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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 28 Sep 16 7.38pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

You good folks of HOL always know useful people and things

My daughter aspires to spend her life shovelling sh*t. As a part of that, she needs some work experience to get into agriculture college.

Anyone got a farm and could tolerate an 18 year old for a couple of weeks, or know someone that would? She isn't too much of a liability, she knows her way around sheep a bit but needs to broaden her knowledge.

Thanks

 

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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 28 Sep 16 7.51pm Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

You good folks of HOL always know useful people and things

My daughter aspires to spend her life shovelling sh*t. As a part of that, she needs some work experience to get into agriculture college.

Anyone got a farm and could tolerate an 18 year old for a couple of weeks, or know someone that would? She isn't too much of a liability, she knows her way around sheep a bit but needs to broaden her knowledge.

Thanks

Try Plumpton College - they have lots of farm contacts

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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 28 Sep 16 7.55pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

My daughter aspires to spend her life shovelling sh*t. As a part of that, she needs some work experience to get into agriculture college.

My 16 year old son has just finished High School and one of the colleges that he favoured was an agricultural one. I wasn't too keen partly as it was a 90 minute round trip drive which I would have to make twice a day so I took him for a look around on the coldest day in January and he soon lost interest.

No work experience needed at Rodbaston College but as it's close to Telford it's obviously not suitable for you

 

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View HeathMan's Profile HeathMan Flag Purley 28 Sep 16 8.16pm Send a Private Message to HeathMan Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add HeathMan as a friend

Not sure if Godstone Farm (our local petting farm for children) could help with experience or a contacts list.

Good luck.

 

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View Sportyteacher's Profile Sportyteacher Flag London 28 Sep 16 9.27pm Send a Private Message to Sportyteacher Add Sportyteacher as a friend

Could the following help you out:

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Secretary of State for Sport, Tracey Crouch is also allegedly looking for someone to shovel out the sh*t at The FA

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 28 Sep 16 10.27pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

My 16 year old son has just finished High School and one of the colleges that he favoured was an agricultural one. I wasn't too keen partly as it was a 90 minute round trip drive which I would have to make twice a day so I took him for a look around on the coldest day in January and he soon lost interest.

No work experience needed at Rodbaston College but as it's close to Telford it's obviously not suitable for you

I suspect my daughter will end up at Harper Adams, also in Telford. But for now better if we could find a local farm. Thanks to everyone for helpful comments.

 

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View lanky's Profile lanky Flag Bedford 28 Sep 16 11.31pm Send a Private Message to lanky Add lanky as a friend

I would contact your local young farmers association. Used to go along as a non-farmer when I was a kid, and they are pretty welcoming to interested folk

 

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Hoof Hearted 29 Sep 16 8.45am

Get in quick Maple....

If we don't enforce Brexit soon, we will be building houses and all the incumbent infrastructure on our agricultural land just to cope with the demand and not have any farms... all food will be imported.

I thought your daughter wanted to travel around Europe?

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 29 Sep 16 8.53am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Hoof Hearted

Get in quick Maple....

If we don't enforce Brexit soon, we will be building houses and all the incumbent infrastructure on our agricultural land just to cope with the demand and not have any farms... all food will be imported.

I thought your daughter wanted to travel around Europe?

Well, they do have farms in other parts of Europe Hoof. Agriculture is a global business and the Brits are quite good at it.

I suspect your point above may be a touch alarmist and doesn't sit well with other comments on the CAP.

 

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View Frickin Saweet's Profile Frickin Saweet Flag South Cronx 29 Sep 16 9.06am Send a Private Message to Frickin Saweet Add Frickin Saweet as a friend

What about the mini zoo/farm in Crystal Palace Park? They have lots of volunteers and do animals and plants. Might be worth looking at City farms, volunteer projects if you Sth London based

 

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View kenners46's Profile kenners46 Flag sydenham village 29 Sep 16 9.13am Send a Private Message to kenners46 Add kenners46 as a friend

Theres also one in Vauxhall

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 29 Sep 16 9.17am Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by kenners46

Theres also one in Vauxhall

Thanks both. But Zoos don't count as agriculture. Needs to be commercial and effectively mass production. Pretty scary how much agriculture looks like a factory.

 

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