4.8
11 reviews
Iddesleigh, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8SN
Offices: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Please contact us for pricing
£10,000,000
Farms for City Children is a charity founded by Michael and Clare Morpurgo in 1976, that gives school children the chance to become an integral part of one of our three working farms: Nethercott in Devon, Lower Treginnis in Pembrokeshire and Wick Court, Gloucestershire, for a whole week.
During their week-long stay, the children and their teachers live and work at the farms, explore the countryside and find out where good food comes from. They also discover self-confidence as they conquer fears, grow in self-belief as they overcome challenges as part of hard working teams, develop new friendships, create stories and poems filled with the vibrant sounds and language of the rural environment and learn to see a bigger, brighter future than they might realise exists beyond their crowded city horizons.
Today, Farms for City Children welcomes over 3,000 children per year for a week-long stay on our farms.
Our team at Nethercott will guide the children through all farming activities and will give you all the information and equipment you need to keep your children safe and well throughout the visit.
Maximum occupancy - 39 children, 5 adults Indicative Farming activities include: Maximum occupancy – 36 children, 5 adults
Indicative farming activities include:
• Feeding and watering poultry and ducks
• Grooming and mucking out horses, ponies and donkeys
• Visit to a commercial beef and sheep farm
• Kitchen garden – sowing, potting, harvesting, tasting fruits and vegetables
• Cooking – preparing nutritious meals from the produce harvested on the farms
• Countryside walks through fields and alongside the trout stream
• Forest school – unstructured and self-led play
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24th Jun 2024
Farms For City Children creates amazing opportunities for children to try experiences they wouldn't normally get to do. Children are always learning while they are there. Whether it be how to look after farm yard animals, how to socialise and work in a team and how the food we eat gets from the farms to our plates.
19th Jun 2023
The staff here were knowledgeable and helpful. Nothing was too much bother. They were very conscious of the needs of the children and the things they may have found challenging and really pushed them to exceed their own expectations and to overcome their fears. A very worthwhile residential.
27th Sep 2018
Excellent experience for all who attended.
