Longlands Care Farm

Longlands Care Farm Alternative provision and mental health support for vulnerable young people who are not thriving in mainstream education.

We come to the end of our HAF, the Herefordshire summer holiday activity programme for younger children. The HAF team ...
25/08/2026

We come to the end of our HAF, the Herefordshire summer holiday activity programme for younger children.
The HAF team and the animals entertained 83 children in probably the hottest two weeks in August, over 8 days.
Pony riding became pony washing, grooming and learning to plait tails and manes in the first week, with walk and rides reinstated in week two as the temperature dropped slightly.
The kitchen was busy with 8 pasta bakes, varied each day, salad buffet, home made sausage rolls, granola bars, choc chip cookies, cake and many, many litres of squash. And a lot of washing up!
A massive thank you to the four care farm students who came back to volunteer, the other volunteers who supported us, and also to the enthusiastic young people.

Team Longlands at the Tenbury Show:We won a 1st in the young ewe class - she also won Reserve Champion, our ram Alan wo...
15/08/2026

Team Longlands at the Tenbury Show:
We won a 1st in the young ewe class - she also won Reserve Champion, our ram Alan won 2nd, and we were 3rd in the group of three. And a lovely day was had by all, with some very proud students (and Laura's children) doing the showing.

Longlands HAF is back for the Summer, and this year some of our care farm students are coming back as helpers. Our Longl...
05/08/2026

Longlands HAF is back for the Summer, and this year some of our care farm students are coming back as helpers.

Our Longlands Animal & Pony Fun Day, now in its fifth year, will run from Mon-Thurs during August between 10-13 and 17-20. Bookings are via the eequ booking system:
https://eequ.org/book/longlands-animal-and-pony-fun-day-with-longlands-farm-9456
Lots of spaces available, particularly on 18 & 20 August.

The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme provides healthy meals, enriching activities, and free childcare places to children from low-income families, benefiting their health, wellbeing and learning.

It may be the school holidays- but life at Longlands goes on. Today there are students in: carting hay, servicing and r...
30/07/2026

It may be the school holidays- but life at Longlands goes on.
Today there are students in: carting hay, servicing and renovating a van, and preparing sheep for the Tenbury Show this Saturday.

Looking back at some of the highlights - or in this case low-lights - of the year.Sheep! Don't you just love 'em?
22/07/2026

Looking back at some of the highlights - or in this case low-lights - of the year.
Sheep! Don't you just love 'em?

Another end of year ritual - our Riding for Disabled picnic.We can't show you pictures of the children, but here is the ...
16/07/2026

Another end of year ritual - our Riding for Disabled picnic.
We can't show you pictures of the children, but here is the entertainment: Julia, and two of our regular volunteers, Vernon and Rhiana.
And of course, this being Longlands, the food!

Achievements Evening last night - and achievements there were! 24 students attended (on one of the hottest evenings of ...
09/07/2026

Achievements Evening last night - and achievements there were!
24 students attended (on one of the hottest evenings of the year), five schools represented and a local council Rural Communities Officer.
Marc Bayliss, Deputy Police Commissioner for West Mercia handed out the certificates, and we all heard about the truly amazing achievements of our students - qualifications in Land Based Studies, mechanics, construction, horticulture, cooking, riding for disabled - and particularly in buggy driving.
And how they have come on in social skills, confidence and self-esteem.
Just makes you proud to be part of it.

“They don’t judge us. Doesn’t matter what we wear, what we look like, what we did yesterday – they accept us in that mo...
01/07/2026

“They don’t judge us. Doesn’t matter what we wear, what we look like, what we did yesterday – they accept us in that moment, for who we are.”
For our students, relationships with the animals are a key part of their time at Longlands. This is also our approach as staff – we don’t judge. And the students feel they can safely show care and affection for these animals, because it’s quite straightforward, isn’t it?
As Julia says: “We have to remember that we are working with some of the most troubled and traumatised children in the county. For these children to come in, and form a relationship – with an animal, where it’s relatively straightforward, because the animal is non-judgmental – that’s the key to the way in.”

Poppy the Donkey starred at a wedding at Crumplebury over the weekend.She had a bath (her first ever?), was groomed and ...
22/06/2026

Poppy the Donkey starred at a wedding at Crumplebury over the weekend.
She had a bath (her first ever?), was groomed and preened, and ‘encouraged’ (a.k.a. bribed) with ginger nuts, and distributed the confetti to all the guests.
And she loved it! What a change from anxiously bolting out of the nativity, 2 ½ years ago.

And here we are at the show.No prizes this year, sadly. "Not fat enough!" says Julia.But students were involved in the ...
16/06/2026

And here we are at the show.
No prizes this year, sadly.
"Not fat enough!" says Julia.
But students were involved in the actual showing, and in the grand parade, with a huge sense of pride in what they can achieve.
And of course the pride the staff feel seeing their students performing so well.

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Whitbourne
Worcester
WR65SG

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 3pm
Thursday 9:30am - 3pm
Friday 9:30am - 3pm

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+441886821728

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