Up The Garden Bath/UNITY

Aim

We are trying to raise funding through a combination of crowfunding and corporate sponsorship to help us continue our UNITY project.

CROWDFUNDER IS PERMANENTLY OPEN!!!

NEW CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED 26.03.26

ALL DONATIONS WELCOME

COMMUNITY SHARE FUNDRAISER APPEAL

🌿 Help Up The Garden Bath & UNITY

100 Local Businesses.
One Shared Vision.
Lasting Impact.

The Opportunity: Become a UNITY Community Share Partner

We are inviting 100 local businesses or individuals to help support our cause and contribute £250 each towards our educational and environmental community project.

This is not a donation.

This is a "Community Share" in a project that is actively reshaping how a high street can serve its people.

UNITY is:

• A collaborative retail space supporting local makers and small businesses.

• A community hub where thousands of people connect, learn, and grow.

• A place where anyone can access creativity, with free crafting and learning opportunities.

• A living example of how business and community can thrive together.

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Across Cambridgeshire, something extraordinary has been growing. Up The Garden Bath is not just an organisation, it’s a movement rooted in sustainability, creativity, and community. From transforming reclaimed bathtubs into thriving green spaces, to delivering hands-on workshops, to creating pathways into skills, confidence, and employment… our work reaches people where it matters most.

We support:

• Individuals facing isolation, unemployment, or disadvantage.

• Families looking for connection, creativity, and opportunity.

• Aspiring makers, artists, and entrepreneurs building something of their own.

Through projects like UNITY, Gardening Angels, and our wider community programmes, we are helping people to learn, earn, grow, and belong.

And the impact is real, already generating thousands of pounds for local people, creating opportunities, and building stronger, more connected communities across the region.

What You Receive in Return

This is where we are different.

Your £250 contribution doesn’t just support a cause, it places your business at the heart of a highly visible, community-driven movement.

As one of our 100 Community Share partners, you will receive:

High-Visibility Brand Exposure

• Your logo/name displayed prominently on the front of our UNITY store in Queensgate, placing your business directly in front of thousands of visitors.

• Your logo/name displayed prominently on our community van, taking your brand out into neighbourhoods, events, and projects across Cambridgeshire.

• Recognition within our UNITY retail space, seen daily by customers, makers, and community members.

• Featured across our social media, website, and promotional campaigns.

Ongoing Community Presence

• Association with a trusted, award winning, growing charitable organisation making a real difference locally.

• Regular visibility through our events, workshops, and outreach programmes.

Meaningful Business Engagement

• Opportunities to collaborate with UNITY, whether through product placement, workshops, or joint initiatives.

• Direct connection to a loyal and engaged customer base that values community-led businesses.

• A chance to align your brand with sustainability, creativity, and social impact.

Reputation & Credibility

• Public alignment with a project supported and endorsed by ex England Goalkeeper David James and Dragon’s Den star Theo Paphitis.

• Recognition as a business that actively invests in its community.

• Strengthened brand perception through visible, authentic social impact.

Be Part of Something Bigger

• Join a network of 100 like-minded local businesses working together towards a positive shared goal.

• Play a direct role in supporting thousands of families every year.

• Help shape a model that is already proving how communities and commerce can thrive side by side.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Your Community Share helps us to:

• Expand opportunities for local entrepreneurs and creatives.

• Provide free, inclusive spaces for learning and wellbeing.

• Deliver sustainable, community-led projects across Cambridgeshire.

• Reach and support thousands more families each year.

This is about creating long-term, meaningful change, not just short-term impact.

Why This Matters

Because communities don’t rebuild themselves.

Because small businesses need platforms, not just promises.

Because families need spaces where they feel welcome, inspired, and supported.

And because when we invest in people, we all benefit.

Be One of the 100

100 businesses collaborating together to make their communities stronger, creates something very powerful and sends a positive message of unification.

It creates:

• Opportunity
• Connection
• Hope
• Growth

It creates UNITY.

Join Us

Stand with us.
Stand with your community.
Stand for something that truly makes a difference.

Become a UNITY Community Share Partner today.

UNITY isn’t just a shop — it’s a movement.

By backing this campaign, you’re not just supporting UNITY — you’re investing in Cambridgeshire's economy, championing small businesses, and fuelling local opportunity.

We’re determined that with your support we can cover the ongoing costs of our projects, securing Up The Garden Bath’s and UNITY’S future, and allowing us to continue helping others to grow and connect.

This is your chance to be part of something monumental. This is your opportunity to support us in building a brighter future, where education, sustainability, and community thrive together.

UNITY isn’t just a shop. It’s a collaborative community hub, creative space, and social enterprise that supports hundreds of local businesses, families and individuals. Since opening in Queensgate in 2023:

• Over 250,000 people have visited UNITY.

• More than 30,000 families have accessed our FREE Create & Craft area.

• Dozens of volunteers have gained confidence, skills and pathways into employment.

• Sustainability, upcycling, and community pride in Cambridgeshire has been promoted.

🌱 About Up The Garden Bath

UNITY is proudly operated by Up The Garden Bath CIC, an award-winning social enterprise that educates, inspires, and empowers communities through sustainability and creative reuse.

We believe in turning waste into wonder. Our team rescues discarded bathtubs and upcycles them into unique, self-contained garden planters — transforming what would be landfill waste into vibrant, educational growing spaces.

So far, we’ve upcycled and installed over 80 of these distinctive planters across public areas, schools, community centres, and residential care homes throughout Cambridgeshire. Each one is a living classroom, helping children and adults learn about recycling, sustainability, food growing, biodiversity, and wellbeing.

From helping schools start kitchen gardens to brightening the courtyards of care homes, every project connects people with nature and fosters pride in their local environment.

And that’s where UNITY comes in.....

Every pound raised through the UNITY store and every sale made by our local makers — directly supports these community projects. Any surplus revenue from UNITY is reinvested into creating more upcycled garden installations, running more educational workshops, and empowering more communities to live sustainably.

🎯 Why We’re Crowdfunding

UNITY was created to give small local businesses a place to thrive — a high-footfall retail space in the heart of Queensgate where creativity meets commerce, and sustainability meets social purpose. 

Your support will help us:

• Keep retail costs affordable for small traders and start-ups.

• Deliver more free community workshops and craft sessions for families.

• Fund additional community garden projects across Cambridgeshire.

• Continue educational visits and environmental learning sessions in schools.

🌍 Not a Hand-Out, But a Hand-Up

Every contribution — whether a sponsorship, corporate partnership, or individual donation — gives something back: brand visibility, community recognition, and the knowledge that your support is helping local people flourish.

Your backing doesn’t just keep UNITY thriving — it funds hands-on environmental education, upcycling innovation, and the transformation of communities across Cambridgeshire.

Individual Donations

Every single pound counts. Whether you can give £1 or take one of our Community Share sponsorship packages, every contribution helps our cause enormously, and even the smallest of donations goes a long way. 

Your kind contribution will allow us to continue our projects and we really appreciate your support. (Please only donate to our cause if you are in a suitable financial position to do so).

🤝 How You Can Get Involved

This is an invitation for local people, businesses and organisations to partner with us and help Peterborough reach this landmark achievement for independent retail.

Sponsoring UNITY isn’t just community good will — it’s a marketing opportunity with impact:

By sponsoring UNITY, you’ll not only reach thousands of local shoppers — you’ll also demonstrate leadership in supporting Peterborough’s future.

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Partnering with Up The Garden Bath and our UNITY store in Queensgate offers your business the chance to make a real difference in the community while gaining valuable marketing and CSR benefits. Sponsorship is not a donation — it’s an investment in visibility, impact, and positive brand association.

What We Offer in Return for Your Support

All corporate sponsorship packages include:

• Brand Visibility & Promotion

• Regular recognition across our website and extensive social media network

• Inclusion in press releases and media features where appropriate

• Your logo displayed on promotional literature distributed through UNITY and at public events & festivals

• Advertising opportunities via signage on our company vehicles and installations

• CSR & Community Engagement

• Opportunities for your staff to participate in workshops, events, and community projects

• Visible CSR impact by supporting sustainability, education, and poverty alleviation across Cambridgeshire

• Event & Workshop Exposure

• Promotion of your organisation at our workshops, festivals, and community events

• Public acknowledgment of your sponsorship during UNITY activities

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● Your sponsorship/donation will be used to fund our funzone/crafting/workshop area. Your contribution will be used to purchase crafting materials and supplies as well as allow us to provide FREE creative activities to thousands of families via our UNITY store in Queensgate.

● Your sponsorship will also allow us to revisit, rejuvenate and replant one of our many upcycled bathtub planters across Cambridgeshire. This will include planters located in educational facilities and in public areas.

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Community Share Sponsorship Terms

All Community Share sponsorship packages are offered on a one-year basis, ensuring you receive sustained visibility and impact throughout the partnership.

Community Share Sponsorship Package 

Cost: £250 per year.

Quantity Available: 100

What do you get in return?

● Your name/company logo added to our exclusive "Hero Sponsor Board" in our UNITY store. This will be clearly visible in a prominent location in our store and will be seen by over 150,000 people a year. 

● 1 x Highly visible hexagonal sponsor space for your name/logo on our company vehicle.

● 1 x Highly visible hexagonal sponsor space for your name/logo on the exterior shop front of our UNITY shop in Queensgate. This will be seen by over 500,000 people per year. 

● 1 x Highly visible rectangular space for your name/logo above one off our vendor spaces in our UNITY store for one year and will be seen by over 150,000 people.

● Promotional opportunities via our social media channels to acknowledge and promote your contribution to our ongoing projects. (Audience reach 900,000)

● Promotion of your organisation via our public workshops and community events including via our UNITY store in Queensgate.

● Inclusion of your name/logo on our promotional literature which is distributed via our UNITY store and at public events & festivals.

● CSR & community payback opportunities for you and your organisation to get involved in and make a difference across Cambridgeshire.

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🙌 Join Us

Together, we can make Cambridgeshire a shining example of how sustainability, creativity, and collaboration can transform people's lives. 

👉 Sponsor, donate, or share our campaign today — and be part of our journey.

Every penny raised goes directly back into our community efforts, ensuring that our spaces and projects remain accessible, inclusive, and impactful to everyone.

By contributing, you're not just supporting UTGB, you’re investing in a future where communities thrive together. With your help, we can make a difference for over 30,000 people each year, providing hands-on learning, creating green spaces, and fostering connections among people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.

Join us in our mission to create a brighter, more sustainable world. Together, we can transform neglected spaces, educate future generations, and uplift small businesses in a way that benefits everyone.

Support UTGB and help us create opportunities and educate people about gardening, growing, sustainability & the importance of recycling. 

We welcome any support that you may be able to offer and we hope that you are able to support our vision.

This is your opportunity to support us in building a brighter future, where education, sustainability, and community thrive together. 

Help us in our mission to create a brighter, more sustainable world. United, we can transform neglected spaces, educate future generations, and uplift small businesses in a way that benefits everyone.

Let’s create a world where we can all grow and learn side by side. 

Together we can put the UNITY back into the community!

Join the movement. Make a difference. Support Up The Garden Bath and "Give it a grow" today!

With heartfelt thanks,

Up The Garden Bath

(Notes)

This crowdfunder originally ran from November 2024 - February 2025. During that time we raised £4872 to fund our 2025 activities. 

Our second round of fundraising ran from October 2025 to Feb 2026. During that time we raised an additional £4,000. 

Total raised up to March 2026 - £8,313

We have decided to leave this fundraiser open to all future donations.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made