Care farming; the benefits for farmers and the rural community
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
Care farming: the benefits for farmers and the rural community
Introducing the benefits of care farming to rural communities
2020
South East
I am trained in early years childhood development, teaching and special educational needs. In 2018 I developed an interest in green care and care farming after placing a young person, at risk of exclusion from school, on a care farm. Shortly after, I began researching green care and care farming and became a director of a local care farm and a volunteer for the Farming Community Network.
I am aware of the benefits to clients but I was keen to understand any wider benefits – my Fellowship research looks at care farming: the benefits for farmers and the rural community. Joy has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded six months leadership programme starting in September 2023.
Joy O'Neill has been offered a place on the Cambridge Social Ventures Programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, where she will continue to develop her social enterprise following her Churchill Fellowship research.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has recently been elected as the Chair of her local Food Partnership Group – Good Food Bucks.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been awarded a place on the Eden Project Communities Community Action Programme, a five-week course focused on making a difference in local communities.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
In 2020, I had a series of conversations with several health, education and social care professionals who voiced concerns that families who had not previously been considered vulnerable families, may have become so as a result of the challenges they had faced during the COVID19 lockdowns.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Care Farm Director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) been selected as one of three Rachel Carson Visiting Scholars for 2023/24 by Chatham University Pennsylvania.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Care Farm Director, Joy O'Neill (CF2020) has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded 6 months leadership programme starting in September 2023.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Inclusion Expert, Joy O'Neill (CF 2020), has been asked to be part of an international working group looking at developing international minimum standards for researchers when working with animals in Animal Assisted Interventions settings i.e care farms or animal therapy sessions. The working group and associated project are being run by IAHAIO (International Association of Human Animal Interactions Organisations). Joy has been selected for the 2023/24 Climate Outreach Climate Ambassadors Programme. The programme offers focused training and support for climate scientists and other experts to enable them to talk with wider audiences about climate change and related topics.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) was awarded a place on the Women in Sustainability Innovation Accelerator Programme at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership of this month. This will allow Joy to build on her Fellowship research, which explored care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) and Australian Churchill Fellow Judy Brewer hosted a free online event exploring global perspectives on care farming on 29 March. Joy and Judy discussed their respective Fellowship projects and shared their plans for the future.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
A working group set up by care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted by the food and farming alliance Sustain this month. Joy set the working group up as a result of learnings gathered during her Fellowship.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has established a working group in partnership with the University of Oxford Climate Alumni Network this month. The group will investigate sustainable farming approaches, which was a recommendation from Joy’s Fellowship report.
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) spoke at the Feedback International Women’s Day event on 8 March. The event focused on women in food and farming, and Joy discussed her Fellowship project, which will explore care farming in rural communities to promote wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted on to the Michaelmas programme at the Oxford School of Climate Change, to learn from some of the most distinguished climate experts. Joy’s Fellowship will explore care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2020
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Joy O'Neill has been offered a place on the Cambridge Social Ventures Programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, where she will continue to develop her social enterprise following her Churchill Fellowship research.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has recently been elected as the Chair of her local Food Partnership Group – Good Food Bucks.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been awarded a place on the Eden Project Communities Community Action Programme, a five-week course focused on making a difference in local communities.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
In 2020, I had a series of conversations with several health, education and social care professionals who voiced concerns that families who had not previously been considered vulnerable families, may have become so as a result of the challenges they had faced during the COVID19 lockdowns.
By Joy O'Neill, 2024
Care Farm Director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) been selected as one of three Rachel Carson Visiting Scholars for 2023/24 by Chatham University Pennsylvania.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Care Farm Director, Joy O'Neill (CF2020) has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded 6 months leadership programme starting in September 2023.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Inclusion Expert, Joy O'Neill (CF 2020), has been asked to be part of an international working group looking at developing international minimum standards for researchers when working with animals in Animal Assisted Interventions settings i.e care farms or animal therapy sessions. The working group and associated project are being run by IAHAIO (International Association of Human Animal Interactions Organisations). Joy has been selected for the 2023/24 Climate Outreach Climate Ambassadors Programme. The programme offers focused training and support for climate scientists and other experts to enable them to talk with wider audiences about climate change and related topics.
By Joy O'Neill, 2023
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) was awarded a place on the Women in Sustainability Innovation Accelerator Programme at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership of this month. This will allow Joy to build on her Fellowship research, which explored care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) and Australian Churchill Fellow Judy Brewer hosted a free online event exploring global perspectives on care farming on 29 March. Joy and Judy discussed their respective Fellowship projects and shared their plans for the future.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
A working group set up by care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted by the food and farming alliance Sustain this month. Joy set the working group up as a result of learnings gathered during her Fellowship.
By Joy O'Neill, 2022
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has established a working group in partnership with the University of Oxford Climate Alumni Network this month. The group will investigate sustainable farming approaches, which was a recommendation from Joy’s Fellowship report.
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) spoke at the Feedback International Women’s Day event on 8 March. The event focused on women in food and farming, and Joy discussed her Fellowship project, which will explore care farming in rural communities to promote wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2021
Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted on to the Michaelmas programme at the Oxford School of Climate Change, to learn from some of the most distinguished climate experts. Joy’s Fellowship will explore care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.
By Joy O'Neill, 2020
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.