A ROTARY club has given youngsters at a specialist school a chance to visit a local farm.

The Rotary Club of Church and Oswaldtwistle sponsored children from White Ash Specialist School to visit Wellybobs Animal Farm in Lower Darwen.

A large group of children and staff enjoyed the day out where they met and fed a wide variety of animals, including goats, pigs, llamas and calves.

they were able to touch and stroke lizards, a tortoise and snakes,

This is the fifth year the Rotary club have supported the school.

Organiser Ron Pickup said “ It is a great pleasure to be involved with this project and it is most rewarding to see the delight on the faces of the children as they see and touch the various animals.”