Ouseburn Farm Charity Ltd

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Ouseburn Farm Charity Ltd A visitor attraction and a place for growing - animals, plants but most of all, people. Ouseburn Farm is a green haven in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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We nurture the mental and physical wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities by involving them in running a community farm which brings joy and learning to 30,000 local visitors per year. Through structured placements across our bustling farmyard, gardens and visitor centre, they interact with nature and the wider community, helping them to overcome low self-esteem, loneliness and achieve powerful, lasting change in their wellbeing.

Spooky Sensory Play is coming to Ouseburn Farm in half term! 👻⁠⁠Children aged 4-7 can get stuck into threading, painting...
23/10/2026

Spooky Sensory Play is coming to Ouseburn Farm in half term! 👻⁠
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Children aged 4-7 can get stuck into threading, painting, sticking and leaf printing, with lots of opportunities for hands-on, taste-safe sensory play.⁠
We’ll be exploring:⁠
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🕷️ Spidery oobleck⁠
🧊 Sensory ice⁠
🎃 Pumpkin play⁠
🍝 Spooky spaghetti and rice⁠
🎨 Halloween crafts to make and take home⁠
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We’re also running a dedicated session for children with SEN, giving families the opportunity to enjoy some spooky sensory fun in a session created especially for them. ⁠
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Places are limited, so book your tickets now and come and make some Halloween mess with us!⁠
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🔗 Book your ticket at https://www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/whats-on/

It's Autumn and the nights are drawing in, and that means it's time for another season of Wild Ouseburn Talks 😊⁠⁠Led by ...
20/10/2026

It's Autumn and the nights are drawing in, and that means it's time for another season of Wild Ouseburn Talks 😊⁠
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Led by and all taking place here at the farm in our events space. Here's what's coming up:⁠
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Thursday 22nd October⁠
🏢Urban Rewilding: From Europe to Ouseburn (with )⁠
Cain and Heather from Wild Intrigue CIC will share how landscape-scale approaches to rewilding, usually applied in the rural setting, can be used to rewild cities too.⁠
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Thursday 22nd November⁠
🐂Hepple Wilds: Rewilding Coquetdale (with Richard Thompson, Hepple Wilds ecologist)⁠
Come along to learn about Hepple Wilds, an ambitious 4000 acre upland rewilding programme in the remote and beautiful Coquetdale, nestled in the Northumberland National Park.⁠
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Thursday 17th December⁠
🌆Wild Cities: Journeys Through the Modern Urban Jungle (with author Chris Fitch, mince pies included! 🥧)⁠
We'll join travel, science writer and author Chris Fitch via the big screen, to hear all about his journeys and discoveries of urban wildlife.⁠
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Details:⁠
🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏽 Everyone is welcome⁠
🆓 Free to attend⁠
🕕️ All talks have a 6.30pm start – please arrive around 6.15pm to grab a hot drink and find a seat. They'll finish at around 7.30pm⁠
📍 Ouseburn Farm events space (accessible from the cafe entrance)⁠
☕️ Complimentary hot drinks provided⁠
🎟️ Please RSVP your free place via https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/wild-ouseburn-talks-4884336
❓️ If you have questions about this event, please get in touch with Wild Intrigue at [email protected]⁠
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Part of the Wild Ouseburn Talks series, hosted in collaboration with Ouseburn Farm, as part of the Wild Ouseburn initiative. Supported by the Reece Foundation’s Fund.

Half-term is creeping closer and we’re getting ready for some autumn fun at the Farm! 🎃🍂We have some wonderful activitie...
16/10/2026

Half-term is creeping closer and we’re getting ready for some autumn fun at the Farm! 🎃🍂

We have some wonderful activities planned, including:

🐐 Animal Breakfast Club
🐮 Put the Farm Animals to Bed
🐷 Pumpkin Pig Pampering
🎃 NEW! Spooky sensory play - explore Halloween through hands-on sensory activities, with a dedicated workshop for children with special educational needs (SEN).

Find your half-term adventure! Head to our website for dates, times and tickets: https://www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/whats-on/

From printing to rockpooling, it’s been a busy week for our Placement Programme! 💚Our participants have been creating lo...
14/10/2026

From printing to rockpooling, it’s been a busy week for our Placement Programme! 💚

Our participants have been creating lovely prints, baking monster cupcakes and spending time with some of the Farm’s smaller animals.

We also headed to the seaside for a spot of rockpooling and seal spotting — a chance to explore beyond the Farm and see what wildlife we could find.

Plenty of opportunities to get creative, try something different and spend time together. Here’s a little look at what we’ve been up to! 📸

Kevin has a new friend! Meet Bluebell. 🐰🐰⁠⁠Bluebell is a young female lop who has come to us from . She's not been paire...
12/10/2026

Kevin has a new friend! Meet Bluebell. 🐰🐰⁠
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Bluebell is a young female lop who has come to us from . She's not been paired with another rabbit before, so we are currently in the process of bonding her and Kevin. This is a slow process and involves:⁠
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👃🏼 Scent swapping: each day, we swap items from each of their housing such as litter trays and toys so they get used to each other's scent.⁠
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🐇 Separate enclosures: in our outdoor space, we have set up two side-by-side pens with a wire barrier so they can see and smell each other without biting.⁠
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⏰️ Short sessions: we have started with brief 5-10 minute sessions observing them together, and will be gradually increasing the time as they stay calm. ⁠
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Hopefully after a while, they will start to bond which we will see through mutual grooming, eating side-by-side, and relaxed body language. At this point we will be able to house them together, and they will be firm friends 🥹.⁠
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We'll keep you updated as their relationship blooms! 🌺⁠
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Thank you to everyone who had concerns about Kevin's housing situation after his recent theft. We wanted to reassure you that Kevin is now housed indoors, safe and sound.

10/10/2026

This World Mental Health Day, we have a mindful minute for you courtesy of our aviary 🩵🐦️

09/10/2026

For those who enjoyed seeing our recent Then/Now photos, we thought you'd like to hear Jon and Jean's story.

Jon Davies was a Councillor at in 1976 and was one of the first people to set the farm up from scratch, much to the amusement of his colleagues!

With help from his wife Jean and his kids, as well as other local families and volunteers, they started the farm; slowly and steadily, planting the seeds that helped it grow into what it is today.

Thanks so much to Jon and Jean for coming to see us, we've loved hearing your stories! They remind us why we want keep the farm free-to-all for the next 50 years.⁠

Join us for Little Sprouts, a free six-week outdoor gardening and nature club for kids aged 0-4.These six sessions will ...
07/10/2026

Join us for Little Sprouts, a free six-week outdoor gardening and nature club for kids aged 0-4.

These six sessions will follow the forest school ethos of giving children (and their grownups) the chance to play, explore and spend time outdoors in all weathers and seasons. We hope this will help to inspire little ones, develop their love for nature and increase their confidence and independence as they explore.

Each week we will spend time outdoors around the farm - in the nearby fields, woodlands, the orchard, and the farm's garden. We will find things in nature as we wander and observe the changes throughout the season. Sessions are not structured, they are child-led. We will have some optional crafts and play prompts that children are free to join in with if they like.

Each session will end with a story and a healthy farm-grown snack - this part might be in the classroom if it is very rainy!

We'll meet each week outside the aviary in the garden. Come dressed for the weather 🌦️.

📅 Monday 19th October - Monday 23rd November (6 sessions)
🕙️ 10am - 11.30am
📍 Ouseburn Farm
🎫 Free but you must book via our website: https://www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/whats-on/

Please only sign up for this if you can commit to at least four of the dates in this block: 19th & 26th October and 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd November.

It's starting to feel quite Autumnal now so we thought we'd share some of the fun things that have been happening at the...
06/10/2026

It's starting to feel quite Autumnal now so we thought we'd share some of the fun things that have been happening at the farm over the past few weeks in the sunnier weather. ⁠
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1. Our beautiful Milk Frog ⁠
2. Kevin enjoying a carrot ⁠
3. The farm on ITV News ⁠
4. Alistair with his beautiful linocut print of a puffin⁠
5. Goat snack⁠
6. A new jail for Bean⁠
7. Pip having a rest ⁠
8. Adam very proud of his mosaic⁠
9. Local author Sue Reed with her book 'Molly McFlynn Goes Rogue', which features the farm⁠
10. Some very impressive veg at our Harvest Festival ⁠
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We are very excited to see what this season brings! 🍁🍂

Looking to meet new people, learn practical skills and build your confidence?Join us for Grow Forward, our free Friday v...
02/10/2026

Looking to meet new people, learn practical skills and build your confidence?

Join us for Grow Forward, our free Friday volunteering sessions at Ouseburn Farm.

Open to anyone aged 18+ in the North East who’s currently unemployed, Grow Forward includes a variety of animal care and horticultural volunteering on our farm and in our gardens.

It's a great way to build confidence, improve wellbeing, learn practical skills, improve employment prospects and develop a sense of belonging and community.

Whether you’re taking a step towards work or simply looking for a way to get out, connect with others and support your wellbeing, our team will help you feel welcome from day one. 💚

📅 Every Friday, 10am–12pm
📍 Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle
🌱 Free to attend - booking essential via https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ouseburnfarmcharityltd/2258129

Would you like to attend with support, or discuss any access requirements? Get in touch with our Volunteer Lead, Sarah:

📧 [email protected]
📞 0191 232 3698

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Ouseburn Farm Ouseburn Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12PA

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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