Become a Farm Helper
Our Farm Helpers are aged between 14 years old up to 40 years old. You will be involved in a wide range of activities such as:
- General animal care: walking the goats, feeding, grooming, foot trimming and bottle feeding the goat kids as well as taking care of our other smaller animals.
- Working in the plant nursery, propagating seeds, taking cuttings, growing vegetables and fruit.
- Repairs and maintaining animal housing and fencing.
- Hedge and tree planting.
- Helping customers when they come to the dairy to buy cheese and milk.
Our Farm Helpers learn new skills and knowledge, increase their mental and physical health, improve their confidence and social interaction and develop greater resilience to change.
All farm helpers are given the opportunity to develop a personal development plan identifying specific goals they would like to achieve. They will then be assigned a volunteer who will provide coaching and support to help them achieve these goals. Farm helpers will receive a Certificate of Achievement for completing their goals.
As a farm helper you will gain a real sense of achievement and start to make a positive change to your life through engagement with the activities on the farm as well as meeting people.
If you want to become one of our Farm Helpers you will need to be in receipt of funding and referred either by a school or education provider, social care organisation or as a private placement.
Rates for day placements start at £65 per person (4:1 support) increasing to £125 (1:1 support). We are not able to provide personal care or medication.
We offer placements for:
• People with learning difficulties and disabilities
• People with mental health problems
Giving everyone the opportunity to do meaningful work in a supportive, nurturing environment. You don't need experience but must be willing to work outdoors in mildly inclement weather including light rain and cold. You will require overalls and footwear suitable for farming tasks.
Horham Dairy & Care Farm is becoming more and more accessible. We have a combination of gravel tracks and grassy paths. As such, there may be some areas that people with limited mobility might find hard to reach. It is always worth checking specific needs prior to trial days.
Horham Dairy & Care Farm CIC is a project supported and part funded by:
