Joy O'Neill

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Joy O'Neill

Care farming: the benefits for farmers and the rural community

Fellowship

Themes

Focus

Introducing the benefits of care farming to rural communities

Countries

Fellowship year

2020

Supported by

Locality

South East

Biography

I am a teacher and psychologist with over twenty years’ experience in schools, universities, local authorities, the DfE, and the charity sector. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Higher Education Academy, and a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching.

I was awarded my Churchill Fellowship in 2020, which looked at care farming and its benefits for farmers, the local community, and the rural economy. Since then, I have been awarded an Open Wing Trust Grant, a Churchill Fellowship Covid Action Grant, and a Rachel Carson Visiting Scholarship, as well as creating a Sustainable Food and Farming Working Group.

I am currently completing a one-year Social Ventures Programme at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Chair of Good Food Bucks, a Trustee for Social Farms and Gardens, and the VCSE Mental Health Lead for a one-year project funded by Oxford Health.

Activity

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August 2023 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care Farm Director, Joy O'Neill (CF2020) has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded 6 months leadership programme starting in September 2023.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 August 2023

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editorial

June 2023 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Inclusion Expert, Joy O'Neill (CF 2020), has been asked to be part of an international working group looking at developing international minimum standards for researchers when working with animals in Animal Assisted Interventions settings i.e care farms or animal therapy sessions. The working group and associated project are being run by IAHAIO (International Association of Human Animal Interactions Organisations). Joy has been selected for the 2023/24 Climate Outreach Climate Ambassadors Programme. The programme offers focused training and support for climate scientists and other experts to enable them to talk with wider audiences about climate change and related topics.

By Joy O'Neill, 30 June 2023

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editorial

June 2022 Fellows' update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) was awarded a place on the Women in Sustainability Innovation Accelerator Programme at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership of this month. This will allow Joy to build on her Fellowship research, which explored care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 30 June 2022

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editorial

July 2021 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has established a working group in partnership with the University of Oxford Climate Alumni Network this month. The group will investigate sustainable farming approaches, which was a recommendation from Joy’s Fellowship report.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 July 2021

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

March 2021 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) spoke at the Feedback International Women’s Day event on 8 March. The event focused on women in food and farming, and Joy discussed her Fellowship project, which will explore care farming in rural communities to promote wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 March 2021

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

October 2020 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted on to the Michaelmas programme at the Oxford School of Climate Change, to learn from some of the most distinguished climate experts. Joy’s Fellowship will explore care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 October 2020

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

Activity

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

August 2023 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care Farm Director, Joy O'Neill (CF2020) has been awarded a Clore Social Fellowship. This is aimed at Voluntary and Community Leaders in and around Oxfordshire focused on social impact and is linked to her Oxford Climate Alumni Network work. The fellowship includes a fully funded 6 months leadership programme starting in September 2023.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 August 2023

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

June 2023 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Inclusion Expert, Joy O'Neill (CF 2020), has been asked to be part of an international working group looking at developing international minimum standards for researchers when working with animals in Animal Assisted Interventions settings i.e care farms or animal therapy sessions. The working group and associated project are being run by IAHAIO (International Association of Human Animal Interactions Organisations). Joy has been selected for the 2023/24 Climate Outreach Climate Ambassadors Programme. The programme offers focused training and support for climate scientists and other experts to enable them to talk with wider audiences about climate change and related topics.

By Joy O'Neill, 30 June 2023

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

June 2022 Fellows' update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) was awarded a place on the Women in Sustainability Innovation Accelerator Programme at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership of this month. This will allow Joy to build on her Fellowship research, which explored care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 30 June 2022

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

July 2021 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has established a working group in partnership with the University of Oxford Climate Alumni Network this month. The group will investigate sustainable farming approaches, which was a recommendation from Joy’s Fellowship report.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 July 2021

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

March 2021 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) spoke at the Feedback International Women’s Day event on 8 March. The event focused on women in food and farming, and Joy discussed her Fellowship project, which will explore care farming in rural communities to promote wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 March 2021

Photograph of Joy O'Neill
editorial

October 2020 Fellow's update: Joy O'Neill

Care farm director Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been accepted on to the Michaelmas programme at the Oxford School of Climate Change, to learn from some of the most distinguished climate experts. Joy’s Fellowship will explore care farming in rural communities, a practice that promotes wellbeing.

By Joy O'Neill, 31 October 2020

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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