Sustainable Sussex | Social Farms & Gardens

Phone: 07598411428

Address: The Fen Farm
Test Road

Sompting, Lancing
BN15 0EW

We are a small charity that offers real life work experience to people who find accessing the workplace difficult, including those with learning difficulties, mental and physical health needs, long-term unemployed, but also to those who are retired or who don't have access to a garden. We have a project, Sussex Chilli Farm, whereby the volunteers get involved from sowing the seeds, tending the plants, harvesting, making products and selling them at local markets. We work in partnership with The Sustainable Mind, which offers free and low cost mindfulness courses to those who might not otherwise be able to access them due to financial limitations. We are working with a local landowner, Sompting Estate, to create Sompting Community Farm where we can expand our projects to enhance people's health and wellbeing by linking people with the countryside and nature.

Facilities: Volunteering, Picnic area, Mobile farm, Play activities, Holiday activities, Wildlife area

Open to the public?: Yes

Open to the public?: Variable opening hours/pre-arranged visits/events or open days only

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Accessible?: No

Has livestock?: Yes

Details of livestock and rare breeds kept: We have a small flock of sheep, including NZ Romneys and Portlands (rare breeds).

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