Independant Volunteering:

Do you love working with animals? Do you enjoy being in the garden? Are you passionate about helping people? Do you want to feel part of the community and make new friends? We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to help us on the farm.  We are looking for skilled or unskilled people that would be interested in any of the following:
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  • DIY 
  • Animal care
  • Gardening
  • Woodwork 
  • Administration 
  • School Visits
  • Farmer Day Service
  • ​Evening Rotas
  • ​Café

Please note: 

  • If you receive no reply to your application, it means unfortunately it was unsuccessful. This is usually because our volunteering spaces fill up quickly. We will try our best to get back to you to let you know the outcome, but this may not always be possible. The current wait time for a response is around 3 weeks. ​
  • Please be aware, we are experiencing a high level of applications for volunteering at the moment. Please be patient waiting for a call regarding your application.
  • The minimum age for volunteering is currently 16. ​
​All farm volunteers need to have a high level of independence and be able to complete physical tasks without assistance, please get in contact if you don't think this is possible, and we will be happy to help refer to other farm services. 

*Please check your junk for any emails from us

Youth Volunteering

Thanks to funding from the Ford Fund, the farm is now happy to announce youth volunteering opportunities.

Aimed at teaching more employability skills and improving life skills, these opportunities will enable young people aged 14 and 15 to have work experience on the farm, in our shop, and in our café. 

Opportunities will be uploaded here throughout the year. Current times and opportunities are below:
  • Saturday (11-2): Café and farm shop work experience 
  • Sunday (11-2): Café and Farm shop work experience

*All under 16 year olds will be shadowing a DBS checked member of staff. We are happy to write references after the work experience. Spaces are limited, so if you do not hear back, this unfortunately means the spaces has already been taken. 

Due to high interest, we have currently closed applications

Volunteer Ambassadors

The farm strives to offer a supportive and empowering volunteering programme, which teaches life and employability skills, as well as improves mental wellbeing. With our volunteers being at the heart of the farm, we wanted to offer a Ambassador programme that offers a higher level of training for our volunteers. This means that these volunteer ambassadors are able to be role models for all the new volunteers coming in and joining us each week. 

Our aims for the ambassadors are:
  • To be role models for every volunteer on the farm and be their voice
  • To gain confidence in what they do to be able to help and train other volunteers
  • To help the farm raise awareness within the community
  • To attend outside events to promote the farm and possibly share their stories


What will the farm do:
  • Supply training in areas needed/wanted
  • Have regular meetings with the ambassadors to hear opinions and help them with their role
  •  Provide opportunities for outside training and events the ambassadors can attend
  • The ambassadors will be included in staff meetings to ensure they are heard


Roles and responsibilities:
  • To gather feedback from other volunteers whether through surveys or drop-in sessions
  • To have meetings with staff to discuss this feedback
  • To help staff run events such as fundraising evenings and open days
  • To help staff run training sessions and train new volunteers
  • To help staff at optional talks or promotional events


Volunteers need to:
  • Have worked at least 6 months regularly
  • Be reliable and trustworthy
  • Be open and honest
  • Be enthusiastic and want to learn more
  • Be happy to talk to other and gain their opinions
  • Commit to this role for at least 6 months

Standards:
  • To inspire other volunteers
  • To gain feedback through sessions
  • To attend training sessions
  • To attend activities, sessions, open days and events
  • To train other volunteers in the general tasks around the farm
  • To commit 6 months to the role
  • To participate in feedback sessions and help to implement changes
  • To be open and honest


*This role is currently invite only - please do not fill this out unless talked through with Tom the farm manager, and Danni the community lead. If interested, please do talk through with the above. 

Next steps:
  • Application - fill this out!
  • Interview
  • Agree to standards


Once you have responded, Tom or Danni will be in contact within a few weeks to arrange an informal interview. We are also happy to answer any questions you may have. 

Our current Ambassadors:

Volunteer uniform

If you volunteer with us, feel free to purchase uniform using the link below: