Volunteers from Deloitte gave up some of their free time to help out at The Children’s Centre’s Community Farm. The Community Farm - which is based at Wallberry Farm on the Carnane Estate just off the Old Castletown Road in Douglas - aims to provide a therapeutic and educational resource for children, young people and families, covering areas including horticulture, animal husbandry, conservation and design and construction. Deloitte staff have spent two days at the Community Farm and helped rebuild a wall for the kitchen garden and dug holes needed to put up polytunnels, which enable the farm to grow produce all year round. The Children’s Centre is Deloitte’s charity of the year and they have committed to raise ?3,000 throughout the year for the purchase of a tractor for the farm. Jenny Qualtrough, Assistant Manager of the Tax Department and Head of Community Investment Team, said: “Our Community Investment Days at The Children’s Centre’s new farm were a fantastic way for our staff members to come together and work as a team, in a different environment than we are used to, to achieve a collective goal. It was also an excellent way for our new student intake to get to know the rest of our team in a relaxed, informal setting, away from the office routine. A great time was had by all. We’re so happy that we’ve been able to contribute to this fantastic project.” The Community Farm will be open to all of the Island’s community and will also become an educational resource focusing on experiential learning. As well as taking part in agricultural and horticultural activities children and young people who visit the farm will take part in workshops and discover how farm machinery is maintained and gain skills in areas such as woodturning and metal work. It is scheduled to open to the public in spring 2012. For more information about volunteering at the Community Farm contact Michelle O’Malley, Fundraising Manager at The Children's Centre, by calling 01624 631919 or emailing fundraising@thechildrenscentre.org.im - ENDS -