Urgent donations needed for 420 acre new woodland

We did it!!! At 5pm yesterday our 6 week crowdfunding campaign closed and we are still reeling with excitement at the unprecedented support and kindness you have all shown.  Because of you, we have smashed our target to raise £100,000 to help buy the land and establish the Lower Chew Forest. We want to thank you for the role that each and every one of you have played.

Our CEO Dave Wood explains, “The £120,613 we have raised through our Crowdfunding campaign is contributing essential funds that will be used in the purchase of Wick Farm. The fact that we have exceeded our target means that we will be able to really hit the ground running!”

This woodland is on a scale like nothing we've ever done before; 420 acres, 100,000 trees, new wetland habitats, miles of hedgerow, and species-rich grassland. This is an enormous opportunity for climate action and nature recovery in our region and we are beyond excited to get started.

We are now working relentlessly to get the purchase of Wick Farm across the line. Once we own the land we will be working hard to raise funds to plant the woodland.  Watch this space for very exciting updates!

After the Wick Farm purchase is complete, we will be in touch with more information about rewards, for those of you that selected a reward. Thank you for your patience.

We have been blown away by the support for Lower Chew Forest and wanted to share some numbers which we think speak for themselves:

• You’ve showed up in your hundreds, 1059 of you, to support this project and our shared vision to create the biggest new woodland in the south west in a generation
• You smashed our target of £100,000! You have donated a colossal £120,613 to our Crowdfunder, plus an estimated £22,454.50 in gift aid.
• Beyond that we’ve received offline donations of £28,560. With Giftaid, this brings our campaign total to a staggering £171,955
• We were thrilled to watch how local media ran with our campaign - over 10 different publications and radio shows helped us get the word out 
• The campaign took place over 39 days and it feels fitting that in that time, we planted 4,731 trees across our other sites through the help of our amazing volunteers and staff. 

As our CEO Dave Wood, comments, “It has been amazing watching our shared vision for Lower Chew Forest gaining momentum, whilst we have remained firmly rooted in what we do best: getting trees in the ground.  Thank you!”

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