Social Farming-Social Impact Erasmus Project

Project Title

Social Farming-Social Impact

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Rural development and urbanisation; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

The project was about developing and modernising education, training for social farming across five different countries. Our aim was to aspire people/organisations to provide and develop social farming interventions. Social farming is a therapeutic learning therapy for people with various health and social care needs. The project considered and recorded different criteria to social farming from each country so there could be a clear measurement between projects and countries as to where social farming stands. The resulting product was the production of a social farming booklet that can be sourced on the Sofi website. The project was delivered over 2 years, involving a visit to each countries already present and developing social farming activities and also a final celebration event. For those involved there was a great amount of shared good practice that could be used for future development and also diversify their offer. The 20 case studies that were completed for the booklet now provide a working template to illustrate evidence of social farming benefits and pathways to developing and setting up a social farm.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 63600 Eur

Project Coordinator

Growing Rural Enterprise Ltd & Country: UK

Project Partners

• CONFEDERAZIONE ITALIANA AGRICOLTORI TOSCANA
• Bildungshaus Schloss Retzhof
• CARPORTAL
• Fundación Bocalan del Perro de Ayuda Social