Hi everyone

And suddenly it’s autumn!  Pumpkins are turning orange, the kids’ are back to school and the rain has been hammering down… here’s hoping it clears up in time for our little Harvest Fair!  Please come along on Saturday 21st September and enjoy delicious food, drumming, morris dancing from the fab Kittiwake Morris, and loads of free kids’ activities  including vegetable sculptures, and pond dipping and a quieter indoor space.  We’ll be apple pressing so please being any along especially if you know a heavily laden tree where ones they might be apples  going to waste…

We are currently short of a choir to sing so if you are in one that you could ask please do! And if you’d like to help on the day please let me know or if you could bake us a cake that’s be grand or please please ping our poster around you local Whatsapp group… or just come along on the day, enjoy the loveliness and bring along everyone you know!

We just don’t fit!

AND I’ve got an exciting new project to tell  you about.  We’ve been dreaming and scheming,    plotting and planning, and (importantly) fundraising with the aim of building ourselves a new outdoor shelter and kitchen. Our current shelter can’t fit us in and our current kitchen is a little gas hob in the corner of the polytunnel. It’s a bit of a trek to the sink which means it’s a real challenge and constant work keeping things hygienic and it’s unbearably hot on sunny days and too loud on rainy days. Anyone who’s been along on a Wednesday volunteer day knows we’ve talking about this for at least 6 years or more.   So we’re doing it!  We’re going to build a new one with a sink!  We’ve raised the funds we need for the actual structure from Awards for All from the National Lottery (whooop!) and now we need to get the money together for the groundworks, the canvas sides and fitting out the kitchen. 

So hold on to your hats because on the 17th September we’ll be launching our first ever Crowdfunder to hep us raise the f

inal £6000 and we hope that you’ll support us if you can, or help us spread the word!  For you’ve not seen these before it’s an online way of fundraising and for any amount you donate there’s a reward! And for folks that can chip in we’ve got some great treats in store from our gorgeous new funky t-shirts, beautiful prints, postcards, bunches of flower, exclusive nights out a Bristol’s smallest and coolest cinema AND MORE! Here’s a sneak pic at one of our the brand new super cool new t-shirts that will up for grabs!

We’ll have a stand at the fair where you can come for a chat and find out more and donate so please come and have a chat!

See you at the fair!

Lucy