UK: Huge financial boost for city farm will help secure its future

In addition to hosting school visits, the farm offers placements for people with disabilities.

By Cumbria Crack
Jan 13, 2020

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A care farm near Carlisle which helps to educate hundreds of local children is celebrating after receiving a financial boost from The Cumberland.

Susan’s Farm at Houghton teaches primary, secondary and special needs children about organic and environmentally friendly farming, as well as providing opportunities for people with long term mental illness, ex-offenders and teenagers with behaviour problems.

It is one of the first beneficiaries of a new charity fund set up by The Cumberland and has just been awarded £45,000 split over the next three years.

Founder Susan Aglionby said: “We are absolutely thrilled. I’m over the moon!

“I’m 75 at my next birthday and I need more help. Most of the admin is done by myself – I was doing emails last night at 11pm. And the farm doesn’t have its own computer. We will use this money to employ someone to work on the admin.

“I am absolutely determined that this organisation should be financially viable and stable, and this money will help us to achieve that.”

Susan runs the farm with the help of two staff and says she cannot keep up with demand.

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