Bee Workers to Key Workers

Funded on
29 Jun 2020

Liverpool bees helping Liverpool key workers by providing them balms to help soothe tired dry skin. We will also offer employment, volunteering and training opportunities in beekeeping in Liverpool

£5,341 Raised of £5,308

31 Backers

100%

Costs

Employment of PT member of staff for 2 days per week initially, July - December 2020) £1,680
In Kind: Project management and on costs (WiFi, admin, insurances, cosmetic license) £1,000
In Kind: Promotion, marketing, social media and web visibility, printing £800
Containers for balms (40ml) x 5000 £549
Ingredients (shea butter x 20, coconut oil x 5, essential oils x12, almond oil x 5) for 2000 balms £519
2x1kg wildflower seed 119.98, 100 (2/student) seed packets 15.98, 2nd class stamps x 100 = 65 £201
In Kind: 4kg of Liverpool beeswax from my apiaries, steam cleaned, use of balm making kit £200
4000 Labels (top & bottom) and welcome notes for each key worker (x5000b/w £50) £107
2000 tamper proof labels x 2000 (rainbow design and printed 'Thank you NHS' £49
Target: (inc. fees) £5,308

https://www.madeinbootle.co.uk/

B 4 Biodiversity CIC was founded by Liverpool beekeeper, Andrea Ku in 2013. Combining the studies in Fine Art in 2000 and Landscape Architecture in 2010 with the self employment ideas, B 4 Biodiversity CIC was created in 2013. It has been a huge rollercoaster ride of learning about real urban environmental issues and how communities can create a postivie impact for themselves and nature where they live.

Our aim is to improve and enhance local green spaces through environmental education and practical activities.

Over the last 7 years, we have worked with over 2000 Liverpool individuals coming from our educational partners, community groups, schools, prisons, artists, libraries and fellow small businesses.

Since 2015, we have worked with The Gateway Collective on a number of environmental schemes that involve learning to live sustainably in an simple low-cost low-tech way. This has been through food growing, beekeeping, composting, water harvesting, upcycling and recycling.

During 2020, we ran our first collborative markets at Ford Lane Garden, L21 and at North Park Community Garden, L20 selling produce and products we have grown or made ourselves. We notice a significant demand in locally grown food through selling so much of our products and after bashing our heads together, we came up with Made in Bootle in autumn 2020.

Project Owner: B 4 Biodiversity CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractor : Paul Harris The team responsible for building or installing the project.