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Animal Shed Roof Project Print E-mail
Monday, 25 January 2010 11:36

VOTE NOW TO HELP US SECURE A NEW ROOF FOR ROSIE’S PIG PEN

 

You can help us to provide a new roof for the Animal Shed at Windmill Hill City Farm by voting online at the Bovril Great Outdoor Challenge for our project to replace the old, dilapidated roof to help keep Rosie and her piglets dry and warm in their pig-pen.  The Great Outdoor Challenge will give £20,000 each to 5 winning entries in their competition to spruce up a building, or area, at a popular outdoor attraction, and our plan is to replace the roof on Rosie’s pig pen. 

Please vote for us now.

 

How to Vote for our project.

 

NAME OF PROJECT : windmill hill city farm,  project no. swot000305

 

Ø      Go to the website www.bovril.co.uk/revival/ 

Ø      Click on the Vote Here Now banner at the bottom of the page.

Ø      Click on the South West Region on the map (No. 11) to open a list of the projects in the South West. 

Ø      Click on page 6 at the foot of the page displayed and you will see our project listed here (Windmill Hill City Farm).

Ø      Click on VOTE next to our project and enter your first name, last name and email address, then click on submit. You do need to put in an email address but it can be a friend or relative’s address if you don’t have one. 

 

 Your vote really counts because it tells the judges that there’s a lot of local support for our project. The competition will close at midnight on 28 February 2010 but please help to keep our project in the top 100 now so we have a chance to win.

Thank You.

Sarah MORGAN, chair of windmill hill city farm management committee.

 

Click The Link to place your vote: www.bovril.co.uk/revival
Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 11:51 )
 
Save Our Farm Appeal Print E-mail

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                                                   Current Appeal Total
                                               £50,000 - Target Reached!!!

City Farm’s Christmas wish comes true as Appeal reaches £50k target

 
It seemed an impossible task but with the truly outstanding support, hard work and dedication from visitors, staff, members, local businesses and local media, Windmill Hill City Farm has reached the target of £50,000 for its SAVE OUR FARM Appeal!!!
 
Back in August, the much-loved charity and oldest city farm in Bristol announced that it had hit hard times with outgoing finances heavily outweighing the incoming fundraising and its future was looking bleak. The charity set up the SAVE OUR FARM appeal to raise an urgently needed £50,000 to plug an immediate cash shortfall.
 
After a massive launch event in August which in itself raised nearly £10k, and a huge amount of fundraising activities including art auctions, online pledges, cabaret nights, an Aardman art day, farm calendars, cake making, music events - the local community has helped the farm raise the money it desperately needed to get it through to 2010.
 
Carolyn Hecker, head of the SOF Committee at WHCF,
"This is not the end of the fundraising road  - it is only the beginning but we hope this marks a new era with a re-energised farm, re-igniting people's interest and support for what we do. This £50k hugely helps the farm get through to the end of the financial year and has helped raise our profile so that new more long term fundraising may now start to come in. These are tough financial times for all charities but this city farm is determined to keep up the fight."
 
Sarah Morgan of the Management Committee at WHCF said,
"This is a wonderful achievement and we hope next year will mark a new year for a new farm. Clearly there is a lot of love for this place and achieving this goal has meant we can look to 2010 with a more focussed approach. We've identified the areas that really need to find extra funding and this campaign has already helped us open new avenues for potential funds and given us a lot of hope for the farm's future.  We can't thank our supporters enough for all the hard work over the last few months."
 
The city farm provides a range of services for its local communities including social groups for older people, activities for children and young people, sports facilities, a computer centre and an OFSTED nursery as well as providing a working city farm creating organic produce. 

Windmill Hill City Farm would like to thank everyone who has supported the appeal including visitors, staff, members, local media and local businesses and look forwards to their continued support in the new year.

For more current news from the farm - you can view the latest copy of the Farm Newsletter here


For upcoming Fundraising Events and News click  here.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 January 2010 15:41 )
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