Always on
This project successfully funded on 21st November 2025, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 21st November 2025, you can still support them with a donation.
The Ardagh is an amazing community facility. We are crowdfunding to rejuvenate the Green to enable more inclusive community events to run.
The Ardagh is evolving ... for the benefit of all!
The Ardagh, based in the middle of Horfield Common in the heart of north west Bristol, is a well-loved and well-used community space. So well loved, in fact, that we have a problem …
Our not-so-green green
We are now the proud custodians of the former bowling green. It’s the most wonderful space, right in the middle of our facilities. The jewel in our crown, with the cafe above, community veg gardens to the right, free-to-use tennis courts all around. We’ve even got a community sauna.
But bowling green grass doesn’t make a great play area surface, and definitely not after the hottest and driest summer on record. Despite our best efforts to keep it in a decent condition, it needs some serious attention, which is what this fundraiser is all about.
Reaching our potential, in the heart of Horfield
We have lots of plans for the future, for which the green (formerly ‘the bowling green’, currently ‘the brown’) is central, but we urgently need to raise money for repairs and future-proofing. Think community gatherings, wholesome activities for mind and body, music nights, cinema screenings, and lots and lots and LOTS of opportunities for kids to run wild and play in a safe environment, right next to our gorgeous cafe and busy veg garden.
We need your help
We’re a tiny charity, run by a core team and a small army of volunteers. We believe we have so much to offer all those who live and work around us.
Please help by making a donation. The more we raise, the more improvements we can make to the green to create the best possible space for our community, now and for the future.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made