We need to educate the next generation. Farms for City Children can help.

Hi, I’m Livvy! Thanks for clicking on my blog! I hope you enjoy reading about Farms for City Children and the things they do for underprivileged children across the UK.

When reading the title you might be thinking reading, writing, maths ect. Wrong. What I mean is farming and agriculture. Now you are probably thinking “But that isn’t important”. Wrong again. Farms for City Children is a charity that allows inner-city schools to organise a trip to let the children learn about why tending to the land and the animals is so important- and, more importantly, have fun!

When visiting one of the three farms the children get a chance to:

• Feed livestock 
• Muck-out stables
• Groom horses and donkeys
• Assist at milking time
• Tend the kitchen gardens
• Apple pressing (seasonal- autumn)
• Bonfires (seasonal- autumn)
• Lambing (seasonal- spring)

“But why should I care?” I hear you ask. You should care because Farms for City Children has made hundreds of children’s, up and down the country, dreams happen. This then gives them time in a relaxed environment away from the busy city. If we don’t act quickly, in years to come only a select few will know about agriculture and your family may not be in that few and will be uneducated. I ask you this: if you wouldn’t want your family to be in this situation why let others be in it?

Donating just £10 can pay to replace:

• An essential child-sized shovel, fork, or rake
• Child’s waterproof trousers
• 3 wooden vegetable boxes
• 2 child-sized brooms
• 3 buckets
• Bath mat
• Shower curtain

Thanks (again!) for reading my blog. Please can you now post your response? Mainly your answers to the the following questions. Find out more at http://www.farmsforcitychildren.org/index.htm . Help Farms for City Children give children a once in a lifetime experience!

• Had you already heard about Farms for City Children?
• Do you now feel more informed about what they do?
• Would you now be prepared to:

1. Make a donation to ‘Farms for City Children’?
2. Fundraise?
3. Add your name to their seasonal newsletter mailing list?
4. Spread the word!

If you do post any comments, please can you tell me where you come from (your hometown & country).

Thank you so much for reading my blog!
Livvy