Briars Barn was founded in 2008 by Sheila Lamb with a vision to create work based opportunities through cottage industry values. Sheila’s own personal experiences with supporting her brother who has Downs Syndrome led her to have a long term vision to create a small cottage industry, providing a working environment that will empower the people with the necessary life skills to enable them to grow as individuals.

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Our dedicated support team promote inclusion and creativity, value and respect. Our goal is to ensure that experiences are interesting and different. We all know that a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body and at Briars Barn, there are plenty of opportunities for both.

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Briars Barn is a unique place offering a modern-day person centred service providing work based experience in a welcoming countryside setting. We promote increased choice, independence, participation and citizenship.

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We are colleagues, not service users or clients – simply people who work together to get things done.

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We believe that everyone is able to contribute regardless of ability – every person can make a difference.