Valley Farm Outdoor Wellbeing & Learning

03/03/2026

Now that the days are getting longer our hens are starting to lay again. I love that they each lay a different colour egg

09/02/2026

5 week wellbeing project for Tameside residents
please contact us on [email protected] for more info

31/12/2025

To everyone who has helped us this year, Thank You!

Pathways and all our Friday morning volunteers
for our resurfaced track and new fence
for a new fence and sign
Action Together for funding a variety of group activities
for funding our 1-2-1 support sessions for adults, via the UK Government and Greater Manchester Combined Authority

25/11/2025

We recently had a team from The Casey Group help us out with resurfacing the track for our horses.

We are so pleased with the support that Casey recently offered us, with resurfacing our track and installing a beautiful post-and-rail fence. As part of our wellbeing focus it is important to us that the animals also have a good environment to live in. Our horses have constant access to a field and a large sheltered area, but this leads to heavy use on the track to the fields and our previous efforts to lay stone had all disappeared into the mud. Casey scraped back the mud-and-stone layer and put in a new, deeper layer of stone as well as a new fence, and levelled off the mud area to the side of the track. It all looks much smarter now, and we will be able to put down some grass seed and plant new hedging plants to the side of the stone track, so that as well as a better surface for horses and people to walk over we will be improving our biodiversity. Any clients with mobility issues will also now be able to access our fields much more easily. This is a success for us in so many different areas and will make a huge difference to us. Thank you Casey.

18/11/2025

Got the fire going for craft club today

22/09/2025

Introducing our new 5-week programme for St Peter's Ward residents.
We are excited to share this free, 5-session programme of support for any adult living in St Peter's Ward, Tameside, who is economically inactive (not in work or looking for work). The day runs 10-2 and all participants will be picked up and dropped off at a location central to St Peter's Ward.

Through a series of nature-based activities you will be supported to develop resilience, boost problem-solving skills, become more active in a way that suits you and most importantly have fun.

Following the end of the 5 weeks, you are welcome to continue to benefit from support with Valley Farm through our volunteering club, mid-week craft groups or 1-2-1 coaching.

Contact Liz at [email protected] to find out more.
Referrals and self-referrals accepted.

18/09/2025

Networking at Tameside Female Entrepreneurs sandwiched between setting up new pens for the sheep and moving them so they can get the individualised care they need for the next couple of weeks

17/09/2025

Have you ever done a logic grid puzzle?
It felt like that today. We needed the vet out as we suspected our sheep had scab (a mite infection). On top of that we were wondering if one of our girls was unintentionally pregnant.

Following the vet visit we then had to work out logistics for:
1 sheep needs a diet
4 sheep need extra food
1 sheep is pregnant, but with a 2-8 week estimate for due date
1 ram lamb who can't go in with any ewes
1 tup who can go with the ewes, but only in a couple of weeks

I've got a plan for the next 4 weeks but I'm not sure what I'm doing after that! It will depend on grass growth and which sheep have gained or lost weight

12/08/2025

Craft club today was spent making these lovely small baskets out of dried reeds.
Oh, and moving the lambs. It's time for them to be weaned so that the mums can have a rest.

08/08/2025

29/07/2025

Last week in craft club we made paper from different plants and then left it to dry, and this week we were decorating and painting on the paper we had made