Jayne Haigh left the local primary school where she had taught for twenty years and where, latterly, her own health and wellbeing had been affected, but now feels a great sense of fulfilment in her work that has snowballed in the past three to four years that sees her working closely with the NHS and East Riding and Hull City councils. “I’ve always loved working with kids,” says Jayne. “But the pressure kids are under and teachers and all staff these days got me really quite ill.
We set it up, suddenly lockdown went into full force, and we thought oh my Lord, what have we done? But we were flooded because people could come to the countryside. We’ve never turned it into a bigger business because everyone who comes say they love the solitude. “When families started coming I was spending lots of my time with the kids who were all interested in our animals.