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Growing to grow!
We are fundraising to erect a polytunnel and windbreak fence to help us grow delicious food all year round on our windy Cornish site!
61% raised
9 days left
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Planet positive ideas for you to get behind.
Cornwall Council and Crowdfunder teamed up to find green initiatives who are responding to the climate emergency.
The below projects have been chosen to get a portion of £30,000 in match funding (up to £5,000 per project) from Cornwall Council to go towards a crowdfunding campaign.
Support your favourite projects below
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Repair Generations
The Repair Generations project runs workshops to connect people in the community to creatively repair our clothes.
64% raised
9 days left
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Par Time and Tide Bell Project
We aim to install a unique tidal Bell to act as a focus and raise awareness of Global Warming, Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels.
44% raised
8 days left
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Build an outdoor classroom at SJS
Create a carbon-neutral outdoor learning space powered by renewable energy to allow students to learn in an exciting new environment.
40% raised
9 days left
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Food Troops; Cook. Grow. Thrive project
We are on a mission to cook, grow, and THRIVE with families in Cornwall. To boost health and wellbeing through food reducing food waste too!
3% raised
12 days left
Entries for the Cornwall Climate Challenge are now closed
But if you have an idea on how to tackle the climate emergency in Cornwall you can still set up a project and start crowdfunding as part of #BackTheFuture.
Find out more about #BackTheFutureWhat is match funding?
When you hit a certain target in raising money for your idea, one of our amazing partners will match the amount raised with their own donation - effectively DOUBLING the money raised!
How the funding worked
The £30,000 match funding will be split into two funding pots. £10,000 will be ring-fenced to ensure all successful projects receive £1,000 match funding, subject to hitting milestone one.
The remaining £20,000 match funding will be available on a first come, first served basis to the ten successful projects subject to hitting milestones two and three outlined below.
Milestone one
Raise £1,000 from at least 30 supporters, receive a £1,000 pledge.
Milestone two
Raise a further £1,500 from the crowd (total amount raised £3,500), receive a £1,500 pledge.
Milestone three
Raise a further £2,500 from the crowd (total amount raised £7,500), receive a £2,500 pledge.
Want to find out more about #BackTheFuture?
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