The Yellowstone Programme

15/10/2026

Well what a day! 🍰

The coffee and cake open morning was a huge success where we welcomed a lot of new faces to the provision which gave us a chance to tell them all about the amazing Yellowstone Programme and how we can help a lot of young people.

We then left to collect these two new beautiful ladies!!! Everyone meet the lovely Rosie and Pudding to the Yellowstone gang! Pudding even gave us a cheeky smile for the camera 📸 😃

15/10/2026

Coffee morning in full swing…come down for a brew and meet the team at the Yellowstone Programme 🌿🐴🫏💚

14/10/2026

Don’t forget it’s our first coffee and cake open morning tomorrow 10-12 for schools, referrers and professionals to meet the team, take a look around, meet the 4 legged gang 🐴🫏 and learn more about the offer and how it can help young people.

Please share with anybody who may be interested or just want a chat and a brew!

Gemma Pickering Frampton Helen Frampton Lisa Allport

14/10/2026

14/10/2026

A VERY special message from Sara Davies… 💚

We are SO excited to share Sara’s support for The Yellowstone Programme Alternative Provision here in County Durham!

Having someone we admire so much help us spread the word means more than we can say, and we’d love your help to take her message even further.

Please give it a watch, share this post, follow the page and tag any schools, professionals, parents or carers who might be interested. 🙏

You might not need our provision, but someone in your network could. Your share could be how they find us. 💚

Sara, you’re an inspiration to so many of us here in the North East. Thank you for taking the time to introduce Yellowstone and support this new chapter for us. Helping our small provision reach more people could make such a difference to the young people and families who discover us.

And thank you to everyone supporting our Yellowstone journey, especially those who have kindly donated items over the last week for our young people. Your kindness is already making a difference.

Let’s get this heard far and wide! 🌿🪵🐴

12/10/2026

☕🍰 YOU’RE INVITED — COFFEE & CAKE OPEN MORNINGS 🍰☕

We would love to welcome schools, referrers, education professionals and other services to visit The Yellowstone Programme, our farm-based alternative provision in County Durham.

Come along to:

📅 Thursday 15 October
📅 Tuesday 20 October
⏰ 10am–12 noon

This is an informal opportunity to:

🌿 Look around the provision and experience the setting
🐴 Meet our team and animals
🧭 Explore the Yellowstone Way and our ten skills pathways
💬 Discuss the needs of young people and how we could work together
🤝 Build strong, effective working relationships

You are welcome to bring colleagues and can stay for the full morning or simply pop in for a coffee, some cake and a chat.

RSVP is appreciated to help us plan refreshments, but it isn’t essential.

Please contact Gemma with your preferred date and the number attending:

📞 07741 274007
📧 [email protected]

Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues or services that may be interested.

Gemma Pickering Frampton Helen Frampton

09/10/2026

Reunited at the Yellowstone Programme! Two old souls 🥲🥲

WATCH UNTIL THE END 😂

Our Helen has definitely excelled herself with this one

08/10/2026

Mornings at the Yellowstone Programme don’t get better than this 🌅🏕️🍁

07/10/2026

🌲 CAN YOU HELP THE YELLOWSTONE PROGRAMME? 🌲

We are building a practical clothing and equipment bank for the young people attending our farm-based alternative provision.

Some of the children we support may not always have access to suitable outdoor clothing or equipment. We want every young person to be able to take part comfortably, safely and without feeling different, whatever the weather.

We would be incredibly grateful for donations of new or good-quality used items suitable for children and teenagers aged approximately 6-18.

🥾 OUTDOOR CLOTHING

• Wellies and outdoor boots in different sizes
• Waterproof coats and trousers
• Warm onesies and overalls
• Fleeces and warm jumpers
• Hats, gloves and scarves
• Thick socks
• Child-sized work gloves
• High-visibility jackets or tabards
• Sun hats and lightweight outdoor clothing

🐴 ANIMAL AND YARD EQUIPMENT

• Child-sized or lightweight mucking-out forks
• Shavings forks and small manure scoops
• Yard brushes, sweeping brushes and dustpans
• Buckets, tubs and feed scoops
• Grooming brushes, combs and hoof picks
• Headcollars, lead ropes and haynets
• Wheelbarrows suitable for young people
• Stable tools and safe storage containers
• Clean towels and washable animal blankets

🌳 FORESTRY, WOODLAND AND BUSHCRAFT EQUIPMENT

• Child-sized gardening and woodland gloves
• Litter pickers and collecting buckets
• Hand trowels, forks and small spades
• Rakes, leaf grabbers and yard brooms
• Watering cans
• Magnifying glasses and bug-viewing pots
• Binoculars
• Wildlife cameras
• Bird boxes, feeders and nesting materials
• Bug hotel materials
• Compasses, maps and waterproof clipboards
• Tarpaulins, ground sheets and den-building materials
• Rope, twine and natural craft materials
• Log carriers and lightweight hand tools
• Child-sized safety goggles and ear defenders

For safety reasons, please contact us before donating sharp tools, cutting equipment, electrical tools or machinery.

🌱 GARDENING AND GROWING

• Child-sized gardening tools
• Plant pots, planters and raised beds
• Seeds, bulbs, compost and seed trays
• Watering cans and water butts
• Gardening kneelers
• Greenhouse equipment
• Fruit and vegetable growing equipment
• Clean jars, baskets and containers for harvesting

💚 SENSORY AND CHILL-OUT ROOM

We are also developing our cabin’s sensory and regulation space to help young people feel calm, safe and ready to re-engage.

Useful donations could include:

• Fidget toys and sensory resources
• Beanbags and floor cushions
• Sensory or weighted blankets and weighted lap pads
• Wobble cushions, balance boards and stepping stones
• Small spinning sensory chairs
• Indoor hammocks or hammock chairs
• Rocking chairs
• Pop-up tents, canopies or calm dens
• Yoga mats and soft exercise balls
• Sensory lights, projectors and bubble lamps
• Ear defenders and noise-reducing headphones
• Visual timers and calm-down resources
• Soft, washable rugs and throws
• Storage baskets and boxes

🎨 PRACTICAL, CREATIVE AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

We would also welcome:

• Old horseshoes to clean, paint and decorate
• Safe wood offcuts for supervised projects
• Paint, brushes and craft materials
• Wool, fabric, ribbon and string
• Natural materials for seasonal crafts
• Bird-feeder and bug-hotel materials
• Board games, puzzles and suitable books
• Outdoor games and sports equipment
• Waterproof storage boxes
• Children’s cooking and baking equipment
• Musical instruments
• Cameras or simple photography equipment
• Walkie-talkies
• Reusable water bottles and lunch bags

Please only donate items that are clean, complete, safe and in good usable condition.

Every donated coat, pair of wellies, grooming brush or sensory resource will help a young person feel included and able to take part in the full Yellowstone experience.

If you have anything that may be useful, even if it is not listed above, please send us a message. We would be very happy to discuss it and arrange collection or drop-off.

You can contact Gemma through our page or at:

📧 [email protected]
📱 07741 274007
📲

Thank you for helping us create a place where every young person can belong, be known, grow, achieve and adventure. 💚

Please share — you never know who may have exactly what we need sitting unused in a shed, tack room, wardrobe or cupboard!

30/09/2026

We thought if we’re going to do an Alternative Provision then we’re going to make it a bloody good one!

Here’s some of the progress (blood, sweat tears and laughs) over the past couple of months!

Please like, share and follow the page! 💜