The organisation provides education and advances the opportunities of young people and adults living in deprived areas of Doncaster who due to Special Education Needs and Disabilities, Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, social and educational disengagement and other needs are unable to access most mainstream education, training or social opportunities. We also increase social inclusion for both young people and adults and advance the education and promotion for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. This financial year the organisation has provided a day service for adults with additional needs, runs a farm shop, cafe and garden centre where people with additional needs or experiencing social exclusion have volunteered and gained education and work experience and where the local community, particularly elderly and isolated members of the community, have been using for both the social engagement and a place to access food, drink and plants. We have stocked, promoted and supported local family businesses and have also been able to provide food at low food mileage from our own farm and these local suppliers. We have also put on community events, free workshops and social groups. We have also been providing green social prescribing. This has meant we have provided people with 121 and group support for mental health issues and enabled them to access nature and the outdoors whilst also supporting them with their mental health needs. We have promoted and signposted people to other local organisations, services and third sector services. We have employed local people and are helping them to develop their personal and professional goals. We have also provided volunteering opportunities in all areas of the organisation. We have supported other local CIC organisations to set up and to continue services. We hosted a warm space area for the winter months enabling local people facing the cost of living crisis to access a warm space for free including providing food. We ran food hygiene and catering programmes teaching people the skills to work in the catering industry. We ran sessions for council, NHS and community groups to access farm sessions, creative sessions and health sessions. We have done farm to fork food awareness and cooking groups providing local children and families the opportunity to see where their food comes from, produce their own food and learn to cook said food, including working with a local nutritionist to learn the nutritional benefits of this food, particularly for children and young people with issues relating to obesity and long term health conditions. We have collaborated with other local organisations supporting those looking for work experience and placement who require additional support due to mental or physical long term health issues and disabilities. We have provided an education and training programme for NEET 16 to 24yr olds providing them with work experience, short course qualifications, mentorship and progressing them into employment, further education or further work placements. We have worked with young people providing one to one mentorship. We have hosted other local CIC and community group sessions, workshops and meetings. We developed our sensory garden and extended our market garden for the use of local people. Our services have enabled people to access the outdoors and promoted healthy lifestyles. We have ran 121 mentorship programmes for young people aged 16 to 24 who are unable to access mainstream education, volunteering or work.

The organisation was set up due to the local need for education and other opportunities for people with varying additional needs that were struggling to access mainstream services and wanted access to local outdoor spaces and the natural environment. The directors knew of the need for these services due to consultation with local parents, council departments and education providers. The organisation has remained in constant consultation with people in the local community and has asked, and provided wherever necessary, the services and needs of the local people. We have also consulted with local organisations, NHS services, council services and departments and local third sector organisations in order to see where the most urgent needs are and how we can remain responsive and fluid to the needs of the area. The organisations business model is based on this fluid response to local need and the services evolve and develop as the needs of the community requires, whilst also holding true to the main aims of the organisation to ensure these needs are being fulfilled and improved upon.

The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £12,000.

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