to contact

Contact Name
Helen Stow
Contact Position
Farm Manager
Telephone
01580 291803
07961826031
E-mail
theworkshop.chicken@gmail.com
Website
www.kentcarefarming.co.uk

Where to go

Name
Mount Lodge Farm
Address
Mount Lodge
Benenden Road
Biddenden
Ashford
Kent
Postcode
TN27 8BY
Notes

Between Ashford and Maidstone Just off the A28

When is it on?

Date & Time Information
Monday - Friday: 10am - 3pm
Session Information
Full day: 10am-3pm

Other Details

Table of costs
Table of costs
AmountCost Type
£60.00 + VAT Per day
Cost(s)
Vacancies
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Referral required?
No
Referral and availability notes

Please contact Helen if you would like to come and meet us all here at the farm and have a taster of the what the service has to offer.

Age Range
Ages 16-18, 18-25 (Transition)
Disablities:
Communication and interaction, Learning difficulty,

Local Offer

Links
Mount Lodge Farm Facebook Page
Local Offer Disabilities
Learning difficulty
Communication and interaction
Local Offer Age Bands
Transitions to Adulthood (16+)
Needs Level
Medium
Low
SEN Provision Type
Targeted
Specialist

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