One of our ongoing projects is to support the Women’s Refuges at Gosport and Fareham and this year in the school holidays we arranged a day out for 15 women and children from at Manor Farm Country Park where visitors can see a working farm in action. There is an old church in the grounds, as well as a farmhouse and schoolroom all furnished as they were in the 1930s
The farm animals proved very popular with the children , particularly the pigs and piglets! As well as handling some of the animals, feeding the ducks and hens, and taking part in a baking session in the old farmhouse kitchen, some of the children enjoyed rides on a Shetland pony. Others had their faces painted.
Club members provided goodies for a picnic which gave everyone a chance to chat.
It was a lovely day for the club members who went – we were particularly impressed by the way the children looked after one another and played together.
Since the outing we’ve had a lovely card, pictured, from the mothers and children who took part. They seem to have enjoyed it as much as we did!
