A rural farm-based day centre is now benefiting from full fibre broadband.

The Wildgoose Rural Training Centre in Hallow near Worcester now has a full broadband connection thanks to Openreach's complex engineering team.

The 42-acre site has a nature reserve, care farm, visitor centre, and tearoom.

It provides adults and young people, including those struggling with mainstream education, the chance to learn about horticulture, conservation, farming, arts and crafts, cooking, mechanics, and animal care.

Earlier this year, Openreach engineers took three months to replace and repair parts of the network, bringing in more than three kilometres of new fibre cables.

This has allowed the centre to move its work online and adopt Microsoft 365.

The previously unstable connection made online work difficult, but the new fibre cable has now enabled students to use computers at the centre for classes and activities.

Dame Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire, said: "I first visited the Wildgoose Training Centre at its old location just down the road, and have seen it grow from strength to strength in its new home, both as a popular nature reserve and a wonderful venue for adult social care provision.

"Clearly venues like this need good and reliable internet connectivity and I welcome the work Worcestershire County Council has done in partnership with Openreach to get fibre connectivity to some of the harder to reach areas of my constituency."

The service is contracted by Worcestershire County Council as a day care provider for adults with disabilities.

Ben Showan, IT officer at Wildgoose, said: "Visitors who use our facilities have been able to use the internet and make use of its fantastic connectivity, host video conferencing and meetings."

Across Worcestershire, Openreach engineers have now made full fibre available to more than 160,000 homes and businesses.

Councillor Adam Kent, cabinet member with responsibility for economy and skills, said: "We know that full fibre broadband is a game-changer, and it’s incredible to see how it’s transforming the Wildgoose Centre."

The work is part of Openreach’s £15 billion project to upgrade the UK’s broadband infrastructure, aiming to make gigabit-capable technology available to 25 million homes and businesses by the end of 2026.