“We have 18 volunteers with disabilities who come here every day,” says Fiona, who has been at the farm for 25 years. They also have placements for young people with disabilities from the local community, who come to learn practical skills such as animal care, maintenance and gardening.
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They now employ 36 full time, part time and seasonal staff, as well as a large number of volunteers. With help from the local community, businesses and our wonderful volunteers we have been able to expand year on year.” For more than a quarter of a century, the team there have worked to develop the centre into a community resource.įarm manager Fiona Smith explains: “We have had so much support over the years. This year Acorn Farm won the Judges’ Choice award at the ECHO’s It’s Our World Awards for helping make Merseyside a greener, healthier and more sustainable place to live and work. Last year 53,000 visitors passed through the gates, with school groups from across the region seeing first hand the animals that many had only read about in books or seen on television. Twenty seven years on, and thanks to its dedicated staff, volunteers and help from the local community, it’s now home to a wide range of farm animals.
What started on an old tip with a rabbit and two gerbils has become one of Merseyside’s most popular visitor attractions.Īcorn Farm in Kirkby began in 1985 on 4 hectares of derelict land, which had once been a tip for builders’ rubble. Jade Wright meets the award-winning team at Acorn FarmįROM tiny acorns mighty oak trees grow.
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