Coralie
CEO
Coralie has worked in care farming, outdoor learning, mental health and conservation based organisations for over 20 years. She has experience of working in front facing delivery roles and at Director and Board level within the charity sector. She is passionate about the value of positive, meaningful, creative activity in natural surroundings and the importance of inclusion and equitable access to those opportunities for all.
Deb
Programme Coordinator
Deb is an experienced administrator, having previously worked for the NHS and the Women’s Institute College. In her spare time, she loves gardening or walking her dog, Pluto.
Olek
Programme Manager
Olek has been working with people with learning and autism for seven years in all sort of different settings. He is passionate about co-creating supportive communities and believes that the benefits of the outdoors, connection with nature and other people should be available to all! He is a self-taught guitar player and likes to juggle.
Raul
Programme Leader
Raul is our longest serving member of staff and joined the project as a volunteer at the very beginning. He is an experienced herdsman and has worked on many farms in many places! Together with Luna, his beautiful silver collie, Raul is an extremely well loved member of the FarmAbility family.
Clare
Programme Leader (Garden)
Clare is a life-long vegetable grower and studied Social and Therapeutic Horticulture before joining the team in 2016. She leads on our garden and food growing projects across all sites and has helped us create wonderful raised bed garden designs across Oxfordshire!
Will
Programme Assistant
Will has volunteered for many years with our co-farmers when working at Park Farm and the Pleasure Gardens on Blenheim Estate. An expert when it comes to anything sheep related, Will has helped many co-farmers experience the joy of lambing season. As well as his role as Programme Assistant for two days a week, Will continues to volunteer – supporting the team at Willowbrook Farm.
JoJo
Progression Leader
JoJo is an experienced Programme Leader with us but now chiefly concentrates on her role as our Progressions Leader. She helps to record and analyse the ongoing progress that co-farmers achieve by coming to our service. JoJo co-ordinates our annual reviews and uses her experience in Occupational Therapy to help us identify support and tailoring of approaches across our programme. JoJo is an avid nature lover and enjoys getting active in the great outdoors.
Edward
Programme Leader
Before joining FarmAbility, Ed worked with young adults with autism and learning difficulties at a specialist college in Brighton. Alongside his role as Programme Leader, he also works as a gardener and is interested in permaculture and sustainability. He likes making music and bicycle touring.
Josie
Volunteer and Training Coordinator
Josie came to Farmability from a background in mental health, research, and inclusion work. She is a Modern Languages graduate, so is always interested in how different people use language. She feels strongly about making society a better place for disabled people, by using the social model of disability and advocating for accessibility. She is interested in finding creative solutions to the difficulties people might have whilst here at Farmability. She loves painting, horses, and quiet countryside spaces.
Jenny
Programme Leader
Jenny joined us in June 2022, she has worked in outdoor learning for almost 20 years. She is a qualified Forest School Leader and has experience working with children, adults and families. Jenny has a love of nature and the outdoors, she is passionate about upcycling and using things from nature. She is a keen amateur gardener, veggie grower and loves cooking outdoors on a fire or indoors!
Maryam
Programme Leader
Maryam joined us this autumn as a programme leader and is enjoying getting to know all the co farmers! She has previously worked with children in forest school, and volunteered at treehouse college for young people with autism. Maryam loves growing veg and weaving willow baskets.
Erin
Programme Leader
Erin studied a masters degree in biology and conservation at the University of Birmingham. She then became a qualified Forest School Leader. She has experience working with children and their families at Forest school and conservation working on a nature reserve in Wales. Erin loves birds and moths – going for walks and reading books about them!