Sunraysia Residential Services, Mildura

Training and Education Programs

Benetook Farm Training and Education Programs

Benetook Farm is an exciting new training and respite project that offers a variety of educational and entertaining day programs for local people with registered disabilities. Benetook farm incorporates ten acres for the purpose of farming poultry, fruit and vegetables plus operating an array of art, craft and woodwork programs all based from the Farm

 

The emphasis of the SRS- Benetook Farm Day Programs is twofold:

 

  • To provide training towards employment and meaningful activities for people with disabilities across the entire Mallee region.
  • The social enterprise aspects of this project involves linking people with disabilities with the wider community through the marketing, production and sale of healthy and sustainably produced food and their creative cottage articles. Collectively these outcomes provide benefits to the wider community in the support of healthy eating, localism in food supply, ethical production, and social inclusion.


Participants at Benetook Farm Day Program

Program Details

Arts

The Benetook Farm Arts program provides participants with the opportunity to express themselves, develop new skills and explore their artistic potential through creative arts. Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mosaic, Collage, Printing and Multimedia. Day-Farmers are encouraged to create and celebrate art.

 

Participants involved can attend day excursion’s and workshops to galleries and other local art works for a more personal experience that comes complete with inspiration. Our crew are encouraged to discuss what they see, what they like and express and even what they would like to learn more about.

 

All Day-Farmers are given the opportunity to display their art pieces for the wider community through exhibitions, e.g. Mildura Show, International and National competitions and, of course, at our own SRS studios and properties.

Arts & Music at Benetook Farm Day Program

Crafts

The Crafts programs are designed around participants producing wares that are then sold to the wider community. Programs offered to our Day-Farmers include making soaps, cards, jewellery, textiles/ sewing and so much more. The on-going expansion of the Benetook Farm Project means we able to individualise program objective to achieve goals within the participants interests and skill base.

 

Gardening / Eco– Living

Working in our many various garden projects may be just what you’re looking for. Want to learn more about landscaping, growing produce or general garden maintenance at a pace that suits the student?

 

What about recycling and sustainable living? At the farm we offer the opportunity for clients to actively be involved in a huge range of lessons and activities such as Greenhouse development, construction and operation, Propagating plants, Seed Raising, Composting, Irrigation, Weeding, pruning, transplanting, crop rotation and companion planting. People of all skill levels can learn to grow and care for plants, we are proud that all our farm is 100% Eco-Sustainable. Everything we use at SRS and Benetook Farm is covered by the 3 R’s– Reduce, Re-use and Recycle!

 

Mentoring Programs

Dabbling in a little bit of this and that – mixed with a bit of fun! SRS has an exciting new range of training and mentoring initiatives across a wide range of activities.  Benetook Farm offers Individualised support and education via a personal approach, working closely with experienced and fully-trained staff to achieve the participants goals and aspirations.

 

  • Day trips – out and about in Sunraysia – transport included 
  • Hands on learning – all aspects of hobby farm operations, Animal Care and Maintenance. 
  • Even painting lessons – interiors, exteriors and everything else in between! 
  • Opportunities to undertake a formal traineeship or qualification if desired.

 

Woodwork 

The woodwork program SRS offers gives clients the opportunity to gain skills in restoring furniture and producing small projects such as bird houses, letterboxes, dog houses and various home and office items. Our Day-Farmers are guided step by step through each project and process to help them learn develop and retain their skill base. All items produced are sold on site to tourists and to the wider community.


Opening Hours

Benetook Farm is open for participants from 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.


Participants are welcome to join the weekend roster to care for the chooks and process eggs.

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