16 Aug 2019
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Nicola Bird Art supporting the farm

Nicola Bird Art supporting the farm

We are very lucky at the farm to have been selected by Nicola Bird Art as one of her chosen charities. Not only is Nicola making a donation from her commission based work towards the farm but she has also provided us with some fabulous artwork of our farm animals which are proudly displayed in the cafe. To see more of Nicolas fantastic work please visit her website here www.nicolabirdart.com Cheese the farm cat Dawson Piglet
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17 Jul 2019
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Postcode Community Trust and Sport England grants secure sport activities at the farm

Postcode Community Trust and Sport England grants secure sport activities at the farm

The farm has received £22,900 to go towards funding sport activities for the project workers. These grants have ensured that the project workers attending the farm have access to a wide range of activities including tennis, climbing and cricket. Having access to sport helps promote healthy lifestyles as well as the positive effect sport can have on mental health and above all having fun! We cannot thank the Postcode Community Trust and Sport England for their generous donations! See the full article below... https://www.charitytoday.co.uk/winning-grants-for-solihull-charitys-sports-activities/
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12 Jul 2019
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25th Anniversary celebrations for Family Care Trust

25th Anniversary celebrations for Family Care Trust

Newlands Bishop Farm is part of Solihull Charity Family Care Trust which offers support to a wide variety of individuals across Solihull. The trust not only offers work based learning at Newlands Bishop Farm, it offers the following the following services throughout the borough Community support Blanning Dementia Day Centre Community Gardening Services This year the trust will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary with 25 events taking place to raise money over the next year. Keep an eye out for these events taking place across the trust on our Facebook page To find out more about the Family Care Trust…
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18 Jun 2019
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Npower staff power through jobs at the farm

Npower staff power through jobs at the farm

Today we were joined by some fabulous teams from Npower who helped us get a lot of jobs done all over the farm in the very best wet British summertime weather! The teams helped us get lots of logs spilt ready for winter, weeded the vegetable beds and tackled a huge fencing project! The fencing at the back of the barn involved installing two gate posts, hanging gates, digging and concreting in all fence posts. This area will then provide us with a safe hardcore area to work with the sheep as well as fencing off the back of the…
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07 Jun 2019
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Thank you to our volunteers

Thank you to our volunteers

We are very lucky at the farm to receive wonderful support from lots of local and national companies who want to donate their time helping us develop projects further. Without their help and support projects such as the sensory garden would take twice as long for us to get underway plus the extra finances which would need to be invested to purchase materials. In honour of #nationalvolunteersweek we would like to take this opportunity again to thank everyone that has helped the farm in any way by donating their time or raising funds, we couldn’t do it without you!
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03 Jun 2019
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Eversfield School deliver a huge present

Eversfield School deliver a huge present

Today was a very special day at the farm as we took delivery of a very special present from Eversfield School. Students from the school have been fundraising for the last year to raise over £15,000 towards the new tractor. The tractor will be a huge upgrade from our existing tractor which is now looking forward to a happy retirement! We cannot thank all the staff and students at Eversfield for their hard work and generosity, we will be having a grand opening for the tractor at our open day in September.
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31 May 2019
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Summer Colour

Summer Colour

The farm is really springing into life and there are wonderful colours all over the gardens! The hanging baskets created by the horticulture team look wonderful and are still available to purchase outside the front of Berrys cafe. All the hanging baskets at the farm have been created with lots of care by the project workers in the horticulture team. Every couple of months the farm runs a craft club where project workers ca attend to help make things for us to sell on our sales days. These 100% recycled bird nest boxes have been really popular on our sales…
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01 Apr 2019
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Birmingham airport staff come spend the day at the farm

Birmingham airport staff come spend the day at the farm

On Friday 29th March we were joined by a team from Birmingham airport to help us do various jobs around the farm including to help us start developing the new sensory garden. Before the team arrived The base for the new shed has now been dug out and the new path way which will weave around the garden has been mapped out. The pathway will ensure that the garden is accessible to those in wheelchairs so that they can also enjoy the garden. The sensory garden is starting to take shape The team also stained the two new offices, as…
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21 Feb 2019
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Enjoying the warmer weather

Enjoying the warmer weather

The dry warmer weather has been fantastic at the farm and all of the animals and plants have been enjoying the recent sunshine. We have all taken the opportunity of the dry weather to do some repairs. The beach garden has now got a new walk way and a new gate is going into the horse field. The farm has had an exciting new addition over winter which we cant wait to share with you once its completed! We are looking forward to 2019 and all of the new projects we can get stuck into - including a new sensory…
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