Willowdene Farm has at its foundation a focus on Christian beliefs. The values that attach to that foundation have created a culture of security, respect, healing and grace that is central to the process of rehabilitation that residents can experience.

Many men who undertake a programme of rehabilitation at Willowdene Farm have experienced oppression, exclusion, rejection and abuse. In an atmosphere of openness, inclusion and warmth, these men are able, often for the first time in their lives, to experience a sense of worth and value that created a platform from which they can engage with their past in such a way as to experience freedom from issues that had kept them trapped in a cycle of drug addiction.

Willowdene Farm seeks to create opportunities for men to embark upon a journey of self-discovery, unlocking potential and ambition that has been hidden beneath the destructive behaviour associated with long-term substance mis-use.

Rehabilitation is not something that is ‘done to’ a resident; it is a process with which an individual chooses to engage, and a journey that they choose to travel. Willowdene Farm’s ethos is to provide an environment that makes that process less daunting, and that journey more inviting; enabling men to break free from the prison of addiction and begin to live the lives they were made for.