Avon Needs Trees
7th March 2024We have a VERY exciting update!
We can't quite believe it but thanks to your incredible support, yesterday evening we reached our £100,000 target to help us buy the land to create the Lower Chew Forest.
This amazing achievement would not be possible without you. When we launched our campaign four weeks ago, the Lower Chew Forest was still just a hopeful dream. But thanks to you, we can now truly make the South West’s biggest new woodland in a generation a reality - a woodland for the people, by the people!
We are completely blown away by the outpouring of support we’ve received for this monumental project, with donations from 976 generous individuals, organisations and businesses so far. Whether you have donated, or helped spread us the word by sharing our campaign, we would like to give a huge, heartfelt thank you - your impact is phenomenal.
We are now in a great position to complete on our purchase of the land for Lower Chew Forest. All things going as planned, we will be completing the purchase very soon after the Crowdfunder closes on the 14th of March. Watch this space!
Want to help us have even more impact? In the final week of our fundraiser, the Aviva Community Fund is now matching all new donations!* To make the most of this amazing match-funding opportunity, we have set a stretch target of £130,000. If you'd like to help this project hit the ground running, any extra that we manage to raise will go towards purchasing trees, getting the Lower Chew Forest and woodland habitats established, as well as supporting ongoing maintenance and tree care for the site. Let’s keep this momentum going for our final week of fundraising and keep spreading the word about the Lower Chew Forest!
*Up to £250 match funding per donation.