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Ouseburn Farm Charity Ltd

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Ouseburn Farm Charity Ltd A visitor attraction and a place for growing - animals, plants but most of all, people. Ouseburn Farm is a green haven in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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We nurture the mental and physical wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities by involving them in running a community farm which brings joy and learning to 30,000 local visitors per year. Through structured placements across our bustling farmyard, gardens and visitor centre, they interact with nature and the wider community, helping them to overcome low self-esteem, loneliness and achieve powerful, lasting change in their wellbeing.

28/03/2025

Karl has been busy in the polytunnels growing lots of plants that will be for sale over the weekend. There's a selection of flowers, lettuce and veg - perfect to start off your gardening this Spring! 🌱

25/03/2025

We want to take a moment to appreciate one of our lovely and dedicated volunteers, Tim.

Tim has volunteered with us for seven years! He helps look after all of our farm animals, which includes feeding, mucking out, getting the animals in and out of the fields, and many other tasks as they crop up, including collecting Christmas trees, as you can see in this post.

He's currently with us three days a week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. His favourite animals, if he *had* to choose, are Willow the cow and the ducks. As you can see in the first photo here, Tim is quite the Duck Whisperer.

Tim told us that he really enjoys working with our staff, particularly Richie and Karl. He also thinks Sarah, our Volunteer Coordinator, is great and very supportive of volunteers to ensure they get the most out of their time with us.

Thank you so much Tim!⭐️

24/03/2025

Spring is finally here! That means the arrival of some lambs to the farm. 🐑

These orphan lambs come from Northumberland farms and require milk feeds five times a day, so we need your help to look after them!

Over the Easter Holiday period we will be offering lots of standard Lamb Feeding sessions, as well as:

🌄 Dawn Feeding - special 6am morning feed sessions. What better way to start your day?

🌘 Twilight Feeding - the last feed of the day at 8.30pm before the lambs snuggle down for sleep.

👭 Lamb Feeding for Grown Ups - because why should the kids have all the fun?!

✏️ Lamb Feeding and Drawing - for Families and Adults

📣 Important Lamb Feeding information 📣

Lamb feeding is suitable for children to do on their own if they are age five+. Each child attending needs their own ticket. If you have a child younger than five, please buy a ticket for yourself and your child so that you can accompany them into the lamb pen.

Please note that this event involves close contact with lambs. If you have an allergy to wool, lanolin, hay or straw, or you are pregnant, please do not attend.

⁠Find full details of all the Lamb Feeding sessions here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ouseburnfarmcharityltd

Our other Easter Holiday activities such as Small Animal Workshops and Blossom events will be announced soon!

As always, general entry to the farm is completely free, but donations to the farm are gratefully received. 🙏

14/03/2025

We currently have a beautiful selection of photos on display in our events space by one of our volunteers, nature photographer Paul Danher .

This exhibition is part of the first anniversary celebrations of 's Wild Ouseburn project.

The Wild Ouseburn community rewilding project, established in January 2024, explores, records, and celebrates the wildlife of the Lower Ouseburn Valley. The wildlife featured here was photographed throughout 2024 near Ouseburn Farm in the Lower Ouseburn Valley.

Paul says, "to me, Wild Ouseburn is about the community's love for the valley and all the wildlife in it. A community made-up of a wide variety of people from all sorts of backgrounds with all sorts of knowledge, all happy to share and help each other. A community that wants nothing more but to help the wildlife of the valley and region.

Wild Ouseburn has taught me so much about all the British wildlife that we have here on our doorsteps and how, with a bit of love and effort, we can achieve amazing things."

Come and see the exhibition until 6th April.

12/03/2025

Calling all adults with learning disabilities who love gardening!

At Ouseburn Farm, right in the centre of Newcastle, our Placement Programme provides weekday opportunities for adults with additional needs to learn about animal care, nature and growing, cooking, confidence building and self-expression through art, craft and performing arts.

We currently have space on our Thursday Horticulture workshops, where our Placements can learn all about seasonal produce in the farm's garden through planting, growing and harvesting.

Please contact Andrea, our Placement Lead, for prices and availability: [email protected].

10/03/2025

New baby rabbit alert! 🐰

Yes, these might look like fully grown rabbits but actually they are nine week old Giant French Lops, so they are indeed babies. Judging by the size of their back feet, they will get to be a good size! Both are boys are both are absolutely adorable and have been preventing us from getting much done in the office in the last week.

They look forward to meeting all of you soon when you come to visit!

08/03/2025

Happy International Women's Day!

Did you know that our tiny team at Ouseburn Farm is 73% female? Here are some of the team's favourite photos from their time working here.

1. Katie, Farm Manager, presenting the very first award to the Hay Bay Throwing Competition winner as part of the Ouseburn Festival

2. Andrea, Placement Lead, narrating the Placement's pantomime, Cinderella

3. Sarah, our Volunteer Coordinator, pulling a pint at the Late Shows

4. Michelle (Sparky), Shop Supervisor, selling some of Karl's farm-grown fruit in the cafe

5. Emma, our Small Animals Worker, dressed as Daphne from Scooby Doo, with her dog Pig

6. Maria, Health & Wellbeing Coordinator looking at the stars in the Hancock Museum as part of the Placement's summer school week

7. Anna, Project Worker, dressed as a scarecrow for Halloween

8. Jenny (right), Fundraising and Communications Lead, suited up to check on the Ouseburn Farm bees 🐝

And let's not forget all of the wonderful female volunteers who help us to run the farm. Thank you!

07/03/2025

Do you know someone with learning disabilities who loves animals, would benefit from spending time outdoors at a farm, learning about animal care, developing social skills and increasing their confidence?

Our Placement Programme currently has space on our Animal Health Check workshops. Email [email protected] to find out more.

06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day!

Did you know that our farm shop stocks a wonderful range of farm, animal and environmental themed books, for a whole range of ages?

🪴Grow is a first guide for budding young gardeners, with beautiful illustrations and step-by-step guides showing you how to grow different plants year-round, from daffodils in spring to tomatoes and lettuce in summer, pumpkins in autumn and mushrooms in winter.

🐖Portly Pig loves nothing more than being mucky! He sets off around the farm in search of a big muddy puddle, but what will he do when it starts to rain?

👶🏽Baby Touch: Farmyard Animals is a sturdy board book full of bright illustrations and adorable animals to engage your baby's senses.

✂️Grow, Forage and Make will take you through a range of indoor and outdoor activities that are sure to ignite a lifelong passion for plants!

Come and visit our shop to find out about the other books featured here.

04/03/2025

Happy Pancake Day! 🥞

Our Placements have been having a great time making and flipping pancakes today in their Make and Bake sessions.

Question is... what's the best pancake filling?

03/03/2025

Happy Monday everyone 🌞

What a lovely half term we had last week! The weather was sunny and mild and so many of you came down to visit which was great - thank you. Here is a little round up:

1. Jerome enjoying some sun on his face, finally.
2. A very proud little guy attending our Build Your Own Pizza workshop
3. A characterful pig made by an attendee on our Animal Crafts session
4. Some drawings in progress during Sketch the Farmyard
5. Willow and her drool
6. Maria, our Health and Wellbeing Coordinator in front of our outdoor pizza oven
7. Another lovely animal paper plate creation 🐢
8. Some very proud sketchers with their favourite drawings
9. Some family visitors in the farmyard
10. Coming soon - a fantastic new spot for our rabbits and guinea pigs

22/02/2025

We are looking forward to seeing you next week for half term! Please note that we are closed to the public on Monday 24th February for some staff training, but we will be open every other day from 10am-3pm.

For half term workshops, please book here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ouseburnfarmcharityltd

19/02/2025

If Chat GPT was our drunk bestie...

17/02/2025

Our half term events are now open for booking! 📣

Join us next week for:

🐹 Small Animal Care Workshop: Learn how to care for pets, and help our Small Animal Project Worker Emma do some health checks on our guinea pigs.
👩🏽‍🌾 Farmers' Club: Help Richie and Karl feed the animals in the morning and get them out to the fields
🍕 Build Your Own Pizza, using farm garden ingredients
⚽️ Animal Enrichment Toy Making: Make some interactive toys for the animals to keep them healthy, happy and active
✏️ Sketching the Farmyard: Take a little trip around the farm with your drawing board and enjoy some time to look at all the wonderful characteristics of our animals.
👹 Animal Crafts with Emma: use paper plates and other materials to design and decorate your very own farmyard creatures.
💤 Put the Farm Animals to Bed: Bring the animals back into their pens and houses for the evening, and give them their dinner.

Details of all the workshops can be found here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ouseburnfarmcharityltd

We can't wait to see you all next week!

14/02/2025

The animals are feeling the love today 💕. Watermelon treats for all, courtesy of our lovely Placements. ⁠
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Happy Valentine's Day from the farm. We love you, yes you - our wonderful visitors! ⁠
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12/02/2025

On Thursday 20th February, we’re delighted to welcome composting specialist Andrew Davenport for a revealing and inspirational insight into the essence of good composting, brought to within reach of us all.

This free talk is part of the Ouseburn Wild Talks series, hosted by us in our events space and run by and , as part of the Wild Ouseburn project.

ABOUT THE TALK

Join us for our February Ouseburn Wild Talk: Composting Made Easy For All, with Andrew Davenport, author of the book ‘Quick Return Compost Making’.

Andrew will draw upon his wealth of experience as an organic nurseryman, organic gardener and leading expert on the ‘Quick Return’ (QR) Composting method. We will explore the fundamental basics of composting alongside Andrew’s own ideas, developments and innovations that ensure successful composting in a range of different types and sizes of gardens – overcoming the difficulties that may arise and often deter gardeners from this absolutely essential activity.

Andrew will cover different types of composting (including the QR method) involving many types of waste – from kitchen and garden waste through to wormeries, chicken-assisted composting and composting toilets. Thinking of himself primarily as a composter, Andrew believes from his experiences that a successful organic garden follows on from successful composting.

He will explain how to simplify, speed up and make things easier so that composting can become not only an enjoyable and rewarding hobby in itself, but an essential tool in building and sustaining healthy living soils and improving biodiversity and ecosystems.

Andrew will be joined by our very own gardener Karl, who will share how and what the Farm are composting right here in the Ouseburn Valley!

Wild Ouseburn Talks are a welcoming place for everyone to come and discover all things wild. Talks are free and open for all to attend. Please RSVP via for your free place(s), you will be sent a reminder email a couple of days before the event.

DATE & TIME:

Thursday 20th February 2025. 6.30pm start – please arrive from 6.15pm to find a seat. We’ll finish at around 7.45pm.

06/02/2025

We were very sad to lose Bruce, our lovely Bearded Dragon recently, after a short illness. We also learned whilst Bruce was at the vets that he was actually a she! ⁠
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Bruce was a real character at the farm. She enjoyed being bathed by Emma, our Small Animals Worker, our Placements and children in the school holidays. She was also an excellent poser for photos and the odd drawing session, where her likeness was captured for ever more. Scroll through to see some lovely claw prints that the vets took for us to keep. 🐾⁠
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Do you have any memories of Bruce you would like to share?

03/02/2025

We want to say a huge thank you to National Lottery Awards for All for their generous funding of our PALS (Personal and Life Skills) programme for adults with learning disabilities, until 2026.

This is a rolling 6 week programme which serves as a confidence-building course for adults with learning disabilities who need extra support to transition into our main Placement Programme, or for those who are totally new to the farm.

This term so far we have been focusing on healthy seasonal ingredients and encouraging social skills by making and then eating a meal together as a group, and mindful painting for wellbeing. We've also been learning about animal care, bathing Doris the tortoise, and walking our goats to their paddock.

PALS is a free course free and helps to:

● Introduce those with additional needs to the farm
● Build relationships and social interaction
● Experience personal achievement and build resilience and confidence
● Understand and develop physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing
● Participate in a wide range of activities which promote a healthy lifestyle
● To take part in physical activity and healthy cooking
● To learn basic numeracy and literacy skills
● Learn about where to find help and resources to inform choices
● To feel a sense of independence and purpose
● To provide an opportunity to participate in community activities
● To have the same access to resources in the community as everyone else
● To be included in society and the communities in which they live

If you know anyone who might like to join our next block after half term, please get in touch with [email protected].

Address

Ouseburn Farm Ouseburn Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12PA

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 3pm
Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Thursday	10am - 3pm
Friday	10am - 3pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm
Sunday	10am - 3pm

Website

https://linktr.ee/ouseburnfarm

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We took part in the @rspb Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend 🐦‍⬛. We are lucky to have a variety of wild birds who visit the farm, although during the time we recorded we did not spot our famous and much lauded Kingfisher (he's usually just next to us by the river). We did spot sparrows, blue tits, grey tits, blackbirds, robins and wrens, although not all of them were caught on camera - here is a little snapshot. Make sure to watch until the end to see who else paid us a visit! #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch #Birdwatching #Twitcher #OuseburnFarm #Ouseburn #WildOuseburn

It’s Blue Monday today, and January can be a tough month for many. We wanted to make you all smile with this clip of Truffle living her best life! Turn your sound up for the best farm ASMR to date… 🔊🐷 #Ouseburnfarm #Ouseburn #Urban #Farm #Farmlife #Newcastle #Newcastleupontyne #Animals #Pig #Pigsofinstagram #BlueMonday #January

Ouseburn Farm is back open for 2025! We hope you had a wonderful festive break and we’re really excited to welcome you all back to the farm! We’re open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am until 3pm. If you would like to support us during our most quiet period of the year, there are many ways you can! 🐖 You could sponsor an animal or bee, a great gift for the nature lover in your life. Head to www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/sponsorananimal or click the link in our bio. 🛍️ Buy something from our farm shop. 💷 Make a donation to the farm via our website: www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/donate 🐔 Come and buy a bag of feed to give to the animals. They would love to see you! #Ouseburnfarm #Ouseburn #Urban #Farm #Farmlife #Newcastle #Newcastleupontyne #Animals #Garden #Open #Community

Year in Review: 2024 Call out! Hello everyone! We hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas. We’re working on our annual Year in Review post and wanted to include some pictures from our brilliant visitors! If you have any favourite pictures from your farm visits this year, do send them to us through DM to feature in our post. ⁠ #ouseburnfarm #ouseburn #urban #farm #farmlife #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #yearinreview #2024

A Mindful Moment at the Farm 🐽🍂

We’re coming to the end of National Self Care Week, which encourages you to: prioritise getting outside in nature, make time for friends and ensure a good night’s sleep, just to name a few. 🌱👋🏻 We wanted to share one of our mindful moments this week. 🐽🍂 Just spending time around animals can decrease cortisol (the stress-related hormone). 💚 If you’re looking for a relaxing day out in Ouseburn this weekend, we’re open from 10am - 3pm. The Winter Wellness Bazaar is also taking place at the farm, 10am - 4pm (£2 entry.) Finally, the Ouseburn Open Studios are also on this weekend! #ouseburn #ouseburnfarm #ouseburnvalley #urban #farm #care #farmlife #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #tyneandwear #geordie #animals #garden #selfcare #selfcareweek #mindful #mindfulmoments #wellness #winterwellness

In 🌱 Horti Hacks 🌱 Episode 10, Karl’s got some top winter gardening tips for you, that include: 🍃 Collecting leaves ready for them to be the perfect mulch next year! 🪴 As we’re coming up to the inevitably cold and wet weather, raising potted plants to avoid them getting water logged. ❄️ Making sure any tender plants are protected from frostbite by taking them into a glasshouse or polytunnel and wrapping them in fleece or straw, or bringing them inside. #ouseburn #ouseburnfarm #ouseburnvalley #urban #farm #care #farmlife #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #tyneandwear #geordie #animals #nature #horticulture #horticulturist #gardener #gardening #gardenlife #horti #hortihacks #karlshortihacks #weather #winter #winterjobs #plants #pottedplants

In Episode 9 of Horti Hacks, 🕸️ Spooky Season Edition 🕸️, Karl’s got some Autumn gardening tips for you all! Have you got any burning questions for Karl? Let us know and we’ll ask him in Episode 10… #ouseburn #ouseburnfarm #ouseburnvalley #urban #farm #care #farmlife #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #tyneandwear #geordie #animals #nature #horticulture #horticulturist #gardener #gardening #gardenlife #horti #hortihacks #karlshortihacks #weather #autumn #autumnjobs #raspberries #chard #spinach #artichokes

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌿 Turn the sound on, take a deep breath in and out, watch and listen for a mindful 32 second snippet of farmlife. 🦆 We hope that we can be a space for everyone to feel welcome. A place for you to come and take your time, for you to enjoy the sense of wellbeing that comes from spending time outdoors in nature, engaging with animals, on your own or with friends and family. A place to switch off from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and priorities. What's your favourite thing to do to boost your mental wellbeing? #WorldMentalHealthDay #Mindfulness #AnimalTherapy #TheGreatOutdoors #Ouseburn #OuseburnValley #OuseburnFarm #Breathe #wellbeing #naturetherapy #ducksofinstagram #chickensofinstagram

The coolest gardener in town is back with Episode 8 of 🌱 Karl’s Horti Hacks! 🌱 Karl’s got some bumper tips for you this month all about harvesting garlic, deadheading bedding plants, tomatoes and courgettes. 🧄🍅 Have you got any burning questions for Karl or suggestions for future videos? Drop them in the comments below! We have a special episode on pruning fruit trees coming up next month, so mark your diaries… #ouseburn #ouseburnfarm #ouseburnvalley #urban #farm #care #farmlife #newcastle #newcastleupontyne #tyneandwear #geordie #animals #nature #horticulture #horticulturist #gardener #gardening #gardenlife #horti #hortihacks #karlshortihacks #weather #summer #harvesting #deadheading #garlic #beddingplants #tomatoes #courgettes

POV: when your favourite act is on at Glastonbury… 🏃💨🪩 Here’s our Truffle enjoying a very refreshing shower last week. Everyone needs to see pig zoomies on a Sunday! #ouseburn #ouseburnfarm #ouseburnvalley #urban #farm #farmlife #newcastle #glastonbury #festival #glastonburyfestival #music #glastonburyfarm #glasto #glastofest #pig #pigs #pigsofinstagram #zoomies #zoomiesfordays #sunny #hot #shower #refreshing

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Our Story...

In case you're not entirely sure what we are, we’re a farm! But you won’t find us in the countryside. We're based right in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. We've also got a lovely cafe serving delightful food, and wherever possible we utilise ingredients from the farm itself.

Ouseburn Farm is a local visitor attraction that’s supported by generous donations from people like you. We’re run by dedicated staff and volunteers for the benefit of the community and the environment. We’re a ‘working farm’ as well as a training and education centre. We’re not your typical farm, so you could say we’re a pretty unusual day out in town for all the family.

Our staff and volunteers create a friendly, positive and nourishing environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.

We genuinely want to make a lasting difference to people's lives; not just because doing good feels good, but because it's the right thing to do.