January 2014

TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING AWAITS ITS RECYCLED ROOF

Since January 2012 we have been working on a new timber framed building using locally coppiced wood. It is now ready to receive its recycled plastic tile roof thanks to funding from Santander Foundation and the Sussex Police Community Cashback Fund.The cord wood wall made up of coppiced wood and the odd recycled bottle stuck together with straw, sand, clay and welly boot power is also nearly finished. This will be used for storage. But we need another £25,000 to finish… Read More »TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING AWAITS ITS RECYCLED ROOF

MY NEW YEARS WISH TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Writing grant applications is the most soul destroying and pointless waste of resources a charity can do. The problem is, how can youfunction without them? Of course if you hit the jack-pot it’s worth all the effort, but with odds getting longer and longerand Trusts being swamped by applications, it seems it would be better to spend all your reserves on buying lottery tickets! If you multiply all the small charities across the country chasing the same small pots of… Read More »MY NEW YEARS WISH TO CHARITABLE TRUSTS