Jamie’s Farm, Hereford

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Dave Pearson-Smith

Dave loves tractors, but his real job at the farm is managing the team and supporting them to deliver amazing experiences to young people each week. He loves spending time with young people on walks and sharing meals with them around the table, as well as helping them find new skills in fixing vehicles, processing firewood and maintaining the beautiful environment of the farm.

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Warren Gittoes

You’ll usually find Warren covered in straw in the cattle shed or buzzing around the farm on the quad checking on the sheep. Warren loves fine-tuning the details of our farming practices, ensuring the livestock are happy and in top condition. His greatest passion is sharing with visiting young people how to best take care of our animals.

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Alicia Davies

At Jamie’s Farm, Alicia uses her personal experience to guide her therapeutic horse sessions and activities with young people. She is passionate about young people and providing them with experiences that will support them to navigate through to their adulthood, and the importance of everyone having the opportunity to connect with the outdoors.

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Beth Walker

Beth joined Jamie’s Farm in 2017 and loves helping young people feel confident, build independence and try new things.

As the Therapeutic Coordinator, she enjoys walking and talking with young people, often joined by her lovely dogs, Buddy and Gwen. Beth also works with the horses, helping young people build trust and connection with these gentle yet powerful animals.

Always smiling and a great listener, Beth always learns something new from the young people who come to the farm—and Jamie’s Farm has also helped her to discover her own bravery when working with pigs!

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Jess Fish

Jess realised her passion for helping others while volunteering with vulnerable adults as a teenager. Having graduated from the University of Bristol with a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, she was able to pursue a caring career. Jess spent many years in schools, colleges and childrens’ homes educating, supporting and caring for vulnerable children. Jess has joined the team in Hereford as Therapy Coordinator, where she leads many group meetings and spends time with all the young people who visit the Farm, having personalised therapeutic conversations in order to help them piece together pathways for their future success on return to school. Jess tailors her sessions to the needs of the child and particularly enjoys walking the dogs, being in the garden and being creative.

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Roger Ings

Before joining the staff team on the Hereford Farm, Roger was a dedicated volunteer. Born and raised on a Farm in Warwickshire, Roger studied Psychology and Social Work at University. After many years of travelling, labouring and exploring the world, Roger now lives near the Farm with his wife and 2 children and has a smallholding of his own. He works on all aspects of the Farm but is our green woodwork specialist and excellent at helping young people get an axe through even the largest of logs.

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Hannah Wallace

Hannah grew up in south London and loves all things food, from growing it, to cooking it and sharing it with others! With a background in Forest School, children’s charities and alternative education projects, Hannah has combined these passions to share them with all who visit Jamie’s Farm. At the Hereford farm you will usually find her in the kitchen baking a tasty snack or two or out exploring the Black Mountains with a visiting group.

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Rob Ashworth

Since graduating from university in 2011, Rob has pursued his passion for the outdoors, nature, and travel. Through his work as an outdoor instructor, he has developed a love for sharing his knowledge and experiences, witnessing first-hand the positive impact the outdoor environment has on himself and people around him. Rob is a keen trail runner, climber, and hiker, and often spends his weekends exploring the Bannau Brycheiniog National park.  

On the farm Rob is passionate about gardening, food and farming! He loves spending time in the garden, spreading his love for growing food, composting, and increasing biodiversity. Rob’s favourite thing about the farm is growing and harvesting food in the garden, and then cooking it into a delicious meal for all to enjoy.  

food and sharing his love for the outdoors and farm life.

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Octavia de Ferranti

Octavia started at Jamie’s Farm as volunteer in 2021, before becoming a member of “bank” staff and gaining experience of delivery across all the farms. She became interested in the lasting impact of a week on the farm after seeing the transformation a young person can go through during the week. This led her to begin the Enhanced Legacy Initiative which aims to link visiting young people up with further opportunities back in their communities.

When not focussing on legacy, she can be found on the farm doing pretty much anything from making a curry to herding sheep or walking her small dog, Mud. This year she will be adding another string to her bow, by covering Alice’s maternity leave as a Visit Coordinator. She is really looking forward to taking on this challenge and working more closely with our visiting partners.

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Rob Carnie

Having studied horticulture and helped to run a market garden in his early twenties, Rob’s passion for healthy soil and healthy food has been channelled into the farm, garden, and kitchen alike. However, keen with a whittling knife and an experienced lamber, Rob has supported the charity in various roles over the years. He is also a qualified Forest School leader and has a deep appreciation of the local landscape, which he feels privileged to share and explore with those who visit.    

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Jac Ingram

Jac enjoys running delivery sessions all around the farm and is often found doing craft sessions and introducing the young people to the horses.  She loves working outdoors and is happy in all weathers- getting muddy and wet and getting to learn all about the animals at the farm.  Jac also loves the fun and busy atmosphere in the welcome barn and kitchen, when the group comes together, eating and playing games.

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Afra Jurkiewicz

Afra trained as a music therapist and has many years of experience in working with people and music, both in the UK and abroad. She cares about building communities through music and art, offering experiences of health, well-being and belonging. Afra uses music and its elements as a tool for connection, communication and social interaction.

In her work with young people at Jamies Farm, Afra focuses on offering therapeutic experiences through music: whether its song-writing or sharing joy and creative flow through improvisation with sounds and movement. She plays a variety of instruments, including piano, accordion and banjo!

Having spent long summers on her family farms back in Southern Poland, she is also a keen gardener and enjoys spending most of her free time exploring the hills, rivers and waterfalls.