Grant to Windmill Hill City Farm (360G-QuartetCF-A727700)
Funding Organisation
£1,100
Recipient Organisation
Towards rent for this volunteer-led group to run their toy library.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 2250 |
| Amount Awarded | 1100 |
| Award Date | 2024-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01014734 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Bristol 040C |
| Grant Programme: Code | BCC Social Action Small Grants 2023-24 (R2) |
| Grant Programme: Title | Bristol City Council - Social Action Grants |
| Last Modified | 2024-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 9 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2024-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2024-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 277287 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 01409415 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Windmill Hill City Farm is a 4.5 acre green urban oasis with a mission to bring experiences of food, farming and the environment to the heart of Bristol. We improve the lives of local people by providing both community spaces (working farm, gardens, café, community rooms) and services (education, health and social care, childcare). Windmill Hill City Farm is situated in South Bristol, in one of the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. Our community face numerous challenges - the cost of living crisis, food insecurity, a lack of safe outdoor space, the highest rates of depression in Bristol and increasing loneliness and isolation. Our services include: • Health and social care programme benefitting 340 volunteers, ranging from those experiencing mental health challenges to more independent gardening and animal care volunteers, and corporate volunteers. • Children’s nursery, and farm adventurers preschool attended by a total of 132 children. • Outdoor Learning programme hosting 3,500 children and families from disadvantaged areas in workshops, nurture groups and supper clubs. • Providing a working farm, peaceful gardens, sustainable café and community meeting spaces which had 203,000 visits in the last year. We know we are having a positive impact on the community: • 98% of participants attending our mental health, wellbeing and volunteering sessions felt their mental health had improved. 93% felt less isolated. • 99% of teachers rated our educational workshops as 5/5. Children in our nurture groups gained confidence and felt more able to cope with attending school. • 100% of parents using our Children and Family Centre rated it as good/excellent. • 89% of visitors felt happier or calmer after visiting. • 100% of staff rates the farm as a good/excellent place to work. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.windmillhillcityfarm.org.uk/ |