Crafty Cabin 2.0 hit its fundraising target!3 months ago
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We managed to get a log cabin last year from donations and grants to run our Challenge Askefield craft session but it so popular we have outgrown it already. We need another log cabin!
We currently host Challenge Askefield, a crafty coffee morning on a Thursday where you can come along to make a different craft every week, as well as drink coffee (or tea!), enjoy cake, good company and make new friends. We are on a social farm where we used to host this in our open fronted barn, even in the middle of winter and it was still popular, but since we received funding for our log cabin, we have grown so much, we are now a victim of our own success!! What we would like is to purchase and install another identical log cabin and join it in to our craft cabin, giving us DOUBLE THE SPACE!!! We also use it for Farm Club on a Saturday and we host other events that would benefit from the extra space, including a craft fayre, pop-up pub nights, a Christmas event, corporate away days and we are hoping to start a youth club for neurodivergent young people. Another log cabin would make all the difference to us and give us space to expand our Challenge Askefield sessions safely.
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At last week's Challenge Askefield session we welcomed 15 people, one client in a wheelchair and one with a walking frame in our 6m x 5m log cabin with craft cupboards down one wall and a range of cupboards with tea and coffee making facilities down the back wall. Space is massively limited and once clients begin the craft, there is very little room to move around. In terms of fire safety, we are still within limits, but we are currently unable to advertise this provision as we have no more capacity. Clients are very keen to bring others to have the "Askefield Experience" (as our Steering Group recently described it) but we are not able to accommodate them. We do not have a booking system so have no idea who is coming each week and do our best to fit in whoever turns up, but with another cabin we could welcome so many more people!!
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Whoop, 30 people have pledged since fundraising began!
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £12,979
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Target (inc. fees) £12,979
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VolunteerThe Askefield Project is a social farm designed to support people not conditions, with the aim of developing self-confidence, self-esteem, and raising aspirations. We are a small community social enterprise based on our beautiful thirteen-and-a-half-acre smallholding in rural Lincolnshire which includes our barn with commercial kitchen, log cabin, toilet block, office, and reception, 72ft polytunnel, nature pond, crew building, orchard, sensory garden, and animal paddocks. We have sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, a goose called Wally, a donkey called Boris, a pony called Rory, guinea pigs and Coco the cat.
We’ve been around since 2017, and we have built a well-respected and much-loved community venture, as well as a pretty cool venue which attracts people from all around the area. We provide a range of services, run projects for people and our local community, hold several events, and undertake some commercial activity.
We currently run Puddlers, a toddler group, a Toolshed project for all adults, a Care Farm Day for clients with diagnosed mental health conditions on personal budgets, Challenge Askefield which is a craft coffee morning and a Family Farm Club for all ages. These are all run weekly. In addition to this, we run open days and events, such as The Kerry Hill, our pop-up community pub, our Christmas event and Living Nativity, Comedy Nights and Family Fun Days during the summer.
We have adapted our provision to support the community, remained flexible to local needs and increased our reach and the number of clients accessing our facilities and services. We have made significant site developments, including adding flushing toilets, an all-weather log cabin and a professional catering kitchen, which has provided us with further avenues to support future sustainability. We now have a site with extensive facilities, the right staff, a host of resources and experience, a strong management team and a strategic plan to drive The Askefield Project upwards.
We want to support people to grow, and to create a thriving local community asset that enriches people and supports the place we call home. We are brave and bold in our approach and have big ambitions for our organisation.
Project Owner: The Askefield Project Ltd The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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