Very useful, Informative, and heartbreaking meeting at Wellies Farm , meeting with mothers of young people with ALN and hearing their personal stories and challenges with accessing support.
On a positive they all highlighted how literally life-saving Ed, his wife and Wellies Farm had been for their children.
It is vital that we look into expanding education in this form - as Eddie says, “not all classrooms have four walls” - and the experiences that Wellies offer these young people. It is clearly invaluable, and works. The young people with ALN are in an environment at Wellies where they can achieve and thrive, and the knock-on effect on their families is positive too.
I would love to see more places like ‘Wellies’ all over our region and Wales. Local councils paying large sums of money for young people to go over the border to England for these experiences is not sustainable or what we need.