Meet the students

At it's heart, Heaton Fold is a facility that offers Adults with Disabilities work experience, which helps with their social skills and physical abilities, as well as putting them to work - which they love! Students undertake a range of tasks around the garden centre... such as keeping plants watered, planting up seasonal stock for future sale and helping keep our garden centre beautiful and tidy!

Any purchase you make, whether that be a coffee or a plant, goes into the pot to improve the experience of our students, like buying new tools and equipment for them, as well as enhancing facilities that they use.

Students posed outside in a group with their support officers.

Students unloading a big pallet of pumpkins for Halloween

Students helping to build the burger hut for our Artisan Market

All new referrals must be asessed and referred to us by BMBC Adults Services; Heaton Fold cannot authorise any referrals via email. We recommend that any potential referees have a conversation and explore the options with their allocated social worker for more information.