Flynne's Barn

Who we are

Flynne's Barn is for teenagers and young adults who are living with cancer. We offer residential group stays in the Lake District. The aim is for young people to connect with others and with nature through shared experiences, to build friendships and to help each other along a challenging road. We offer psychosocial support during a stay and specialist mental health support for the young cancer community through our counselling service.

Our culture and values

We value 

• Meaningful relationships as part of a diverse community
• A safe and inclusive environment where people feel listened to and choose how to participate
• Creativity for self and collective expression
• The restorative power of nature drawing on the calming effects of wild landscapes
• Being led by lived experience “Nothing about us without us”

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Flynne’s Barn is committed to challenging disadvantage and inequality, and aims to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all areas of its work and structures.

We believe:

• In working towards a just and participatory society
• That all people have equal rights to social justice and to participate in decision-making processes and local action
• That priority should be given to working with communities and groups whose full participation in society is limited by economic disadvantage and/or discrimination
• That the role of Flynne’s Barn is to affirm and enable children and young people living with cancer to come together and find a voice for the issues that are important to them.