Dandelion Time provides farm-based therapeutic programmes for children experiencing mental health challenges, often linked to traumatic experiences of abuse, domestic violence and neglect.
It delivers an intensive support programme for 190 children and their families per year from its three sites in North, Mid and West Kent.
Children and carers participate together alongside therapeutic staff in a range of practical farm and craft activities through which they engage with the natural world.
The programme successfully supports children to overcome the emotional impact of trauma and improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Over the next 5 years, Dandelion aims to increase its reach to 350 children and families by increasing capacity at is large mid-Kent site and expanding to other areas in the county.
Longer-term it wants to disseminate its methodology throughout the South East and nationally.
Chimois providing funding to be to help increase Dandelion’s capacity through greater staffing resource.
