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Tuesday 15 September 2015

Caring for Life


Caring for Life (CFL) is a Leeds-based Christian charity, set up in 1987 after several homeless men started to attend Leeds Reformed Baptist Church. In response, the church set up a charity to enable outreach to these needy people. The gift of a house enabled them to start a residential project for the most vulnerable young men. Crag House Farm, near Cookridge, was acquired as a base for daytime activity projects and now operates agricultural, horticultural, conservation, vehicle maintenance, art & craft and woodwork projects alongside adult literacy and office skills.

A friend took me to visit - on account of the fact that they now have a very attractive restaurant, The Granary, in a beautifully converted 17th century barn. We enjoyed a huge and delicious 'brunch' of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. There's also a lovely farm shop selling meat, cheese, vegetables and a vast range of mainly locally sourced 'high-end' food products, with gifts and cards as well. There is a garden centre selling plants raised in the farm's large greenhouses. Around the centre there is a nature trail and gardens. It was all very interesting and made for a most enjoyable morning's outing - and chance for a good catch-up with my friend, of course. It seems it's a secret known only to the cognoscenti and I had not heard of it before, though The Granary did get pretty busy as the morning wore on.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Jenny - what a great charity helping those men. It looks like a beautiful place to visit with refreshing ideas ... the Granary sounds delicious and the outlet sounds a great place to know about if you live near Leeds .. cheers Hilary

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  2. Nice to see a charity like that working so well. Excellent! Btw - I'm sure I spotted Saltaire in BBC's superb 'An Inspector Calls' - a good blog post opportunity for you?

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  3. There are some good people out there helping others. Wonderful.

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  4. Just the kind of story you like to hear!

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