The Willows Care Farm is one of two Care Farms run by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and approved by the Social Farms & Gardens Green Care Quality Mark.

We are an alternative provision setting offering a supervised programme of nature-based activities for children and young people. Our 1:1, student led approach, encourages students to build on their interests, creativity and natural talents, and learn life skills such as how to problem solve, plan ahead and express themselves. Our learning-by-doing approach and focus on the process, not the outcome, means we can build self-esteem by celebrating every success relevant to the student and slowly remove the barriers put up from the feeling of failure.

Our students are varied in age and specific needs. Each is an individual and is treated as such. The structure we provide is framed by the staff as role models, who encourage, guide and support the student to meet their needs on a daily basis.

The Willows Care Farm is continually evolving, along with our students. As we endeavour to meet their needs we need to regularly update the site, creating a variety of spaces, activities and resources.

Through taking part in the Bath Half Marathon the team at The Willows are aiming to raise funds to update and expand our resources. The funds raised will go towards providing equipment that will meet the sensory needs of some of our students, enabling them to thrive in our setting.