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Benefits to Service Users

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Research (University of Essex 2008), shows that working on a care farm can significantly increase self-esteem and reduce feelings of anger, confusion, depression, tension and fatigue, whilst also enabling participants to feel more active and energetic. Care farming therefore offers an ideal way of helping a wide variety of people to feel better about themselves. 

There is convincing current evidence that connects regular contact with the natural environment to enhanced physical health and mental well being. This incorporates a variety of outdoor settings, from the open countryside, fields and forests, remote wildlands, parks and open spaces, allotments and gardens. This evidence has been widely reported recently and the key message emerging is that contact with these green spaces improves psychological health by reducing pre-existing stress levels, enhancing mood and offering both a restorative environment and a protective effect from future stresses.





Specific benefits of horticultural therapy, green exercise and animal therapy:-


Physical

  • Increase range of motion
  • Improve fine motor skills
  • Tone under used muscles
  • Improve coordination and balance
  • Increase muscular strength



Mental

  • Increases independence
  • Increase self-esteem and confidence
  • Increase observation skills
  • Provides choices and ability to use problem solving skills
  • Encourages creativity
  • Provides outlet for stress, anger and emotions



Social

  • Opportunity to interact with others
  • Commitment to a living thing
  • Co-operation and team working skills
  • Dealing with success and failure
  • Provides an environment to learn and be inspired by others


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