Christmas Appeal 2011

This year has been a challenging one for SHARE Community. While we’ve managed to weather the majority of the funding cuts, the true impact is being experienced by our students. Seeing the effect this is having is making us work all the harder, trying to find new and innovative ways of finding funding and streamlining our services to make them more cost-effective.

It’s obvious from our student feedback that our services are top-notch and incredibly effective, offering scope for training and learning, as well as enormous therapeutic benefit. With such good feedback and with our recent successes in improving our building, we know we’re in a position now to be able to reach out and help more people than ever before, particularly at our Capital Growth associated horticulture space at Springfield Hospital, Tooting. We’re looking to expand services here, so that more students are better able to access more of our training and the benefits it brings.

The poly-tunnels we work under are full to capacity, in terms of both plants and students, so we’re looking to expand our covered growing space by bringing in a greenhouse. There’s no way we could afford to buy a new one, but luckily, help is at hand, as we are looking to relocate the disused greenhouse at the Atheldene Centre to our own growing space – meaning that a currently unutilized resource can be put to good use.

We are looking forward to this happening with barely contained glee, but we have a rather large hurdle in our path before we can complete this exciting task.

It costs about £18,000 to dismantle it, move it, lay foundations and rebuild it.

We are looking for grant funding to cover half of the cost, but grant funding often relies on a portion of the funds already being raised, so we’ve a big ask of our supporters this Christmas. Please consider contributing as much as you can afford, every pound brings us nearer to the £18,000 needed to ensure our students can learn through next years winter and many more to come.

If you can help, please make a donation by following the 'Donate Now' link on our home page.  Thank you for you support!