Artist's Impression of Stirley Community Farm
Please donate by the end of February to help us raise £30,000 for Stirley Community Farm
We launched the Stirley Community Farm Programme with tremendous local support. Following plenty of hard work we are on the cusp of beginning something really exciting!
Meadows teeming with wild flowers, the air filled with the sound of skylarks and buzzing of bees, and barn owls gliding through the night sky - we need your help to make this vision a reality. We are delighted to have been offered a £300,000 grant from Veolia Cre8 Challenge Fund to take forward our plans of restoring the traditional stone barn to create a hub for learning, events and wildlife conservation.
However, the restoration project will cost a lot more than this so to ensure this project is a success, we need to find £30,000 of funding. Our vision for Stirley Community Farm is a functioning low carbon, sustainable farming enterprise, surrounded by wildlife rich meadows where people can come and learn skills which will benefit their local wildlife.
Thanks to the generosity of Stirley's supporters we have raised over £22,000 already - this money will ensure the success of the barn restoration project, allowing us to create an education centre for all. Please read on for details of how you can donate.
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Photo credits (left to right): YWT, YWT, Wildstock
Donate Today!
Help us bring wildlife back to the meadows of West Yorkshire – please support our Stirley Community Farm appeal today! Just click on the JustGiving button below to go to our JustGiving page, or visit our donation page to make a peyment through our website. Your donation, whatever the amount, really will make a difference to this fantastic project. Remember that Gift Aid makes your donation go even further - for every pound you donate we can reclaim 25p!
Or you can make a donation via our website if you'd rather not use JustGiving - just click here.
Appeal News
10th February: 76% of our target raised so far. Carole from Newsome is busy organising a Stirley Ceilidh at Newsome Scout Hall on Saturday 18th February from 7:30pm onwards - tickets cost £9 and include a pie and pea supper. To buy yours please visit the Together Community Shop in Newsome or call the Stirley team on 01484 663185.
1st February: Thanks to some exciting fundraising opportunities we are extending this appeal for another month in an attempt to raise our target amount of £30,000.
31st January: The last day of our Stirley Appeal - and the donations are still coming in! Rest assured any donations made after February will go towards the Stirley Community Farm Appeal - we are delighted to have raised 3/4 of our target of £30,000, but we still need to raise that last 25%. You can still donate via our donation pages or via JustGiving - please do so today! Thank you to all who have donated so far.
27th January: We're nearing the end of our Stirley Appeal - but there's still time to donate! £22,036 raised so far - fantastic news. We are delighted by the response to this appeal, and rest assured we're looking at other funding sources to top this total up, but we would like to say a great big thank you to all of our generous supporters. For those of you living near Stirley who enjoy a good night out - fancy donning your dancing shoes for the Stirley Ceilidh on Saturday 18th February? Starting at 7.30 in the Scout Hall, Newsome, buy your tickets today from the Stirley Team on 01484 663185 or at Together on Newsome Road.
17th January: We have reached the 70% milestone in this appeal! This is fantastic news for Stirley Community Farm. If you haven't donated yet then please do today by clicking here.
13th January: Thank you to all of your who have sent in donations in the past week, with Gift Aid the total stands at £20,340.25 which is fantastic news. This weekend Damian, Andrew and Robert will be swimming for Stirley - good luck from all of us here at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust!
10th January: Vanessa Grant has very kindly donated her Aviva green award of £750 to this appeal, taking us over the £18,000 mark! Thank you very much Vanessa. Perhaps your company or employer has a similar scheme, or maybe will match money raised for charity? If you would like any more information about ways to raise money please contact Lizzie.
6th January: Now that we've had the chance to sort out all of the post from the Christmas period I'm delighted to say that we have raised £17,477.97 (inc. Gift Aid) - thank you! Damian, Andrew and Robert will be swimming for Stirley on January 14th - you can find out more here.
3rd January: Happy New Year! Thank you to all of you who donated via our Just Giving page over the holidays - we're now 55% of the way there!
23rd December: Our total now stands at £16,477.58 (inc. Gift Aid) - Thank you so much to everyone who has donated!
16th December: Thank you to the anonymous donor who has just given £250 to this appeal, taking us past the halfway point!
16th December: Nearly £1000 (including Gift Aid) has been donated in the past week, which brings our appeal total to £14,751.70. This is fantastic news, and we are extremely grateful to all who have generously donated to this appeal. We've raised 49% of our target - please help us raise 50% by Christmas!
15th December: We are now 45% of the way there thanks to a generous £10,000 donation from a legacy. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!
13th December: We are delighted by the generosity of all of those who have donated to this appeal, and so far we have raised over £3,500. Thank you!
3rd December: Appeal Launch at Hall Bower Chapel, Newsome. Local residents gathered to celebrate Stirley Community Farm's recent successes, as well as hearing about the launch of the appeal. The Huddersfield Examiner covered the story.
Find out more about Stirley Community Farm
Stirley Community Farm is already a hive of activity, with a range of events and regular workdays. The video below was created by the Huddersfield Community Reporters during a workshop at Stirley Community Farm and really demonstates what this project is all about - Local people having the opportunity to get together and work with each other to learn new skills and share their knowledge about sustainable, wildlife friendly food growing methods. This video is hosted on Growing Newsome's youtube page. Growing Newsome aims to help local residents to grow their own food and are actively involved in food growing and events at Stirley Community Farm. For more information, please visit their website.
Visit our 'Learn and Discover' pages for more information about Stirley, including more about the social beef enterprise and the wildlife at Stirley Community Farm.