How we help
60+
Young people supported through our wellbeing projects.
130+
Volunteer hours per week.
50+
Volunteers supported.
18,000+
Visitors per year.
205+
Corporate team members have benefitted from the Farm’s therapeutic setting in the last year.
740+
Species of wildlife protected in our woodland, fields, and Farm land.
168
Acres of safe countryside space protected for the community.
30
Acres of woodland protected for the next generation.
Some figures are approximated
Who do we help?
Our GROW programme is for young people aged between 11 and 16 who have been referred to us by their school or local authority. The Transition Project is for teenagers who are ready to leave the Farm and move on to higher education or their first job.
At Amelia Trust Farm, young people will:
- Learn how to take care of the animals
- Budget and cook healthy meals
- Work outside in the woodland
- Engage in sports and exercise
- Complete projects in the carpentry workshop
- Spend therapeutic time in our music studio
- Work towards Agored accredited qualifications
When a child struggles, their family struggles too.
After years of battling with systems in which our son just did not fit, he found his place to thrive.
Month by month, year by year, the staff at GROW never gave up, encouraged, inspired, challenged, corrected and cheered our boy on until finally he started to achieve, needing less cajoling and independently started to show his true colours….
…The difference this team has made to not only our son, but us as a family is undeniably one of the most positive things that’s happened over the last five years.
Parent, GROW young person
The Amelia Trust has extracted my son who has additional needs, from a paralysis he had in mainstream schools. It’s still a journey but, the difference in less than a year is incredible…
Ben comes home with positivity and is beaming…. such a different young man…
It shows that a special, therapeutic, and inclusive environment is simply what he needs. A model others could learn from.
As Ben’s parent, I can honestly say this is the first time I have truly felt we have support and empathy as a family.
Parent, GROW young person
