Our Vision Statement:
Bridgend Farmhouse –
Learning, working and growing together to develop a flourishing community and place.
Our Values:
Aims and Objectives: (you can read full details on all of these by clicking on the document attached below)
1. To advance community development through the shared ownership of Bridgend Farmhouse and providing opportunities for active citizenship and volunteering.
2. To advance education and training in the community by utilising the farmhouse site for various learning activities, particularly those that support engagement in the outdoors, local woodlands, sustainability, and environmental and place-based education.
3. To advance health, both physical and mental, and address health inequalities and social isolation to support people to live happy, healthy and enriched lives.
4. To advance the arts, heritage and culture of the local area and on site.
5. To promote equality and diversity by providing accessible facilities and a diversity of activities.
6. To advance environmental protection, biodiversity and the enjoyment of the Craigmillar Castle park, and promote and enable sustainable development and living practices
- Welcoming – recognising and respecting that everyone has something to offer.
- People Power- people should have the means, opportunities and power to collectively shape their lives and communities.
- Care and Justice – nurture an ethic of care for people, place and planet and promote social and environmental justice.
- Enabling– to develop yourself, be challenged, realise your potential, and try out something new.
- Creativity – inspiring through innovation, and a bold approach to change and diversity.
- Belonging – we want to find common purpose and meaning with others, to address isolation, distress and division.
Aims and Objectives: (you can read full details on all of these by clicking on the document attached below)
1. To advance community development through the shared ownership of Bridgend Farmhouse and providing opportunities for active citizenship and volunteering.
2. To advance education and training in the community by utilising the farmhouse site for various learning activities, particularly those that support engagement in the outdoors, local woodlands, sustainability, and environmental and place-based education.
3. To advance health, both physical and mental, and address health inequalities and social isolation to support people to live happy, healthy and enriched lives.
4. To advance the arts, heritage and culture of the local area and on site.
5. To promote equality and diversity by providing accessible facilities and a diversity of activities.
6. To advance environmental protection, biodiversity and the enjoyment of the Craigmillar Castle park, and promote and enable sustainable development and living practices
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