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About Us

Support Us

There are several ways you can get involved with Living Potential:

1) Support our farm for the future

2) Become a Support Volunteer

3) Become a Community Volunteer

4) Enquire about Corporate Partnerships

Further information on ways to help, can be found below

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With the land in which we operate up for sale, as tenants, we have no certainty.

 

We are embarking on our biggest challenge ever since we began in 2016. We urgently need your help to ensure Living Potential can continue to change lives. We need to raise £2m to secure a farm for the future so we can be here tomorrow for those who need us.

 

Every week we support over 135 beneficiaries to grow in confidence, build lasting friendships and encourage independence. Help us secure the farm so we can continue to provide this crucial support.

Living Potential changes lives by offering a sanctuary where people and nature thrive together. We support people with disabilities and autism, dementia and mental health challenges to engage in meaningful work giving people a real sense of value and purpose.

 

In the UK, 1 in 4 people are experiencing mental health challenges and 16 million people are living with disabilities. The need for our work has never been greater.

We urgently need your help.

Living Potential is a safe haven for so many families and we transform lives right across Yorkshire. We reduce isolation, we instil confidence, and we provide hope. Help us secure a Farm for the Future so we can be here tomorrow for those who need us.

We need to secure the farm to be able to make our future plans a reality and continue to support our members.

 

With the Farm secured, we will have the stability to:

- Grow our provision

- Increase accessibility for our beneficiaries 

- Realise our long-term plans and vision

- Reach out and provide connections

Click here to read our appeal brochure to see how you can help today.

We need to secure the farm to make our plans a reality and support our members. You can donate securely using the PayPal button below.

If you don’t have a mental health challenge or any support needs yourself, but would like to help out in the therapeutic gardens or at the farm, you could support our staff team and our beneficiaries, and learn about horticulture and/or animal care.

 

​Our Support Volunteers come to join our staff and beneficiaries in the day’s activities. Support Volunteers either support individuals, or the group as a whole, to carry out tasks and activities. All have training suitable for the role. 

To enquire about becoming a Support Volunteer please email Sarah@livingpotentialcarefarming.org.uk or Kirsty.livingpotentialcarefarm@gmail.com

If you’d like to get involved with Living Potential, learn all about horticulture from our team, meet new people, and enjoy a healthy, active day working outside in a beautiful setting, then we offer Community Volunteering days in the Community Gardens. These are currently on Thursdays and the first Saturday of the month.

Volunteering outdoors is widely recognised as being great for wellbeing, and a preventative measure against the development of mental health problems. If you have a developing mental health problem you are trying to address by volunteering with us, do please discuss with our team whether our core Therapeutic Gardening programme or Community Volunteering is more appropriate for your individual needs.

To enquire about Community Volunteering please email: Kirsty at kirsty@livingpotentialcarefarming.org.uk

Please get in touch if you would like to offer Corporate Volunteering or fundraising for us.

Email Tanya at tanya@livingpotentialcarefarming.org.uk 

Get Inspired

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We are proud to be part of the Social Farms and Gardens network, www.farmgarden.org.uk

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We offer qualifications through ABC, Skills and Education Group

Research shows nature based interventions have hugely beneficial results for mental health  care.

(BRAGG, R., ATKINS, G. 2016. Number 204)

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