We are engaging the Shelswell Group of Parishes and intend to develop facilities at Old Manor Farm, which would make space available for youth and other groups facilitating engagement in the community and extending the reach of existing ministries. Ministries like Cherish, were developed, supported and affirmed by the Oxford Diocese to work with young girls and women. Cherish provides a six-week course to young women and girls who learn practical skills whilst discussing life issues including low self-esteem, depression, self-harming and eating disorders. With mental health coming to the fore in recent years, and particularly through the lockdowns of the last two years, this ministry could bring valuable benefit to the young people of this rural area extending its work in Bicester. The local parishes have a youth group currently run from a local minister’s home, this group would benefit from being able to use the facilities of Old Manor Farm. Ministers need time out away from the pressure of their ministries. Another benefit we see for the community as a whole would be in providing retreat and small training course facilities for Church of England ministers at Old Manor Farm and other partner locations (such as Parrox Hall in Lancashire, England and facilities in the village of Bredsjö, Sweden).