Welcome To Oldbury Cottage Care Farm CIC

Set in a beautiful part of Warwickshire, our farm is dedicated to providing people with learning disabilities and or dementia, a safe and rewarding space to explore life on a farm.

Our mission is to create a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for vulnerable individuals, offering them the chance to engage in daily farm activities. These activities include animal care, growing vegetables and fruit, farm maintenance, food preparation and cooking, crafts, teamwork, and skill-building. We have a diverse range of livestock, including sheep, lambs, goats, pigs, chickens, a dog and cat.

OUR AIMS

Oldbury Cottage Care Farm CIC offers people with learning disabilities and or dementia, the opportunity to work on a traditional small farm. Our experienced farm staff offer a wide range of activities to suit all needs. These include animal care, horticulture, cooking, farm maintenance, arts and crafts.

We aim to engage, encourage and enthuse all who attend and constantly strive to enable each individual to realise their potential.  Our farm offers a real working environment where visitors can learn new skills, improve their confidence and self esteem and become a valued member of the farm team. Whatever their ability they will find their place here and contribute to a valued enterprise.

Safe working Environment

But please be aware this is a real working farm, all activities are fully risk assessed.

First Aid Qualified

There is always a first aider on site as well as a defibrillator

All Staff and volunteers are DBS Checked to the enhanced level

This provides safety and protection for all

We have a DSL on site at all times

For the reporting of any safeguarding concerns

Meaningful Activities That Help To Realise Each Persons Potential

Work on a care farm can help provide meaningful activities and a practical daily structure.  The activities undertaken at Oldbury Cottage Care Farm CIC are real and based on the daily, weekly and seasonal jobs around the farm. The benefits of being outdoors in the fresh air and working with animals are improved mental and physical health; are now becoming more widely recognised by health and education professionals.

OLDBURY COTTAGE CARE FARM CIC.

FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND OR DEMENTIA.

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Sheep
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Chickens
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Different Activites
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Weeks a year
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Cat
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Oxford Sandy & Black sow Pigs
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Crazy dog
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Lambs

Oldbury Cottage Care Farm CIC is dedicated to providing care, activities and experiences to people with learning disabilities and or dementia

Thanks to……

Everyone who has supported us including the National Lottery. Also thank you to Oldbury’s Friends for their fantastic support. Lastly thank you to our amazing attendees who keep us pushing forwards.

Gifting and donations

Plywood sheets.
Plant pots.
Any building materials would be gratefully received.

Volunteers welcome!

If you have some spare time and wish to get involved with this project then please use the ‘contact us’ and leave a message or email us on info@occf.org.uk

The future

Exciting times ahead!

We have planning permission for a new barn, concreting of the roadway as well as the designs for a sensory room

Oldbury Cottage Care Farm CIC

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