Beckside Care Farm

#Derbyshire Care Farm, offering Animal-Assisted & #agricultural #therapies and #rehabilitation. #OT
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We have day service places available for people of 19 years & over with mental health conditions, a learning disability or who are on the autistic spectrum.

For more information, please email Ann at [email protected]

#LearningDisability #Autism #CareFarm #Derbyshire

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This year’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek theme is ‘loneliness’.
At Beckside, lasting friendships are formed in our small and welcoming groups. If you or someone you know is experiencing loneliness, get in touch and come and join us.

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We've been celebrating #otweek2021 at Beckside this week, whilst we deliver health and wellbeing for our care farmers through meaningful activities. As we do 52 weeks of the year. This smile makes us think we're doing a good job! 🦙🐑🐎

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We've enjoyed sowing the seeds, watering the plants, harvesting the fruit and today carving our Beckside homegrown pumpkins! Happy Halloween from Beckside 👻

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Happy Birthday to ewe!
We’d like to say happy birthday to two of our fabulous care farmers, Sophie and Courtney. Hope you both have a lovely day 🎂

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@JLeGriceOT Email us your contact details and we'll be in touch 🦙🐑🐴

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Volunteer wanted!

Would you like to put smiles like this on care farmers' faces? Utilise the skills you already have, and learn new ones as an Activity Facilitator at our care farm.

Get in touch if you would like to volunteer with us on Tuesdays and/ or Thursdays.

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A vacancy has arisen for a part time activity facilitator (21 hours pw) with a love of people, animals, and the outdoors. Experience of working on a care farm, or similar, is preferred. If interested in this rare opportunity, please email your CV to [email protected]

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It can be difficult being a man at times, so during #MensHealthWeek we want to remind men to live healthier, active, and more fulfilling lives.

We offer the opportunity to move more, get fresh air, and be in the great outdoors. Get back to being you! #LonelinessAwarenessWeek

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It's #NationalVolunteersWeek, so we are saying thankyou to Andy, one of our amazing volunteers. We hope he enjoys the gift we chose for him from @thornbridge

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Mending mental health one wheelbarrow at a time
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2021

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#HappyEaster!

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Spending time with our animals is great fun but having a conversation with Benny, the goat, can be difficult because he keeps butting in! 🐐

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Baa-lieve it or not, sheep are extremely intelligent and capable of problem solving but, it doesn't take genius to know there could be feed in this bucket 🐑

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#MondayMotivation Hello I’m one of the residents here at Beckside. I'm 38 horse years which makes me 114 human years! I've got a few health problems, but I still enjoy the good food I get here, and a trot around with my friends. Up and at it folks, motion is the best lotion! 🐎

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Happy #valentinesday2021

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At 3pm today real feel temperature was -11 with us 🥶. Alpaca have fantastically warm, waterproof and wind chill resistant fleece so our three boys weren't at all worried about #StormDarcy and even stopped to pose for a photo for you 😄 #MondayMotivation

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We took part in the #RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch Watch 👀 today and we can't believe our luck as we spotted a pair of stunning redwing along with blackbirds, blue tits, wrens and our friendly robin. They all clearly like our fat ball recipe 😃🐦🦅🦉 and we liked our cake!

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If you look up tonight you might see the first full moon of the year, the Wolf Moon, said to be named after howling wolves - we can't hear any wolves but we do enjoy a #fullmoon! 🌕

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You may not be aware but the famous Scottish Poet, Robert Burns, was a farmer. One of his most famous poems 'To a Mouse', was written after he'd accidentally turned over the nest of a tiny field mouse with his plough. 'Happy #BurnsNight' 🐭

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No llama queens here! We're getting on with normal rounds, with extra rations for all, despite several inches of snow and frozen water troughs. Don't forget to feed and water wild birds in your gardens today, they'll be very grateful. 🐴🐑🦙🐐🐦