We have made some tremendous progress to date with the garden project, including:
Becoming legal tenants of the site
Becoming a registered charity
Being recognised as eligible to claim gift aid on donations by the HMRC
Completing a full ecological survey
Completing tree surveys for both health and safety as well as to support our planning application
Receiving a £10000 grant from the National Lottery Community fund to put towards laying accessible paths in the garden
Receiving a grant of £2500 from councillor Penny Rivers towards fencing for the garden
Raising over £400 from out plant stand at the Mayor's tea party
The work we are focusing on now is:
Exploring options to remove some of the trees seriously affected by ash die-back which pose a safety concern and so have to be taken out
Exploring options for levelling a large area of the land and removing brambles. The site is very uneven and so quite treacherous underfoot. Levelling a large area, and removing brambles, requires heavy machinery and so we are looking at options for getting help with this.
Exploring options for getting water on the site, as well as either mains sewerage, or a compostable toilet.
Finalising our planning application so that we can install fencing, dig a pond, put in raised beds, a polytunnel and, ultimately, a building.
Gathering supplies, such as wood, that we can use to build raised beds and other features in the future.
Applying for further grants.
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