Countrymen UK Blog

This year marks the 10th year since Julie’s initial start-up of Countrymen. Over the last decade the Club has trained 11 other spaces and farms

Welcome to our Spring newsletter. The days are getting longer and hopefully we will get some sunshine to warm up the soil. This year marks

A group of researchers from Bristol university recently visited us, see what they had to say.

Interview with Sherborne Voices

The polytunnel is clean and ready for the spring as the first signs of new growth appear under the apple trees. We have a few

Our success in being shortlisted as a finalist in the Care Innovator Award in the South West is due to the work we’ve been doing

Day care centres weren’t the answer for John. They tended to favour indoor and relatively passive activities or talking groups, while John was really yearning to be involved in more physical outdoor activities, preferably alongside other men who also had a deep love of the outdoor life.

Coronavirus has been affecting many, especially older people with underlying health conditions. This has meant that Countrymen haven’t been able to get onto farms and

This video has been created by Will Best, owner of Manor Farm in Godmanstone, Dorset. Will has produced this as an insight into his farm,

An abstract from a recent report about care farm provision for those with dementia says, “There is growing recognition that traditional dementia care models fall

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People sometimes ask why Countrymen Clubs are for men only. Here are some quotes from research that were part of a study carried out on