Kelly has completed a Forest School leader course so if you would like to book a session or use our site yourselves during your visit just let us know. For more information on Forest Schools visit: www.forestschools.com

Kelly and Scott are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Jacob. Born on 19th June weighing 8lb Jacob is doing well and his parents couldn’t be more proud!

Several children’s farms which are open to the public have been linked to E-Coli outbreaks and we understand that those due to visit Dodford may be concerned.

E-Coli is most commonly associated with eating contaminated food but can also be contracted from contact with the faeces of infected animals, particularly cattle.

At Dodford Children’s Holiday Farm we do not have any cows and although goats and sheep can also transmit the bacteria, ours are not allowed to roam freely around the farm so contact with them can be avoided. Our animals are also kept in very clean conditions and we have facilities for keeping hands clean if children do feed the animals. As always, good hygiene standards are the key to preventing any problems.

Further information can be obtained from the HSE website at; http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubnx/ais23.pdf

The Vodafone Foundation have donated £7600 to the farm.  This money has been used to buy a new cooker which will serve us for many years and will hopefully be as popular as the Aga was!

Jason Cortis who was a popular member of staff, especially with our school groups, has moved on to pastures new.

We have recruited a new temporary animal keeper called Nick who used to work with the lions at the Safari Park!

We have just launched our new website. We hope it should be more user-friendly and intuitive than before. We welcome your comments and suggestions, which you can send to us using the form on the contact page.

The new website also has some new features:

• Online booking system for schools
• Latest news section
• Improved gallery
• Online donations via PayPal