Our Delivery Report
Funded on 18 January 2022 | Delivered on 15 August 2022
£42,473
RAISED
231
BACKERS
95
DAYS TO FUND
BIGGEST PLEDGE
£14,993
From Kent County Council
£6,352
DONATED
By Lefa Enterprises Ltd
donated £20
donated £20
donated £25
donated £1,000
120 Hours of training provided
1 Business started
donated £100
donated £100
donated £100
donated £10
donated £15
donated £50
More about our impact
The environment
We are now producing fresh mushrooms sell within a 4-6 mile radius of the farm - hyper-local!! We are now producing spent substrate that is going into compost for the wheat farm on which we are based. We will soon be producing 40kg a week in s 16 x 20ft space!
The local economy
Three people who were out of work are now working part time. Six more people will be working part time very soon, in Phase Two. The three people already employed and one volunteer have all done training on how to grow mushrooms, carpentry, plumbing and product development.
Volunteering, jobs & education
Phase One created three part time jobs, employed local tradespeople and brought in a volunteer to help design parts of the farm. Our product designer, who is house-bound due to ill health, say's changed her life to be able to work from home! Phase Two will create more home working opportunities for more people who are house-bound for whatever reason.
Activity, health and leisure
Working on the farm is very physical - building sheds, lugging bags of straw around, so the farm workers are physically working pretty hard!
