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...for young peoplE livING with canCer

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19 January 2020

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Check out Sophie Byrom's new blog piece exploring

Check out Sophie Byrom's new blog piece exploring how time is complicated by cancer.

'Cancer Time' is the second edition of her series covering varied aspects of the cancer experience.

The blogs are available in the 'News' section on our website. Link in bio 🕜⏰

🌈🌈Yesterday was a double rainbow day! A stun

🌈🌈Yesterday was a double rainbow day! A stunning burst of sunshine through the rain clouds created the magic around Flynne’s Barn....but where’s the pot of gold?!🌈🌈

Flynne's Barn offers free counselling for young pe

Flynne's Barn offers free counselling for young people up to age 25 and living with cancer.

Mental health services are overstretched and young people are struggling to access this kind of specialist support, so please share or get in touch!

Our qualified counsellors are friendly, experienced and here to help.

Have a look at our website for more information, link in bio 💚

A Tipi with a view🍂🍃⛰🍃🍂 Busy stick w

A Tipi with a view🍂🍃⛰🍃🍂 Busy stick whittling in preparation for a bit of campfire cooking, charcoal burning and making our own charcoal pencils... all part of an afternoons fun with @branchouteducation Thanks for a great time Helen.🔥🔥🔥

What a fantastic few days welcoming young people f

What a fantastic few days welcoming young people for an autumnal break at Flynne’s Barn. Friendships were made, stories shared and the great outdoors enjoyed. Exploring the islands on Derwentwater by canoe was a great adventure and the rains held off for us. Wonderful to have Jenny @wrightoutdoors1 joining the team and thanks to Pete @keswickcanoeandbushcraft for leading the expedition.🚣🏼‍♂️💦🚣🏼‍♂️

Summer's coming to a close, but we've got exciting

Summer's coming to a close, but we've got exciting plans around the corner. There's still space on our Autumn residential for 18–25-year-olds, so do get in touch to get booked in!

Link in bio for more info 🍂💚

Who can resist a bit of lemur love?💕💕It was

Who can resist a bit of lemur love?💕💕It was great to have Isaac staying at Flynne’s Barn for a special 18th celebration with his family and friends..... and lemurs....and tapirs! Thank you to @lakes_wildlife for an amazing animal encounter and to @oakcottagechef for a delicious birthday meal 💚

A wonderful time was had by all and it was such a

A wonderful time was had by all and it was such a pleasure to to welcome this wonderful crew💚

We're really excited to be running a group residen

We're really excited to be running a group residential for 18–25 year-olds in October.

Please spread the word or get in touch if interested!

What a wonderful few days of sunshine for our rece

What a wonderful few days of sunshine for our recent family stay. A great time was had with a special alpaca encounter at Lingholm. Stunning views and Tiffany’s new friend isn’t camera shy! Thank you @alpacalyeverafter for a great time🦙💚🦙💚🦙

Being immersed in nature is restorative for everyo

Being immersed in nature is restorative for everyone. All our @spreadasmileuk visitors loved the chance to get outside and connect with the environment 🌿

We went for walks, played games, painted leaf print pictures, made alder bead jewellery and collected wild flowers to make bookmarks with @branchouteducation. Everyone loved learning with Helen. Thanks for a brilliant session 🍃🌸🌳🌄

We also learnt about keeping safe outdoors and the wonderful work @keswickmrt do with Rob Grange and Rona and Isla, their search and rescue dogs. Hide and seek with the dogs was great fun – no tricking them! Everyone loved meeting Nell as well, even if she's not as well behaved as Rona and Isla 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

Our families enjoyed a wide range of activities du

Our families enjoyed a wide range of activities during their stay. It was too windy to get out in the canoes this time, but we learnt how to make fires safely and warmed up with some toasted marshmallows on the lakeshore. Thanks @keswickcanoeandbushcraft 🏕🔥🍡

Everyone got creative with art in the tipi and making pizzas together was great fun 🍕 A big shout out to @oakcottagechef for his delicious meals as always 💚

Flynne's Barn is a place for all generations. Brin

Flynne's Barn is a place for all generations. Bringing family groups together gives parents and extended family members a chance to connect with each other, share experiences and soak up the beauty of the place.

The @spreadasmileuk team helped everyone undwind, with Priya's aromatherapy and massage treatments and Jasmine's manicures 💅

Everyone visibly relaxed as the days went by 💚

Bringing children together for a stay at Flynne's

Bringing children together for a stay at Flynne's Barn gives them time to build relationships and have fun.

Our collaboration with @spreadasmileuk last week gave the children a chance to leave behind the stresses of hospital stays, invasive treatments and separation from families.

They loved exploring outside, cosying up in the barn, but most of all, making new friends 🫂

We've had a wonderful week working with @spreadasm

We've had a wonderful week working with @spreadasmileuk — it's been magical to see families coming together and so many smiling faces in the barn! Thanks to the amazing Spread a Smile team for making it happen 💚

Keep any eye out over the next few days to see what was going on 👀

Please check out ‘Survivorship’, the first edi

Please check out ‘Survivorship’, the first edition of our new blog series!

Sophie Byrom has been volunteering since December 2021, working with us to ensure that the concerns and priorities for young people with a cancer diagnosis are fully considered throughout the services and information provided at Flynne’s Barn. This has included reviewing the website and giving feedback to help make it relevant and inviting for young people, and reviewing our counselling documents to make sure the service is as accessible as possible, bearing in mind the stigma that exists around mental health. In this blog series she will be posting on varied aspects of the cancer experience. Sophie also designs the artwork and infographics accompanying her writing!

‘Survivorship’ explores the complexities of reaching remission status, touching on the need for wider awareness of what survival really entails.

Blog posts will appear in the 'News' section on our website. Link in bio 🌵🏜️💚

It’s so wonderful to see our fledgling swallows

It’s so wonderful to see our fledgling swallows out of their nest in the woodshed for the first time. Five! All looking ready & raring to go!🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

At Barnfest 2 we shared a special weekend of music

At Barnfest 2 we shared a special weekend of music and delicious food thanks to @oakcottagechef. We are so grateful to all who came, contributed and had a good time. You’ve helped to raise funds so we can run residentials over the summer and expand our counselling service. Thanks to everyone who has helped in so many ways 💚

We had wonderful helpers this week at Flynne’s B

We had wonderful helpers this week at Flynne’s Barn. Thank you to Maria, Colin and their lovely crew for rounding up the chickens, collecting eggs, playing with Nell but mostly for enjoying the space and wonderful weather. What an intrepid lot swimming in that cold beck!

Flynne’s Barn: a place where nature soothes your

Flynne’s Barn: a place where nature soothes your soul. Our trees and wild flowers are taking off this year... red and white campion, yellow rattle, ragged robin, buttercups, teasels, wild carrot, pignut, oxeye daisies.... 🌸🌿🌸🌿

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