Gilead Foundations

Gilead Foundations is based on a 200 acre working farm in rural Devon with our growing town of Okehampton just 5 miles away and the city of Exeter 30 miles. Every person who visits says how peaceful and tranquil the atmosphere is. It is an ideal location for our residents to heal and build their lives again.

Gilead Foundations provides a supportive home setting for women to have the opportunity to become free from their addictions and emotional difficulties through discipleship and mentoring. The discipleship programme not only introduces residents to the person of Jesus Christ, yet also explores what the Bible teaches us about life. This includes a morning devotional that is Gospel centred and a dedicated teaching time each day during the week. The teaching subjects cover a range of topics such as new life in Christ, forgiveness, dealing with difficulties, overcoming fears, failure, and temptations and many more. Not only are we teaching our residents about the practices of Christianity such as communion, prayer, and worship, yet we are also teaching them through example, and we have dedicated evening chapel services where these practices can be demonstrated and experienced for staff and residents. We truly believe that true freedom and transformation comes through Jesus and that there is life and healing found through His word and in His presence.

Located on a farm we use practical work projects to enable residents to enjoy and learn new life skills and to gain training and work experience in horticulture, catering, and farming. This helps the ladies to get ready for future employment and independent living and ultimately change their lives for the better. This is a safe space for women to heal and grow: our residents get involved with everything from milking to egg collecting, and we have a great horticulture and gardening programme – the ladies get to sow, cultivate, and eventually harvest and eat their own produce.