Change of Scene is a small children's charity and care farm. Supporting young people struggling in education, it is currently based in Farnham, on land belonging to the charity's founder.

Since her retirement in 2020, she has generously allowed the charity to keep operating from there, but it is not a permanent solution.

To ensure the charity is able to keep supporting more than 150 vulnerable young people per year, it needs a new home. Without a new site, the charity will have to close.

Change of Scene offers animal assisted outdoor learning to young people who are struggling in education
Change of Scene offers animal assisted outdoor learning to young people who are struggling in education (Change of Scene) (Change of Scene)

For the last four years, Change of Scene has been searching for a site but are no closer to finding anything suitable. 

The charity said: “As a minimum we need eight acres of grazing with planning permission (or the possibility of getting this) for parking plus buildings such as a small office, kids' cabin and polytunnel, all within 40 minutes of our current site in Farnham.

“We are open to renting land (subject to length of lease) or buying, although due to legal restrictions on using funds, as a charity, we can only pay the amount suggested by a RICS valuation.”

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