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Grow Wilder
“Grow Wilder is a wonderful place and I have spent many happy hours there. I look forward to seeing the vision realised so it becomes a community hub that teaches people how important nature is to our wellbeing and our future.” Clare Beavins, Supporter
To celebrate 10 years of Grow Wilder, we want to kickstart community action to support nature’s recovery across Avon
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From a decade of transformation to a decade of regeneration In 2012, we took an unused smallholding in Bristol, and volunteers and local groups transformed it into a community and food-growing hub rich in wildlife, where people can reconnect with nature, learn new skills and improve their health and wellbeing. Grow Wilder did such a fantastic job of inspiring people that our mission now is to make it our key base to bring about urgent action to restore wildlife. We want to welcome more people to this special place, educating, upskilling and
empowering individuals, communities and businesses to bring about positive change through wildlife-friendly gardening and sustainable food growing. Please donate today to make this vision a reality. Engaging communities on site To support our aims, we need to establish a new community space to help engage and inspire more people to actively support nature’s recovery. By introducing a new building to the site, we will be able to carry out demonstrations, learning sessions and events all year round, accommodating everyone’s needs. Grow Wilder will be a flagship hub from which we will connect people with nature, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to restore and conserve natural habitats of all sizes in the Bristol area and further afield across Avon. Your donation could make 10x the difference with match funding We have a fantastic opportunity to secure 10 times the amount we raise for this project through the Landfill Communities Fund, but first we need to
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secure 10% through wider support. We are over £50,000 of the way there but we need your help to get to £75,000 so that we can unlock the rest. Then we can all soon benefit from what will be a naturerich, welcoming, beautiful and thriving wild space in the heart of our city, linking to nature recovery networks across Avon.
£25 will become £250 £250 will become £2,500 £2,500 will become £25,000 Please help with a donation today to help get 1 in 4 people across Avon taking action for wildlife. To donate today, visit avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/ TransformGrowWilder It is a requirement of the Biffa Award Scheme that 10% Third Party funding (i.e. not provided by the recipient) is paid in order to release the grant. Therefore, some funding raised through this campaign may be used as a Contributing Third Party (CTP) payment of 10% to the Landfill Operator to secure the full grant. If we are unsuccessful with this specific bid, all monies will still be used towards this project.
