The Lodge is a small mixed farm run using simple, organic, labour intensive methods. There are daycare places for up to 18 people. Diversity of work on offer is a more important consideration than the "profitability" of each enterprise and so the range of the Glevum Farm Trust's products is wide, from strawberries to beef. Basic building and fencing has been an important feature of our work. The horticultural area of the farm includes vegetable production, soft fruit and top fruit as well as flowers. Areas of protected cropping under polythene and glass produce tomatoes, peppers, bedding plants and plants for hanging baskets for sale. The livestock enterprises are just as diverse. The Glevum Farm Trust has a flock of sheep producing wool and fat lambs and a small herd of beef cows.

There is no doubt that the atmosphere of mutual respect and care, and the calming therapeutic benefits of close personal contact with farm work, and particularly animals, has benefited our service users. This benefit will continue to be monitored through the on-going Individual Care Planning system in place for every service user. The quality assurance programme will also highlight the mere tangible changes in the user group by monitoring progress enhanced independence skills and reductions in the incidence of challenging behaviour. All this improves self image and social skills.