The Jacqueline Kenilworth Greenhouse Appeal – creating opportunity & wellbeing through horticulture

Sunnyside Rural Trust

The Jacqueline Kenilworth Greenhouse Appeal – creating opportunity & wellbeing through horticulture

An appeal by Sunnyside Rural Trust

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£18,131

of £60,100

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About the appeal

Sunnyside Rural Trust - a registered charity supporting young people & adults with learning disabilities by offering training & employment opportunities within a social enterprise setting.

Randle Siddeley teamed up with Arit Anderson to visit Sunnyside Rural Trust where we are developing a new service to support young people with learning differences. We aim to help them discover what they’re good at rather than live with the labels given to them. We will create a place to learn, work, heal & develop a strong sense of self & one’s place in the community. In memory of Randle Siddeley’s mother, who sadly passed away recently, we’ll be naming the greenhouse ‘The Jacqueline Kenilworth Greenhouse’ where we will be growing from seeds & cuttings from Tom & Sue Stuart Smith’s magnificent plant library. It will commemorate her love & pride for her son Randle, who has achieved so much & supported so many to lift themselves up. We hope this will stand as a beacon of hope for those written off by society, that there is always choice. We hope to see many wonderful things grow here.

Our new service for 2024, The Sunnyside Orchard Nursery:

Sunnyside wants to offer a new service providing horticultural therapy, high quality perennial plant growing, training & education, a sustainable social enterprise & a community hub in Serge Hill, Herts. The land is owned by the Stuart-Smiths who have given us access to the impressive plant library on site, to propagate & collect seeds from. The nursery will offer an innovative, dynamic service for some of the community’s most vulnerable people. Sunnyside will grow perennials here for commercial sale while supporting & training vulnerable young people & adults with learning disabilities in horticulture.

Sunnyside’s base: The main object of fund-raising is to create a safe space to work from. The site will include the purpose-built Jacqueline Kenilworth Greenhouse, a mess room, level standing-out areas & composting area.

While the therapeutic benefits of horticulture are clear & cut, the combination of this with a strong social enterprise model will ensure it is sustainable for the long term. This nursery will provide a space to heal & the opportunity to develop & gain paid employment.

Only 5.1% of people with learning disabilities in the UK, are in paid work compared to 84% of their peers. We are actively seeking to positively change this.

What do we need?
We are seeking funding for initial set up. We require £60,100 for the set up & construction of the Jacqueline Kenilworth Greenhouse, a white cottage Edwardian greenhouse designed for perennial propagation. Donors’ names will be displayed on a thank you board to mark your generosity. You are helping this project become a reality that will benefit so many. Thank you for your donation – large or small. We are so grateful to Tom & Sue Stuart Smith who have already generously supported our nursery with the income from garden open days & talks. And Julia & Hans Rausing Trust who made a generous donation to the Project.

30%

£18,131

of £60,100

612

days left

backers

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What your gift could provide

£220

Danish trolley for plants (x6)

£2,000

Greenhouse panel

£4,500

Greenhouse fit out inc propagation tables, rise & fall potting tables x3. Fully accessible

Latest donations

Linda Di Mizio

We're very pleased to support this worthwhile and exciting project. Best wishes from Aldbury Garden Club.

13/03/2024

£200

Randle Siddeley Limited

I made a donation to Sunnyside Rural Trust

07/03/2024

£500

Lyndon Marfell

Walter Lilly half of the WL/RSA Pub Quiz winners donation on behalf of winners MBP

26/02/2024

£250

Stats

Online donations

£3,131.00

Gift Aid

£350.00

Raised offline

£15,000.00

Total raised: £18,481.00

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Latest update

The foundation are going in thanks to Randle Siddeley and SIZE Construction. Ground breaking Tuesday 6th February 2024. We will keep you all posted.