Care farming and green care in Salford

Gibbons, AR; Hardman, M; Howarth, ML; James, C; Sherriff, GA

Abstract

This report presents a University of Salford (UoS)
investigation into the potential for care farming in
Salford as part of the University’s teaching, research and
enterprise activities.

The work has critically engaged with the notion of care
farming with a view to better understand how this
approach can contribute to helping communities with
diverse needs in terms of physical and mental health
as well as wider determinants of health such as social
inclusion and employability. Through the establishment of,
and engagement with a network of key local stakeholders,
the work developed a model that has explored the
potential of a care farm. What has emerged is a first step
towards the design and establishment of an urban care
farm that that could serve as a centre for learning and
research as well as integrate existing activities as part of a
green and blue network identified through the stakeholder
engagement work. This report provides a direction for
future work on care farming in Salford in general, and in
terms of the University’s teaching and learning activities in
particular.

Citation

Gibbons, A., Hardman, M., Howarth, M., James, C., & Sherriff, G. (2017). Care farming and green care in Salford

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 5, 2018
• Publisher URL: https://www.salford.ac.uk/research/care/research-groups/shusu