Our Funding Goals
We call the below our funding funnel. The figures aren't exact, but there to help us articulate what any funding we receive will go towards.
Committed to the project, we've self funded over £25,000 on project to date, out of our own pockets. We aren't reimbursing ourselves for this, we've purely included it to show how far we've come! This has included the outdoor kitchen, start of our classroom, poly tunnel, hundreds of meter of fencing, gates and security cameras, trees, organic matter for our first beds, hand tools and basic 2-stroke machinery, and thousands of hours of hard graft!
£25,000+
Spent so far
IF WE HAD
£10,000
SITE ACCESS
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We need to widen our site entrance, for both heavy goods vehicles (site deliveries) and visitors, with secure gates.
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We're getting stuck in the mud! We need to improve access with a drained gravel entrance, small driveway and parking area.
IF WE HAD
£15,000
MORE
Complete Classroom BUILD, BUY MORE TOOLS + ALL THE ABOVE
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Complete the dry and warm classroom area for volunteers, used for briefings and learning, break area (including kitchen), and temporary tool lockup. This will include desks and workspaces, as well as a projector and seating.
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The ability to use part of the classroom as a site office, including first aid point.
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A section of the classroom dedicated to a conservation hub, housing books, guides, and other reference materials.
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Additional basic farming hand tools, such as wheelbarrows, spades, rakes, hoes, gloves, for volunteers.
IF WE HAD
£30,000
MORE
FARMING PROGRESSION + ALL THE ABOVE
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Shipping container, for secure storage of tools and equipment.
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Maintenance of 60 growing beds, including organic matter (soil and chippings), grow tunnels, and seeds.
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Planting of our arboretum.
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Increased watering facilities.
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Fencing and paths around growing areas.
IF WE HAD
£50,000
MORE
SITE EFFICIENCY+ ALL THE ABOVE
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Increased solar electricity generation, with additional panels and batteries; Used to power our classroom and watering system with 100% renewable energy.
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Heavier farming machinery; a walk-behind tractor with sickle bar, mower, rotary plow, rotavator, and chipper attachment.
IF WE HAD
£75,000
MORE
Enable "The Dream"
Bigger site developments, such as:
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Multiple canvas canopy areas; for outdoor activities and events.
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Building an outdoor stage and amphitheatre, for talks and live music.
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And all of the above
With your support
We'll be able to operate at a higher capacity, our ability to offer land management and food growing volunteering opportunities as well as structured team building days help individuals, businesses and groups access nature and inspire others to take urgent action to aid nature recovery and tackle climate change, our first location is set in a wildlife friendly farm in South Gloucestershire, Bristol.
Since the 1970s, it has been shown that 41% of all UK species studied have declined. With our plans to increase engagement the team at Got Greens are working to actively create new wild places and habitat to enhance these areas and help nature to thrive. This in turn allows a wider range of wildlife to live in a more natural environment and with the natural role models they provide farmers and businesses in the community, even better, encourage people to take action towards more nature friendly behavior and to support the protection of our wild places.
At the heart of the business, there is an unwavering desire to protect, conserve and manage biodiversity, working alongside the local community to do so.
Volunteering and taking part in natural development have been a major focus of the team here at Got Greens, and we hope to provide this opportunity to others. Each volunteer session, the team organise events to allow people to connect with nature whist growing food and being around like minded people. This partnership will continue to grow year on year.
As well as opportunities to get your hands dirty, projects from across the UK will be supported through innovative approaches including hackathons, digital mapping, agile project management and lean methodology to provide government departments, businesses, NGOs, public bodies, charities and individuals with relevant skills and experience to help drive our work forward.
We would love you to join us at our first volunteer trail day, which you can find out more about by subscribing to our 'early bird' news letter and all levels of ability are welcomed!
As our community grows, we want to be able to give people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to become stewards of nature.
Back us today by rocking one of our made-to-order t-shirts or repping a GG tote bags to support us in bringing this wonderful project to life and let's back wildlife!
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If you would like more information about Got Greens and their project, then please contact the team at info@gotgreens.farm