Published on 12, July, 2020
I am trying to create a farm project for people with Asperger's, myself included, where they will learn or give their skills to growing food in greenhouses to sell to the public. It will be a place of peace and support and will make it very easy to maintain employment. This is the start so I am trying to get people to spread the word on this forum and on Facebook. To get funding I will need you all to help. Access my page on Facebook and we'll go from there. This is a chance people, to have a place of our own, run by us and, if successful, spread out by us to cover the UK. growing food is easy and I have the skills. It has taken me most of my life but I got there. Imagine, a place where people with Asperger's can teach and advise other people with Asperger's. Where else is a place like that??
I have the site, I have the permission and I have the skills. Now I need you all
Click on Facebook on the Scotaqua page.
That's another company that has been established for years and pays its workers. It's based in Indiana in the US. They founded the farm ethically and with transparency.
Everytime the guy is asked to answer a question on here he never answers. That speaks volumes to me.
Cassandro said:Wasn't it 'Scotaqua'? I'm just seeing boring company registration stuff.
Yes it was. My bad. I've corrected it for people who want to read more. It may be boring but it might tell you some pretty interesting things if you have a look. For instance the date the company was founded. Compulsory strike offs are also interesting reading to me. They can lead to an unlimited fine and 10 years imprisonment. Due to forum rules I can't say much more. Scotaqua may or may not have had them. Scotaqua may or may not have some interesting stuff in regards to planning permission. It's probably worth a look. The truth is often boring.
California said:
The same here!
There is nothing interesting at all!
Maybe but is it better to be coerced by someone who may be trying to take advantage of you with an interesting lie or to make an informed decision reading something boring!
There should be some sort of human filter decision system that deems whether strange advertisements like this take advantage of vulnerable people or not. Please everyone be careful and stay clear of this venture
As the original post isn't breaking any of the Community Rules, we have decided to leave it. However we would encourage Community members to be cautious and to carry out their own research.
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HEAR HEAR Cloudy Mountains.
Cloudy Mountains said:aquaponics business
Is the idea to do something like this:
http://www.greenbridgegrowers.org/what-we-do.html
They employ some people on the autistic spectrum. I read about the company in the following book just the other day:
https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Adults-Aspergers-Syndrome-Hired/dp/1849057540
Cloudy Mountains said:Aquascot LTD
Wasn't it 'Scotaqua'? I'm just seeing boring company registration stuff.
I doubt that any questions will be answered Cassandro! They never are! I'd advise anyone reading to Google Scotaqua LTD and look into them before going into any stuff hidden on Facebook. I'd advise against it altogether! Reading between the lines on your post though I think you may have done a bit of research yourself. You seem to know which boxes aren't going to be ticked or questions aren't going to be answered...........
It is. This started out in the thread "I have a dream".
http://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/12425/i-have-a-dream
Then we had the thread "a sanctuary".
http://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/12510/a-sanctuary
Then we had this thread. All of them seem to pander to the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of people on the spectrum. They are also using a sense of unity to garner trust. Nothing is ever answered. People are told to go to a Facebook page or "get in touch". Nothing is ever done out in the open. I'd advise people to Google Scotaqua LTD (the name that OP openly stated) and do a bit of research, they will be quite surprised.
The mods should look into this. It's openly asking for money and labour.
This sounds extremely dodgy and unethical. Everyone, beware.
I'd need to know a lot more about the business model, and even then probably wouldn't invest. However, I might be interested in something like WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms) - anywhere that is a kind of countryside working retreat I wouldn't mind contributing some time and money that supports the project if it's genuinely for a good, environmental or social or preferably both, cause. I'd do it for the exercise and fresh air and relative peace. Not sure greenhouses appeal as much as open fields, but you might find people like that.
The legal structure makes a difference too - if it's a co-op or CIC, that might attract people more than a for-profit company, which Cloudy Mountains says this is. What's the smallest you can start out viably, and what would you need money for mainly? I avoid Facebook.
Scotaqua is registered as a business. Will people be working for you at the former sewage works you acquired in Falkirk? This has gone from a commune to a registered business that has had planning permission for an aquaponics business way before the commune posts.
So you want money from us to start your business so you can give us jobs to earn you money. Sounds totally legit......
Silverwolf said:I am trying to create a farm project for people with Asperger's, myself included, where they will learn or give their skills to growing food in greenhouses to sell to the public.
Free labour?
Silverwolf said:Where else is a place like that??
The Work Programme.