Bath City Farm
About Bath City Farm
Our mission is to build a caring, healthy and cohesive community through the involvement of local people - especially those who are disadvantaged in the development and maintenance of a productive green space, where they are able to learn about sustainable farming and food growing, acquire new skills and develop new friendships
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Bath - 01225 481269
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Overview
Bath City Farm provides a range of opportunities throughout the year for people of all backgrounds, including those socially disadvantaged.
What we do
Volunteering
Volunteering activities include:
- cleaning out the chickens,
- gardening,
- fencing,
- hedgelaying,
- tree planting
- even walking the goats!!
- youth programme,
- office work
- fundraising.
Eco Minds Mental Health
Bath City Farm runs a sustainable horticultural volunteering project that involves people with experience of mental distress in growing food, learning how to cook with the produce in our kitchen and selling it in our farm shop.
The project aims to encourage healthy lifestyles and eating habits through practical horticulture and gardening activities to create and develop a large plot of land within Bath City Farm. The site is used to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers, as well as providing a community area for socialising and relaxing.
Adult Courses
Throughout the year we run regular adult education courses for people with few or no qualifcations (below Level 2) in subjects including
- animal care,
- gardening,
- conservation,
- crafting,
- cookery,
- countryside crafts
- IT.
Some courses are run by City of Bath College Community Learning, with sessions taught both by our own staff and visiting tutors.
From 2013 we are now offering accredited qualifications through the Open College Network in horticulture and Animal Care.
Where we do it
All activities we offer take place at the farm:
Volunteering
Mondays: General volunteering (animal care and gardening). We also offer supported work placements on this day.
Wednesdays: for those looking to get back into work (in particular landscaping/grounds maintenance) we have a more contract level group of volunteers who carry out construction/maintenance tasks around the farm including fencing and path construction.
On Wednesdays/Thursdays we also run a volunteering project for those who have experienced mental distress, where you can learn how to grow and cook with garden produce as well as take part in crafting, jam-making and baking activities. This project is funded by Ecominds.
Eco Minds
Wednesday and Thursday mornings 10am-12am Thursday afternoons 1pm-3pm
How to access
Volunteering:
Tel: 01225 481269
Email: info@bathcityfarm.org.uk
Education and Eco Minds:
For more information or to request an application form, contact Helen Fisher on 01225 481269 orhelen@bathcityfarm.org.uk
Overview
Our mission is to build a caring, healthy and cohesive community through the involvement of local people - especially those who are disadvantaged in the development and maintenance of a productive green space, where they are able to learn about sustainable farming and food growing, acquire new skills and develop new friendships.
What we do
GROW IT! COOK IT! SHARE IT!
Bath City Farm runs a sustainable horticultural volunteering project that involves people with experience of mental distress in growing food, learning how to cook with the produce in our kitchen and selling it in our farm shop.
The project aims to encourage healthy lifestyles and eating habits through practical horticulture and gardening activities to create and develop a large plot of land within Bath City Farm.
The site is used to grow vegetables, herbs and flowers, as well as providing a community area for socialising and relaxing.
Where we do it
VOLUNTEERING SESSIONS RUN: Wednesday and Thursday mornings 10am-12am Thursday afternoons 1pm-3pm.
All sessions are run at the farm.
How to access
For more information or to request an application form, contact Helen Fisher on 01225 481269 orhelen@bathcityfarm.org.uk