Our Nurture Groups offer longer-term placements for children who are failing to thrive in school due to social, emotional, or mental health needs.  Children attend one day each week for 1 or 2 school terms. 

Most placements are fully funded for children in need, who have no additional funding attached to them.  We also accept referrals from the local authority or schools for children in receipt of an EHCP or EOTAS package, but we expect these to be funded by the LA/child’s school.

Please read our Admissions Policy or contact us for more information.

Huckleberries is a Community Interest Company established in 2019 to address the growing problem of emotional and mental well-being struggles in primary school aged children.  We seek to halt the progressive decline in the mental health of young people, working with individuals from age 5 to 12 years.

Huckleberries is a trauma informed organisation.

Huckleberries provides a safe place where children feel a strong sense of belonging – a ‘place to be me’ where they can be their authentic selves.  From this place good things can happen… they can master new skills, gain self-control, self-confidence, and cultivate their autonomy, gratitude, kindness and compassion. 

The powerful capacity of positive human interaction aids their recovery and growth.

We spend much of our time in the present moment, encouraging children to notice what is happening right now in their bodies, minds, and the natural world.  Through guided mindfulness and yoga sessions, we help them to attune their senses, cultivate their natural curiosity, without judgement.

Come rain or shine, all year round, we are outdoors in nature.  We chat, drink, cook, eat, whittle, enjoy nature art and bushcrafts by the campfire, or under the shade of the oak trees, meadows, or riverbank in the summer. We take our hammocks and blankets off to the woods for yoga or lunch and connect with the ever-changing seasons and weather on farm walks each day.

The children take responsibility for grooming, feeding, cleaning out the animals, ensuring their needs are met.

Each Spring we typically have goat kids, bottle-fed lambs, and chicks, alongside our established herd of Pygmy goats, and Roo our affectionate Golden Guernsey. The children also look after our chickens, ducks, guinea pigs, and Jet our loving Border Collie, who adores everyone!