Volunteering and experience

I'm not in Scotland and it may be a bit late this year but for lambing in Spring use the National Sheep Association website to find placements, don't have to be near any farms as a lot of farmers have free accommodation and meals etc and it's very good experience to have for vet med. Otherwise it is just a case of contacting as many places as possible - calling or going in person works better than emailing, some places won't check emails and it can easily go into spam or get forgotten about.

Take a look at https://wwoof.org.uk/en/ - my daughter got livestock (mostly cow) experience via them and they provided accommodation. It was in Devon.