We’re excited to announce the launch of our next fundraising campaign - and that any donations could be tripled thanks to match-funding! We need your help to reach our goal of £15,000.
We’re raising money for Enchanting Forest, an innovative new project that will restore landscapes and plant trees in Sussex and produce an artistic body of work inspired by the landscape, bringing nature back to life and people back to nature.
We’re delighted to have been chosen for match funding by the Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund, launched by Aviva, in partnership with WWF and the RSPB, which supports community groups across the UK to protect and restore nature in their area.
Donate by 1 November and your gift will be matched 2:1 (give £5 and we receive £15, give £250 and we receive £750). So your impact will be three times as much! And there are some amazing rewards on the donation site (scroll to see them). For example, donate £35 and you’ll receive a beautiful, organic designer T-shirt from Planet Loving company; for £250 you could receive an original artwork of Rottingdean by artist Stanley Donwood (and Forests receives £750) and everyone who donates £5 (£15 to us) will receive Nico’s latest mix.
Rottingdean by artist Stanley Donwood
Designer T-shirt from Planet Loving company
Forests Without Frontiers’ work has always focused on harnessing the power of music and art to support and finance the restoration of nature, and engage local communities in the process. It’s a model we’ve worked with very successfully in Romania we’re now excited to expand in our home county of Sussex.
The project will do important work restoring nature in partnership with carefully-chosen organisations such as Wilderlands Farm. We will work with local musicians, artists, children and elders to record songs, poetry and stories inspired by the Sussex landscape and develop live shows. We aim to inspire and engage people from all walks of life to celebrate and protect nature, and help support their mental well-being, driven by our guiding principles: Restore, Inspire, Nurture.
So please do support by giving anything you can, as an individual or business – however small. Spread the word, share the campaign with your network; or even hold your own event or crowdfunder. We welcome your creativity - do get in touch to discuss ideas.
And act now… the match-funding only lasts until November!