NURTURE NATURE FARM
Lisa
My working and personal passion is animal welfare. I am Professional Development Lead for Vetpol UK supporting the learning and development of all working within both veterinary practice and SQPs within pet retail and agriculture merchants. I also work within Scott Hardings camelid consultancy team which visits 500 plus smallholdings clients.
This combined work is both invaluable and influential in supporting my discussions with others as to how we manage our own smallholding sites in a sustainable way, this resulted in the acquisition of Billy Bottom field of 6.19 acres to develop practices and to be able to share and signpost to others.
In an ever changing world, to be able to highlight and share information for us all to make informed choices for ourselves, families, businesses and/or work to enjoy life in our own ways is my purpose for this project.
Caroline
Animal-mad Caroline also loves people. With a background in veterinary pharmaceuticals she is well equipped to train SQPs and give support to students: people development is her thing. Being a Director of Vetpol brings together all the skills and experience she’s acquired during a long and varied career. Vetpol Ltd is run by a team of professional people and is approved by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to train, register and regulate SQPs working in UK businesses supplying veterinary medicines.
The Vetpol team has worked within or alongside the following: veterinary practice, pharmaceutical business, farms, farm retail, pet and equine businesses. Everyone involved loves animals, is knowledgeable and passionate about veterinary medicines and understands the need to educate individuals to support informed decisions being made within their chosen areas of work.
Scott
Since 2009 Scott owned and worked with alpacas, first as part of a successful small holding/large holding business, Spring Grove Alpacas and Rare Breeds, specialising in alpacas and rare breed sheep, whilst keeping cattle, pigs, goats, poultry, turkeys, geese, angora rabbits and ponies, Scott's first love always being the alpacas. During this time, he was also running on site educational classes for both adults and children.
Post covid, like many, Scott adapted the business (The Alpaca Shearer), he significantly reduced his own herd numbers and now offers a freelance consultancy service on the subjects of setting up and running a small holding, land/herd management, animal care and welfare plus specialist camelid handling, welfare and management services, with sustainability and the environment being core to all the work.
Burscough Community Farm
In the heart of rural West Lancashire, Burscough Community Farm offers a unique way to improve your mental health by reconnecting with nature through Green Social Prescribing.
Under the watchful eye of Stuart Lawton and his number 1 assistant Eleanor who manage the beehives at Burscough I am beginning my learning journey in the art of bee keeping, understanding the positive impact the bees have on our environment, whilst also discovering the multiple ways we can not only harvest the honey but craft candles, soap and mead as by products. All of this learning can then be used to develop hives at Billy Bottom.
Evie G
My 18-year-old daughter, currently taking A levels and looking to study Business Entrepreneurship in London, Evie is supporting managing content across the website and the Billy Bottom Insta page whilst developing her own learning.
Jack G
Jack (my son) mainly wishes to test the trees at Billy Bottom for climbing and den potential and/or test the cycling paths which run around the boundaries with some adventurous cycling. Never content with walking!
Sid
Emotional support for us all – being a spaniel he is awesome at emotional support plus he has unlimited energy levels to cover running up and down the Billy Bottom field slopes and enjoying investigating the stream.