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Lords House Farm is a unique,
specialist centre providing a range of activities in
the community, and although offering mainstream
activities, we cater particularly for the disabled
and disadvantaged adults and children. The charity
is a non-profit making voluntary organisation,
limited by guarantee and was established in 1993.
Set among rolling hills above Great Harwood in
Lancashire Lords House Farm is an attractive and
well laid out 30 acre site offering a range of
unusual and therapeutic activities using horses,
animals and the natural environment.
The Charity boasts an extensive collection of rare
breed and extraordinary animals and reptiles that
you would not expect to find outside of a zoo – you
don’t really expect to see reindeer grazing happily
alongside llamas and emus on your average farm!
Education is the key to personal development and by
combining fun activities with learning to care for
horses and animals, Lords House Farm brings positive
and lasting benefits to all who enter its gates.
Lords House Farm was founded in 1993 and remains to
this day committed to raising the quality of life
for anyone in the community who is disabled or
disadvantaged in any way. As a registered Charity
and Company limited by guarantee it has grown from a
small voluntary organisation, mainly staffed by a
committed team of volunteers, to a professional and
thriving enterprise working with over 800 disabled
or disadvantaged children, 60+ full time students
from 16 to 80 years old and a range of community
organisations every year.
Lords House Farm now employs 24 staff and still
retains a bank of regular and dedicated volunteers.
The use of horses and animals has long been
recognised as an effective and therapeutic method to
change lives for the better. All who attend Lords
House Farm to support its work, either as an
employee or a volunteer, cannot fail to gain a great
deal of personal satisfaction from watching
beneficiaries grow in maturity, self esteem,
confidence and develop a range of physical abilities
and skills that change their lives.
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