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Here's a list of projects we are trying to get funding for to make the Green patch an ever more extraordinary environmental project and community hub.
If you are a local business, philanthropist or fund that can fund even a portion of these projects, we would be very keen on speaking with you! We return support our funders and supporters with publicity on our social media profiles, plaques commemorating support and certificates of thanks.
If you are a looking to make a smaller donation to a particular project, we are always seeking help to fund our food bank, our vegbox program and currently our bee hives need all sorts of things. See below for more details on these projects. Please feel free to contact us for more details or to chat.
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Improved pathways for wheelchair users
We have some places visitors to the site enjoy visiting more than others including the chicken coop.
Access for wheelchairs across rough ground isn't ideal and we need to upgrade our pathways for wheelchairs if possible.
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Sheep or Pygmy Goats
A petting zoo style of enclosure with sheep or pygmy goats!
This would replace our duck pen.
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Mushroom logs
We could have logs growing Shitake mushrooms in our food forests - to be added to vegboxes!
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Green Patch Vegbox
We run a vegbox scheme as many months of the year we can. The vegbox scheme supplies fresh locally grown chemical free low-carbon food for the local community.
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Picket fencing
We have need of quite a bit of picket fencing at the patch presently.
- Some to surround our Biological greywater system,
- some to go alongside a new orchard and playing field,
- some to surround our waste area
- and some to back onto our new sensory garden.
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Electric Bike or Trike
We are aspiring to acquire an electric bike with carrying capacity, e.g. a basket, paneas and trailer [we now have funding for a trailer!] and branded with our logos and QR code, etc. Use for movement of local materials and staff to and from office, and distribution of food to food banks in Kettering year round.
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Community defibrilator
Defibrilators save lives.
As we have a lot of more elderly users of the Green Patch undertaking physical work, we feel this is an essential addition to the site.
As we are on the edge of the town, it's harder for emergency services to be able to attend any incidents.
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Food bank
We have a food bank shed where we give away free food, local information brochures and host a bookswap. It’s immensely popular and well subscribed.
Presently the main food we offer is left over bread and pastries.
Recently we have had some fruit boxes coming in on Thursdays from a kind local community member.
We want to improve the offering by having a more diverse array of nutritional staples and any assistance would be welcome.
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Infolayer / Edulayer signage
Add a well designed and well funded set of educational signs adding value to our amazing place.
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Bee hives
We have an excellent bee area at the bottom end of the Green Patch with its own lockable beekeepers shed and some bee keeping materials. We have two colonies and want to develop this project extensively for its educational, ecological and community building aspects.
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Timeline of life on Earth
We could - using professional ground paint (white or light in colour) - add a long ground mural timeline history of life on earth down our driveway.
Starting from 500 million years ago it could indicate the evolution of life on earth from insects and fishes to dinosaurs and humans, ending with a "You are here" message.
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Bicycle stands
We have a lot of visitors, volunteers and staff using bike to travel to the Green Patch. To date, we've never had a designated for parking bikes within the patch, which leads to bikes as a hazard being left at random and often inappropriate locations.
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