About us

The team at Givendale has a number of full time staff. We have two Australians in the team at the moment Bryr and Donna. Sam is on maternity leave.
WE ARE SEEKING TO APPOINT SOMEONE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, DUE TO EXPANSION, TO HELP WITH THE STOCK (TRACTOR DRIVING EXPERIENCE DESIRABLE). A GREAT OPPURTUNITY FOR SOMEONE
Accomodation is available on the farm
The make up of the team gives us an huge depth of skills and experience. Generally we are all capable of turning our hands to any of the work tasks that face us on the farm, which gives us great flexibility, and makes life more interesting.

Neil is joint owner and manager. Neil's background was initially in cow dairying where he built up and successfully ran a herd of 200, high yielding, Holstein/Friesian cows plus followers. He has a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture, specialising in Animal Production from Newcastle University

	Louisa is joint owner and manager, along with Neil. Louisa's background is in beef farming. She also has a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from The University of Dundee, and a postgraduate teaching degree in secondary science from Herriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Louisa taught in secondary schools for over ten years, but, now much prefers working at Givendale.

Diane has worked at Givendale since the first goats arrived in 1995. She has a huge knowledge of dairy goats and their husbandry.

Sam is currently on maternity leave, having previously worked at St. Helens Farm for over 3 years. She has brought a wealth of experience with her

Keith has recently left us on sabbatical. He is currently in Argentina riding around South America on a horse, a trip we were pleased to add to his sponsorship on. We hope that he will come back to join us when he returns. His progress can be followed on www.keithsride.com