The An Tobar Community Wellness Centre and Social Farm in Silverbridge has reached out to those with dementia, school children, people with mental health issues, minority groups and carers, and adults with learning disabilities.
Not only do farmers keep everyone fed and watered, they also play a vital role in the health and wellbeing of rural communities, as a farm in South Armagh, Northern Ireland, has proven.
For the past five years, they have reached out to those with dementia, school children, people with mental health issues, minority groups and carers, and have an ongoing contract with the Southern Health & Social Care Trust to provide social farming to a group of adults with learning disabilities. “The wonderful thing about social care farming is it’s meaningful work for people, and it’s also useful for us as farmers. It’s a win-win situation,” she says. “These guys would have been bused into daycare facilities in Newry , or further afield. Now they are in a community-based service which gives them a purpose and self-worth.”
During forest school classes, An Tobar uses their outdoor classroom to help children and young people learn about nature through mindfulness, bushcraft, cooking over a fire, making crafts with wood, and building dens.” The biophilia hypothesis, developed by Harvard Professor Edward O. Wilson, suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. This philosophy that people feel better just from being outside and in touch with nature is something An Tobar is built upon and which Kathleen hopes future generations cling to.
Named after two of their late uncles, the woodland is open to the public for walks. In 2022, it was further enhanced with new nature, poetry, and fairy trails and interactive signage, with Brian’s Wood Heritage Project being named the 2022 National Lottery Northern Ireland Project of the Year.
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