Award-winning Pages Care Farm Mending Mindsets in Nature

Elstree-based animal and horticultural farm offers an alternative approach to overcoming the barriers faced by people with mental health and special educational needs.

Launched in 2021, Pages Care Farm is a structured and hard-working private therapy farm aimed at building self-confidence and equipping people with transferable skills for dayto-day life and the workplace.

Winner of our Inspiring Hertfordshire Diversity & Inclusion Award, owner Nathalie Simpson and her dedicated team truly believe in the healing power of the outdoors, especially the benefits of caring for animals for all people involved, as individuals and teams.

Since launching a successful term-time pilot of group skills therapy projects and mental health rehabilitation programmes alongside a North London-based special educational needs school in Brent, Pages Care Farm aims to extend its reach into Hertfordshire, in collaboration with local authorities and healthcare trusts.

In a further bid to transform the way mental health needs are catered for in the Home Counties, commercial sponsors and corporate partnerships are being sought to secure the future growth of Pages Care Farm’s unique facilities.

“Our philosophy is very simple. We’re a downto-earth farm where everyone and everything is equal, and that includes our animals, many of which have been rescued. We teach practical farm and livestock management and horticultural maintenance, to promote autonomy and build critical social skills. We are not a play farm or petting zoo. Instead, our work directly improves employability and boosts social skills,” says Nathalie Simpson, Owner, Pages Care Farm.

The unique blend of outdoor therapy and animal care makes Pages Care Farm ideal for corporate teams to interact with nature in the outdoors, in pursuit of workplace wellbeing goals and to combat the mental health crisis we face.

We welcome Pages Care Farm as new members to the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and invite you to discover more about the work they do and how you can get involved at www.pagescarefarm.co.uk