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You don’t have to be in crisis. Counselling can You don’t have to be in crisis. Counselling can help with: ✔ Anxiety ✔ Stress ✔ Low confidence ✔ Feeling overwhelmed ✔ Family pressures ✔ Burnout ✔ Life changes Sometimes talking really does help. Follow the link to our website for more information.
Supporting everyone else is hard. Teachers. Supp Supporting everyone else is hard. Teachers. Support workers. Carers. Farm practitioners. Compassion fatigue and burnout are real. Roots to Resilience provides funded counselling to help you look after your own wellbeing too. Find more information on our website, link in our bio.
When was the last time someone asked if YOU were o When was the last time someone asked if YOU were okay? Parents spend so much time looking after everyone else that their own wellbeing often comes last. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or struggling to cope, our fully funded counselling service could help. ✔ 10 free sessions ✔ Confidential ✔ Local ✔ No waiting list* (*subject to availability)
We would like to thank The Elmgrant Trust for thei We would like to thank The Elmgrant Trust for their support in the purchase of some new power tools for our workshop. These new additions will broaden the scope of our work with our older children who enjoy the skill-based work sessions on the farm.
Our #devonhaf26 delivery is in full swing, now in Our #devonhaf26 delivery is in full swing, now in its second week. The children are working on designing their own farm T-shirts while also taking good care of all the necessary farm jobs.
Could counselling help your teenager? Is your yo Could counselling help your teenager? Is your young person: 🍃 Feeling anxious? 🍃 Struggling with school? 🍃 Constantly overwhelmed? 🍃 Finding friendships difficult? 🍃 Lacking confidence? Our new Roots to Resilience programme offers 10 free counselling sessions for young people aged 14+. No cost. No referral from your GP needed. Just a safe space to talk. Referrals are now open. Find the link in our bio.
Apple Tree Farm Services will be shut over the Sum Apple Tree Farm Services will be shut over the Summer Holidays to our term time students (we are running our HAF Programme) and then we will have a farm shutdown week commencing 7th September. We look forward to welcoming children back to the farm week commencing 14th September. Have a great Summer everyone!
We are in the unfortunate position where we need t We are in the unfortunate position where we need to find a new and big flock for our Aylesbury drake. He is called Jeremy Quackson and he is fierce! Not afraid to defend his girls against dogs, cats or humans. Sounds great, doesn’t it? However he is also a fierce lover and he is hurting his girls, so he needs a much larger number of girls than we can offer him. Can anyone help?
Our team and children have been busy today repleni Our team and children have been busy today replenishing the village planters ahead of our village fete on the 25th July. We think they have done a wonderful job cleaning up the sings and adding some new flowers in. 🤩
There’s a crisis at the farm! 🥵🥵🥵 The management There’s a crisis at the farm! 🥵🥵🥵 The management have been informed that the ice pole drawer is empty. But like, empty, empty. They’ve been to assess the situation and can confirm echos have been heard. Additionally, the bacon bits are all squealing in fear of becoming crackling. 🐷 We have experienced some disruptions to our sessions today, not because of the ice pole crisis but because it’s a tad warm to keep our children and animals safe. We expect normal ice pole and farm service to resume on Monday. 🤞🏽
Do you have a secondary aged child that would like Do you have a secondary aged child that would like to join our existing Home Ed at the Farm group on Mondays 1-3pm from September? A couple of spaces have become available. Email admin@appletreefarmservices.co.uk for more info! #homeednorthdevon #homeeducationnorthdevon #homeeducationdevon
Our Roots to Resilience page is now live on our we Our Roots to Resilience page is now live on our website. You can find it here 👉🏽 https://www.appletreefarmservices.co.uk/cbt/ We have tried to include as much information as possible and this will evolve. CBT delivery will start in September 2026 but referrals are now open and will only be taken via the website. Any enquiries prior to referrals can also be sent via the website. Our project was made possible with thanks to #NationalLottery players.
We’re delighted to announce that Roots to Resilien We’re delighted to announce that Roots to Resilience, our brand-new funded CBT service, will officially open for referrals on 1st July. Our project was made possible thanks to #NationalLottery players; this free service will provide accessible CBT for: 🍎 Young people aged 14+ 🍎 Parents and carers 🍎 Families 🍎 Apple Tree Farm staff If you’ve been waiting for the right time to reach out for support, we’re here to help. Our aim is to provide a safe, welcoming space where people can build resilience, improve wellbeing and take positive steps forward. 📅 Referrals open: 1st July 👀 Keep an eye on our website and social media for the launch and details of how to apply. Because sometimes the strongest roots grow from asking for support. 💚 #RootsToResilience #MentalHealthMatters #CBT
How many members of the team does it take to build How many members of the team does it take to build a makeshift shelter for shade? ⛱️ Answers on a postcard…. Or in the comments. 😁
🔥 The Grand Finale - please let this come to an en 🔥 The Grand Finale - please let this come to an end 🔥 That’s it folks. We are done for with this business model. We have come to the conclusion that our future lies in the constant provision of iced treats for animals. In this positively tropical climate, we have tried and tested many means of keeping the animals cool and our best seller is the Giant Iced Treat bowl. The client base is small, mind. Only the pigs and goats seem keen but we will push on and hope by the next heatwave we will be able to retire into the blazing sunset. Friday sometime in June- we cannot even be sure of the date but it is tomorrow. 🗓️ The farm will be open for another day of adapted provision. After the week we have all had, we will be all but ash by then. 😮‍💨 See you tomorrow friends!
☠️🥵 Day 247 of furnace inhabitation 🥵☠️ We’ve had ☠️🥵 Day 247 of furnace inhabitation 🥵☠️ We’ve had yet another reshuffle and yesterday’s committee quit over their unmet demands to have their sprinkler system activations upgraded to 10 per day, so we have been forced to search for a new team to lead us. We’ll quickly be giving No 10 a run for its money. 😝 Alas, every creature on this land has all but given up. The rabbits are permanently frogging, the guinea pigs have made a burrow of straw and not left it since Sunday night, declaring a full shut down until the weather conditions are less like the Peruvian Amazon. 🌳🌴 The donkeys are officially confused because they were certain The Donkey Sanctuary, which rehomed them with us, was based in North Devon but suddenly they feel like they’re in North Africa. It is chaos! And then we remembered the ferrets and thought we could be on to something here because the collective noun for ferrets is a business. A business of ferrets sounds just like what we need to lead us out of this inferno. We were so wrong because the ferrets have also given up the ghost. Literally, flat out on their backs, with tongues sticking out. We gotta hand it to them though, this is ‘death nap’ pro level. We’ve since prodded and poked them and they have risen in a haze of overheated brain power and no logic. Thus, the humans have been forced to convene again and make decisions. 😱 ✅ Thursday 25th June: we have run out of steam and farm will be CLOSED for the day. Forecast: by 12pm tomorrow we expect the team to have professionally mastered the art of death napping like a business of ferrets. Disclaimer: no ferrets have been harmed in this process.
There have been developments. The bacon bits are f There have been developments. The bacon bits are full of attitude today… 🙄 We may have to negotiate seven sprinkler operations for the day but we must manage expectations. 🥵
🐷☀️ Weather Update for Wednesday 24th June ☀️🐷 Ye 🐷☀️ Weather Update for Wednesday 24th June ☀️🐷 Yesterday’s emergency weather committee have been replaced following reports of too much splashing and not enough committeeing. We’ve upgraded to a much more sophisticated team, and they come with some high-tech cooling mechanisms such as a human operated sprinkler system (five times per day, no less!) and a mud pool! 🐖 Anyway, the new committee has decided that the weather is positively cozy. As such they feel the current disruption to our farm sessions to be entirely justifiable, although they argued that if we made use of their mud pool the disruptions could be reduced. We chose to politely decline that offer, and instead we will continue to run heavily adapted sessions on Wednesday 24th June. ✅ Some sessions have been cancelled, others have been reduced and it is highly likely that after midday tomorrow some of the sprinkler system operators may well reconsider that offer and join the new committee in the wallow. 🥵
🌿☀️ Keeping Cool, Farm Style! ☀️🌿 While the tempe 🌿☀️ Keeping Cool, Farm Style! ☀️🌿 While the temperatures are soaring, our children have been busy creating beautiful nature wreaths in the shade. 🌸🍃 As always, activities are being adapted to suit the conditions, with plenty of shady spots, water breaks, slower-paced activities and lots of opportunities to stay cool while still having fun and learning. 💧🌳 Monday’s🌿☀️ Keeping Cool, Farm Style! ☀️🌿 While the temperatures are soaring, our children have been busy creating beautiful nature wreaths in the shade. 🌸🍃 As always, activities are being adapted to suit the conditions, with plenty of shady spots, water breaks, slower-paced activities and lots of opportunities to stay cool while still having fun and learning. 💧🌳 Today’s masterpieces prove that you don’t need to be running around to have an amazing day at the farm! We think these natural creations are absolutely blooming lovely. 🌼💕 #AppleTreeFarm #KeepingCool #NatureCrafts #OutdoorLearning #FarmLife ChildLedLearning HeatwaveAdventures 🌿🌸☀️
🦆 Duck Weather Bulletin for sessions Tuesday 23rd 🦆 Duck Weather Bulletin for sessions Tuesday 23rd June 🦆 Our emergency weather committee (pictured) has been hard at work this morning conducting extensive water-based inspections and paddle-powered risk assessments. Following the latest forecast and our ongoing dynamic risk assessments, some sessions scheduled for Tuesday 23rd June will unfortunately be disrupted or cancelled due to the weather conditions. 📧 Parents, carers and commissioners: please check your emails carefully and acknowledge receipt of any cancellation notifications so that we know everyone has received the information safely. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we navigate what promises to be a very interesting week. Further updates will be shared via email and social media as our dynamic risk assessments continue. Stay cool, stay hydrated, and keep an eye on your inbox. The Duck Weather Office currently rates conditions as: “Mostly Paddling with a Chance of Chaos.” ☀️🦆☀️
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