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Ciltriew Kerry Farm is a place where people can be ‘parents rather than carers’ and where disabled and non-disabled offspring are simply children. It supports people to ‘see beyond what they know’, challenges them to try new things, and provides long-term transformation not just a supported break.
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Situation
There are families who struggle to support a disabled family member, facing extraordinary and unacceptable pressures. They do not have the same opportunities as ‘non-disabled families’ for holidays due to limited provision and high incidences of poverty. What is currently available offers disabled people ‘what they already know’ with no additional therapeutic opportunities.
Solution
Cilthriew Kerry Farm has been designed to meet the need for combined holiday and respite care, with added components of family support, healthy eating and therapeutic activity including animal husbandry and horticulture. The farm provides a retreat for families enabling them to remove themselves from their problems in their life and community. During the first two years, where funding has been secured, holidays are offered to families free of charge.