Great to see Tom back on the farm, helping out. Tom volunteered at Appleseed several years ago before heading off to university. He's back in the area now and giving us some very welcome support while the grass and weeds are growing fast! 

Growing our Community is a project designed to alleviate mental health and wellbeing issues in our local communities.

Appleseed will run sessions for the rest of the year providing participants with the opportunity to learn horticultural skills and take part in meaningful activities to help improve mental and physical health and wellbeing.

Sessions will take place at our care farm in Wymondham, and will be open to adult residents in Norfolk. 

** Jan 2021 update: project completed **   

Thank you for your enquiries about Appleseed status during the Covid pandemic.

We are able to operate safely outdoors and are continuing to run sessions during this time. We are adapting to ensure everyone remains safe and adheres to social distancing guidelines. This means for example fewer people on site at any one time; shorter sessions; people bringing their own food and drink onto site; staying outside; wearing appropriate equipment; cleaning tools; etc.

Please do get in touch with any queries or questions.

Thank you!

We're delighted that Handelsbanken have awarded Appleseed Social Enterprise a grant as part of Handelsbanken's Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

The fund is designed to alleviate mental health and wellbeing issues in the community, and Appleseed will be providing sessions at our Wymondham care farm to help people who are struggling with their mental health, wellbeing, isolation and loneliness.

Our guinea pigs are always popular with our visitors, and we're delighted that Salt and Pepper will be joining Daisy, Angel and Nugget very soon!

The chickens have increased in number slightly too; three of the hens have hatched one chick each!! We look forward to seeing them grow with us.

We're delighted that after an extremely competitive process, Appleseed Social Enterprise was chosen by Virgin Money Foundation as one of a few local organisations to receive grant funding.

The funding will help us launch a new initiative to help connect local communities and will be up and running very soon! 

Appleseed is an Accredited Day Care Provider, accredited in 2018 by Norfolk County Council.

We're delighted to receive this recognition of the quality and safety of the service we provide on our smallholding for vulnerable and disadvantaged residents of East Anglia.

We're delighted that demand is ever-increasing for placements with Appleseed in Norfolk and Suffolk. The downside is that we can't accommodate everyone all the time, and some funded programmes may have restrictions on who is eligible to attend.

We know it's frustrating when that happens, but remember that we also accommodate privately funded placements. You can use your Personal Budget to pay to attend Appleseed at our Wymondham smallholding, which costs around £50 per person per day.

Talk to your financial support worker for more advice, or ask them to give us a call.

In case you didn't realise we provide an alternative to mainstream education provision at our Wymondham smallholding, we are an approved supplier to Norfolk Short Stay Schools.

We always enjoy working with younger people, and love seeing how they feel at ease in a less formal educational setting. There's plenty of space for everyone at our 17 acre site.    

Brilliant news that the Youth Advisory Board sessions will be running again in 2018 at Appleseed.

The holiday sessions are always popular, and the young people involved are responsible for providing all the feedback, so it's great to hear they want more from us!

We've got young people of school age being referred to Appleseed from as far away as Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth.

We look forward to welcoming more young people benefitting from the fresh air and the fresh approach to education at Appleseed Social Enterprise! 

Great news that we'll be delivering Opportunity Suffolk sessions in partnership with ActivLives in Ipswich at the People's Community Garden.

Referrals are open for anyone resident in Suffolk who is of working age and long-term unemployed, and we're working closely with JobCentre Plus to ensure everyone who wants to is able to attend our sessions and build a better future for themselves.  

We're excited to be selected as one of the partner organsiations delivering the multi-year project known as Opportunity Suffolk.

We'll be expanding our provision into Suffolk so look out for updates! 

A very warm welcome to participants at our 17 acre smallholding in Wymondham who are joining us from Iceni Healthcare.

Summertime is a lovely time to be outside in the great British countryside! 

Great news that we'll be delivering sessions for the Youth Advisory Board starting this Easter.

We'll be running sessions for young clients during the school holidays to keep everyone fit and active!  

We're delighted to welcome Engage Academy pupils onboard with us. Here's to a productive partnership for young residents of East Anglia who will benefit from non-mainstream education at the Appleseed site.

We're delighted to be working in partnership with Orbit Housing Association, one of the largest housing associations in the region and beyond.

We'll be running sessions for Orbit residents and local residents, providing a wide range of activities to improve health and wellbeing.

Come along and get involved! 

We're delighted to be expanding our provision for young people of school age who benefit from non-mainstream education.

Looking forward to working closely with Norfolk Short Stay Schools!

"I just want to say thank you to Appleseed for the great sessions on site. I have been finding things really hard to cope with at home, and this has been just the release I needed. I've been attending for a while now and I feel better and better about myself. Can't wait for the sun to join us now."

F; Privately Funded Appleseed Participant 

We are delighted to have secured European Social Funding to expand our services on our Wymondham smallholding.

We have fully funded places available to join us for weekly sessions. Ten participants per day can come along and get involved with our smallholding activities, so why not come and see what's on offer for yourself?

Drop us an email or give us a call and we can arrange a visit! 

If you're hoping to improve your physical and mental health and want to get outdoors; then Appleseed is providing placements on our beautiful 17 acre smallholding in the heart of the Norfolk countryside.

Join in and get growing, sowing and mowing with us!

Thanks to the generous support of Norfolk Constabulary, South Norfolk Council and local Councillors, Appleseed is operational!

We look forward to the future working with our local communities with great excitement! 

As part of our commitment to our funders, supporters and clients, we know that it is important that we are able to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our visiting groups and individuals whilst providing good value for money. We have regular meetings with all of our clients and track their progress against the goals and targets that they have. Attendance at Appleseed sessions is a vitally important element in allowing people to maximise their journey to recovery, to improving their health and wellbeing and in gaining knowledge and developing new skills and understanding.

Click the icon to read our evaluation of our pilot partnership programme with Orbit East involving Orbit Housing clients and wider community users.

Click the icon to read the summary report of the South Norfolk young people’s wellbeing programme led by Appleseed. Targeted young people whose mental health results in daily challenges to their young lives, accessed green care sessions run by Appleseed during the summer of 2016.

Click the icon to read the review of Appleseed 'taster days’ providing young people with an exciting and valuable addition to their life journey. A programme of Appleseed sessions helped young people become independent and ultimately supported them to try new things and fulfill their potential.