Whirlow Hall Farm Trust

Whirlow Hall Farm Trust is an education and environmental charity based on a working upland farm on the outskirts of Sheffield. It exists to nurture, inspire and expand horizons for children and young people. Farming, horticulture and the countryside are used to enhance and underpin existing educational and vocational provision, or to re-engage those who have been excluded from mainstream education. Whirlow provides a place for children and young people who experience complex and debilitating anxieties. They are suffering due to living in challenging circumstances and struggling to cope with one or several additional learning needs. This, along with trying to navigate hectic school environments with their many social and academic pressures leads to disengagement in education, negative behaviours and lack of relationships with both adults and peers. The children and young people we support are facing a complex combination of difficulties, including medical and mental health condi...