An Tobar Wellness Centre & Social Farm
An Tobar C.I.C.
Silverbridge, County Armagh, United Kingdom
About
Founded in 2018, An Tobar Wellness Centre & Social Farm is a social enterprise based in Silverbridge, United Kingdom working on health, mental health, disability +7 more.
An Tobar Wellness Centre & Social Farm is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company based in Silverbridge, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Set up in April 2018 by sisters Margaret Finnegan and Kathleen Finnegan-Agnew, it operates on a working family farm within the Ring of Gullion. The organisation runs social farming placements for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, older people and carers, and delivers educational gardening programmes for local schools. It also runs Libbys Tearoom, a community cafe, and Cafe Amach, a safe space for LGBTQ young people and adults in South Armagh. Its native woodland, Brians Wood, offers a memorial tree scheme, nature trails and biodiversity benefits. Its stated aims are to improve health and wellbeing, combat social isolation and build a resilient community.
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Social Farming
Health · United Kingdom
Social farming placements on the family farm for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, and older people including those with dementia, alongside their carers.
School Gardening
Education · United Kingdom
Educational gardening programmes for children from local schools to improve physical and mental health, healthy eating, biodiversity and environmental awareness.
Cafe Amach
LGBTQ+ · United Kingdom
A safe, social space for LGBTQ young people, adults and allies in South Armagh, offering youth drop-ins, adult evenings and wellbeing courses.
Libbys Tearoom Community Cafe
Community development · United Kingdom
A community tearoom and drop-in cafe serving the rural community of all ages and abilities in Silverbridge.
Brians Wood and Memory Trees
Nature & Wildlife conservation · United Kingdom
A native woodland of over 13,500 trees at Carrigans Hill, South Armagh, where people can dedicate memorial trees and visit nature, poetry and fairy trails.
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund, DAERA Forestry Expansion Scheme, Woodland Trust
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