Hello there, this is a message on behalf of The Comfrey Project. First, we want to thank you for your kind donations to the #HelpingHands campaign. We hope that you enjoyed reading the stories, and learned something new! We appreciate your efforts to help us increase access to nutritious food for our members.
Unfortunately, two weeks ago, our poly-tunnel at The Comfrey Project was vandalized, damaging our crops and freezing our seedlings. Our poly-tunnel is well cared for by our members during horticulture sessions and the crops are used and shared with the community.
We remained positive during this situation and found a way to save half of the poly-tunnel. Sadly, it was vandalized for a second time. The plastic was cut and it is completely unsalvageable. We plan to repurpose the money that has been collected to fund a CCTV system (around £2.5k). Due to plastic shortages and waiting lists, we already know a full repair of the poly-tunnel is not possible until October, but it would be futile to proceed with repairs without improving security first. We will also need to source materials for repurposing and growing outdoors (wood, netting, plants and seeds etc).
We have updated our #HelpingHands campaign and fundraiser with the aim to raise £3k to cover these materials. It will in turn help us increase food access by continuing to provide fresh food to our community!
We encourage you to LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW along as we continue our #HelpingHands campaign and fundraiser, as it is more relevant and necessary than ever. Most importantly, please continue to practice kindness. We could not do what we do without our amazing volunteers.
