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New Youth Project at Bath City Farm
Bath City Farm is running 2 new Youth Project's for 13 - 25's. They are as follows:
• Green Life Skills - A placement scheme for young people (aged 13 - 16) who are not attending school regularly or are at risk of exclusion.
• Get Green! A project to help young people (aged 16 - 25) develop a wide range of practical skills.
At Bath City Farm we believe that high quality learning in an outdoor environment is a significant factor in raising standards and improving personal development for young people of all ages.
It can:-
• lead to improved health of young people by increasing physical exercise, learning about healthy eating and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle
• enable young people to acquire new skills and knowledge that will help them in either education or employment/ training
• impress upon young people that care for their immediate surroundings is the first step in caring for their planet.
We provide a range of practical activities including:-
• Animal care, handling and feeding farm animals, cleaning them out and helping care for their young.
• Horticulture, helping to grow a variety of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers and well as look after our award winning sensory garden.
• Wildlife Conservation, such as hedge laying, tree planting, coppicing and scrub clearance, wildlife identification.
• Cooking and craft, using produce and natural materials from the farm to create delicious healthy food and creative products including cosmetics, gifts and garden products.
• Grounds Maintenance, learning how to look after a large open space that is used by the public, training in use of lawn mowers, building fencing and pathways.
• Basic Carpentry and Green Woodworking, creating products for our farm shop such as bird boxes and feeders and constructing animal pens and fencing.
For more details contact Claire Mills on 01225 481269 or claire@bathcityfarm.org.uk
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