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A warm welcome down on the farm

FARMS and nature reserves across the country are opening their gates and offering free visits to people who would never normally have the chance to experience them.

Free and accessible farm visits for people with disabilities, from socially deprived areas, and aged 65 and over and are available under the Let Nature Feed Your Senses scheme.

Studies show that connecting with nature leads to increased well-being –  physically, psychologically and even socially.

Farm visits are being offered to a huge range of people including wheelchair users, people with dementia, those with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis, and with sensory disabilities, learning difficulties and brain injury.

Let Nature Feed Your Senses is a Big Lottery funded initiative run by farming charity LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) and Sensory Trust. The project organises memorable sensory-rich farm visits that help connect visitors to nature and the story of their food.

Seventy-five farms and nature reserves are hosting visits, with sites to meet a variety of needs. Hosts will adapt visits to suit different groups’ requirements and many of the farms are wheelchair accessible with plenty of things to see, smell and touch at wheelchair height.

Visits can be booked until August.

You can search for farms near you via the website www.letnaturefeedyoursenses.org or by calling 0247 6413 911 or 01726 222 900 to speak to a project coordinator.

 

North-West farms taking part in the scheme include:

Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley Lane, Bickley, Near Malpas

Briercliffe, Wheathead Lane, Blacko, Nelson

Cronkshaw Fold Farm & Study Centre, Alden Road, Helmshore, Rossendale

New Laund Farm, Whitewell, Clitheroe

Reaseheath College, Reaseheath, Nantwich

Slack House Farm, Gilsland, Brampton

The Croft, Houghton, Carlisle

The Grange, Warrington Road, Mickle Trafford, Chester

Windy Pike, Rowntree Farms, Gisburn, Clitheroe

 

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