Cambridge | Disability
Cambridge | Disability
The Prospects Trust, growing differently since 1989, creating opportunities for people with additional needs in Cambridgeshire.
The Prospects Trust works with people with learning difficulties and disabilities (our Co-workers).The Trust's HQ is based at Snakehall Farm, an 18-acre organic farm situated between Swaffham Prior and Reach. The Trust delivers training, work and volunteer opportunities in horticulture, farming, creation of secondary products. retail and garden maintenance. The Trust grows organic produce and plants for sale to the local community via the on-site farm shop, our Eco Greengrocery shop Prospects Unwrapped in Ely and through a wider local supply chain.
Why the community needs us
We support over 80 Co-workers every week by providing real work experience and training on our 18-acre farm, on our commercial Garden Team, in the Enterprise Kitchen and in our Refill Shop, Prospects Trust Unwrapped, in Ely. We specialise in providing therapeutic horticulture to children and adults with learning difficulties, disabilities and those suffering with mental ill health. We also provide unique farm shops to our local rural communities, stocked with seasonal, organic 0 food mile produce, eco products and plastic free refills offering our Co-workers valuable customer interaction and retail skills.
Our impact on the community
"We grow better". Through the commercial cropping of herbs and vegetables, through the social trading of our our produce, through the green fingers of our garden team and the till tings at Unwrapped- we grow our co-workers first and foremost. We provide a true and supportive working environment for those most often marginalised from the working world, grow some of the most edible organic produce in the UK and grow acres of smiles and proudly retail differently, grow differently, garden differently.
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A new shovel for the farm
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a new wheelbarrow for the Garden Team
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a new toastie maker for Unwrappped