Welcome to Gladden Mart

Gladden Mart invites and welcomes anyone and everyone to come and socialise over the heritage of farming and rural life.
Through the 2024/25 Autumn/Winter programme we hope to give a warm welcome to 'visitors' local and international to share heritage stories ranging from farming in Canada in the early 1900s, the craft of shepherd's crook-making, the women farmers at Astley Hall, a little of the banking history of agriculture, the heritage of the wool industry in Australia and the revolutionary era of horsepower.

To receive your monthly invites to Gladden Mart, simply complete the very short registration form below.

SEE THE PROGRAMME BELOW

The Book Farmacy Project needs you! - Call out for participants from the agricultural sector

The long hours of a day’s farming or crofting are well documented and we recognise this at the Book Farmacy so we are asking pilot participants to find a minimum of 6-minutes a day (or even 4 days a week) to read. 
The aim of the Book Farmacy pilot project is to explore the impact of book reading on health and wellbeing and test the potential of taking a farmer-centric approach to building a library, contributing to community health improvement.
What would participation in the pilot look like for you? 
Through the post you will receive a brief survey, some reading material and a reflective template, arriving into you letterbox late September. We ask you to find time across October and November to read the pilot material at your own pace. When you have completed the read, simply share your reflections on what you elected to read and any impact you felt as a result, using the reflective template.
In addition to taking steps to try something new for your health, you will be contributing to building a library for farmers and crofters.
Click on the button below to let us know you'd be happy to receive the pilot project info page.

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Member registration

Register for your membership information sheet about becoming part of the Gladden Village Community.

Send us an email at gladdenvillage@gmail.com with the following information and you will receive our Gladden Village Membership Information and registration form within a few days:

  - Name
  - Email Address
  - Register interest in membership

CLICk HERE to REGISTER