Animal & Nature Therapy

FEARLESS
FARMHOUSE

“Since I was young I have always had a passion for helping people and a love for all animals, I grew up in the country and am a country girl at heart and I love being outside in nature and with animals. It is good for the soul.”

– Hope Fitzgerald

What made you decide to operate your business here?

“It has been a dream after living on the Surf Coast half of my life to be on some land here and open a place like Fearless Farm House. It was fate meeting my partner in 2019. Not long after he had secured the property everything fell into place for the both of us. I feel so grateful to be living and running our business here. We have the country lifestyle right near the ocean.” “There is a huge need in our area for more services like Fearless Farm House to provide ‘an outside of the box’ with traditional therapies and support to those that have special needs or mental health issues. I went through a few tough years trying to find places for my daughter to teach her independence, social skills and build on her emotional well-being. We are still on waiting lists for anything mental health related.”

What are the advantages of doing business on the Surf Coast?

“Being here is the perfect environment to provide support to our participants of Fearless Farm House. It’s all about being outdoors – the animals and being amongst nature with a bit of hard work to heal, develop new skills, build resilience and emotional well-being. It is also an advantage being close enough for people to access from Greater Geelong region.”

Tell me one thing that might surprise people about your business:

Most of our animals are rescue animals or orphans 🙂

What is your most popular product?

“Animal assisted therapy and learning sessions are hands on engagement with animals on the farm. Learning how to care for them, engage with them building trust and self-confidence. It gives our participants a sense of responsibility, feeling connected to the animals and people. It is through the animals that creates a sense of self-worth.”

fearless Farmhouse Activities :

Fearless farmhouse programs are based on the principals of animal & nature assisted therapy and learning.

Each participant that attends Fearless Farmhouse has a unique plan tailored for them around their goals, challenges, likes, dislikes and adapts consistently with their growth and development while attending the farm.

Activities on the farm are structured around the farms routine and can change with the seasons.

Those activities include :

ANIMAL BASED ACTIVITIES

– Education on animal husbandry

-Caring for the animals, feeding, grooming, training

-Equine based activities, natural horsemanship skills, feeding, grooming, riding

NATURE AND FARM BASED ACTIVITIES

-Gardening, growing food for the animals and community, composting, worm farms

-Education on permaculture and sustainability

-Building, planters, furniture restoring

-Farm tasks fixing fences, land management, tending to livestock

-Cooking, making meals from our garden, baking animal treats, campfire cooking

-Art and craft using recycled and natures materials

-Bush walking, talking, and discovering our environment

-Camp activities, safely building fires, collecting wood, setting up camp

-Practicing mindfulness and positive thinking

Donations

Fearless Farmhouse openly accepts donations to aid in keeping the farm running. Donations will directly link to sponsoring an animal or young person. By feeding an animal you will help provide one months worth of food as well as veterinary care, dentistry and more. By sponsoring a young person you will give someone an opportunity to receive therapy at Fearless Farmhouse they may not have otherwise.

If you are wanting to donate time, equipment, materials and more please contact us via [email protected]

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