Day Services
Day Service and educational facilities
We promote and implement an inclusive approach to the design and management of our home and the outdoor space on the farm and in the garden. This helps to ensure equality of access for all our students, regardless of age, disability or background.
Our day service is available to non-residents and those living in other supported environments.
Workshop & Resource room
Our workshop and resource room facilities offer a range of opportunities based on basic woodwork and metalwork skills, this can be combined with computer and general studies.
Recording day to day activities
Our many varied activities generate a sense of achievement which the students can chose to record in whichever format they feel most comfortable with. Currently a word document is used for either the student or support worker to record the activity. This can be recorded in a written or pictorial format. Photographic evidence is also added to the student’s files and the use of widgit symbols. Widgit has given us the opportunity to create accessible information in signage and for use as educational records.
Greener Matters
We recycle all our paper, which is then shredded and used as bedding for the chickens and ducks. When they are cleaned out the paper goes onto the compost heap to rot before being dug into the vegetable garden.
A variety of other materials go onto our compost heaps, they include our horse and pony droppings, grass cuttings, hay, straw and discarded plant material.
We have 9 water butts around the farm to catch valuable rain water. This is used to water our tomatoes, cucumbers and melons (growing in the greenhouses) and the various pots, planters and hanging baskets we have on the farm.
All staff and Service Users are encouraged to recycle wherever possible. We have a Recycling Point where we collect paper, plastics, glass and tins. When they are full they are taken to the municipal refuse site.
Our Day Service provides a good grounding for students wanting to further their education and move on to work placements in the comminity, we are happy to say that we have strong connection with Newbury College & Link Up, which is a work skills project.
For more information on visiting us at Hillview Farm call us on +44 (0)1635 861496 or let us contact you.
