Our Delivery Report
Funded on 24 April 2017 | Delivered on 18 November 2017
£3,821
RAISED
30
BACKERS
34
DAYS TO FUND
BIGGEST PLEDGE
£1,739
From Greggs Foundation
Red Row Development donated £300
840 m2 of public or community space created
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840 m2 of food growing space created
840 m2 of green space improved
840 m2 of new green space created
15 Days volunteering opportunities
240 plants planted
840 m2 of Play facilities created
More about our impact
The environment
For the moment, we are awaiting for the plants to grow. Once that will be done, we expect that many birds and small animals will be moving in and make from the maze their main food source. We are even contemplating rehoming rescued hedgehogs in the area.
The local economy
It is still very early days in the project. However, the park has made it in many local newspapers and through our contribution to Bristol Doors Open Days we managed to bring in people from afar to visit us. More so, The Berry Maze has won the Best Community Venue during the same event based on the feedback received from our visitors (around 150 only on that day). We expect that slowly but surely the maze will establish itself as a "must do" on Bristol's visitors list and therefore bring more people into the area, boosting the local economy.
Volunteering, jobs & education
We started with just a handful of volunteers and increased the number to over 100. Not only that, but the core of volunteers who worked at the project became as a little family. Neighbours met neighbours and a whole network of people was created.
Arts, culture & heritage
Helped by our local artist, Ollie Gage, we created a massive (8x4m) reproduction of the initial map of the maze as created by our talented 9 year old, Harry Ward, from Parson Street Primary School, on the central cement slab. As expected, the painting has drawn the attention of locals and children love to lose themselves in the arty maze on the slab.
Activity, health and leisure
People who have never touched a spade came forth and helped every step of the way. We had a range of volunteers between 3 and 80 years old. The making of the maze was a lot of hard work and people worked regardless of the weather (in pouring rain or scorching sun). Everyone was allowed to take things at their own pace, to do as little or as much as they wished, but working in the fresh air has definitely helped everyone who participated. The locals have started already to visit the maze and we have seen many children playing on the slab or playing "find the shortest way to the centre". Children from two of the local schools have already visited and volunteered with the maze, helping with the mulching. And this is just the beginning.
