{"id":58964,"date":"2026-03-11T12:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=58964"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:02:35","slug":"watch-new-flock-of-chickens-become-the-heart-of-send-project-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/watch-new-flock-of-chickens-become-the-heart-of-send-project-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: New flock of chickens become the heart of SEND project in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>by Jonah Simon-Cline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rainbow Kite Project has rescued six chickens, leaving members of the SEND community with exciting new companions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainbow Kite Project is a community of SEND specialists based in Sheffield,  Derbyshire, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. Their aim is to help individuals with autism, learning disabilities, complex needs, and PDA to \u2018develop independence\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becca Oseman, Co Director of the Rainbow Kite Project, said that the arrival of the chickens has \u2018definitely boosted people\u2019s motivations to come, and sense of responsibility\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chickens have helped to create a hugely therapeutic atmosphere on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch here how the clients have reacted to their new feathered friends <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New flock for Rainbow Kite\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_jZnZggPlEE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The allotment group meets every Friday, and is a great way to ensure that the clients can spend time outdoors, even if that means having to brave the rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jonah Simon-Cline The Rainbow Kite Project has rescued six chickens, leaving members of the SEND community with exciting new companions.&nbsp; Rainbow Kite Project is a community of SEND specialists based in Sheffield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. Their aim is to help individuals with autism, learning disabilities, complex needs, and PDA to \u2018develop independence\u2019. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":58967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[132,166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","category-top-story-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58965,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58964\/revisions\/58965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}