- Worcester community garden annual report 2021 22
2022 has been a year of positive transformation and achievement, thanks to our wonderful volunteers and supporters, who have freely shared their skills, encouragement, enthusiasm, creativity and friendship throughout the year.
Just 12 months ago, the Old North Stables community garden was reborn as Worcester community garden. In April 2022 we became a registered charity, with three founding trustees – Steve Dent, Tony Kennell and Jon Bodenham – who were joined in June by a fourth trustee, Mandy Neill.
The trustees set themselves five key priorities in 2022:
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increasing volunteer numbers, and improved retention of volunteers;
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improved engagement with the wider community;
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raising funds for much needed improvements and developments on the community garden site;
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running a series of educational events;
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giving greater responsibility to our regular volunteers.
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Huge progress has been made on each of these objectives.
A new system of logging in and out for volunteers means we know we that had over 1,400 volunteer daily visits by the end of 2022, contributing over 4,000 hours of work. This compares with 101 volunteer daily visits in 2021. We also enjoyed around 3,000 visitors in 2022.
In terms of greater engagement with the wider community, early in 2022 we entered into a formal arrangement with Mencap through which we provide several of their learners, guided by a Mencap support worker, with work experience and learning opportunities. This arrangement has worked really well, and we have worked with some wonderful young men and women through this scheme.
We have been delighted to host a weekly NHS art therapy class during the summer months. Throughout the year we have also been able to accept individual referrals from the NHS and from OnSide, a mental health charity. Young men and women from the National Civilian Service joined us for a great day of volunteering back in June, and we hope to welcome them back in 2023. We have also hosted visits from various other groups including the Cathedral Eco Group, the University of the Third Age and Worcester Green Party.
Over the course of the year, we secured over £20,000 in grant funding. Some of this has gone towards the development of our new “small garden” projects on the site, but the majority has supported an ambitious project to build a giant pontoon with floating office and tool store, which will in future help protect vital equipment from flood damage. The pontoon is already in place, having replaced the old tool and wood store. A new, integrated office and tool store is being built off site, and we expect it to be installed on the pontoon in early February. A separate woodstore will be built adjacent to the pontoon.
During 2022 we staged 8 teaching events including beekeeping, natural dye making, a bug hunt, pruning, grafting, and Christmas wreath making. A new programme of events is planned for 2023, which will also include an “Open Day” at the community garden.
The development of our seven new “small garden” areas on site has undoubtedly helped attract visitors, but equally importantly it has given regular volunteers more responsibility and the opportunity to become more closely involved in the running of the community garden.
We have no doubt that there are so many more ideas and developments to come from our amazing volunteers, who have invested so much in terms of time, skills, energy and creativity towards the gentle evolution of this delightful community garden. We are enormously grateful to each and every one of you.
Whether you are one of our regular or occasional volunteers, someone interested in volunteering with us, or a supporter, you are invited to join us for our volunteer event at 10.30 on 21 January 2023 at the Pump House Environment Centre, Waterworks Road WR1 3EZ. This will provide an opportunity to look back at the things we did well in 2022, as well as those we could improve on, and to help plan and shape what we do in 2023. We hope to see you there!
With best wishes for 2023
Tony, Jon, Steve and Mandy
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Worcester
Business Name
community garden
Start Date 11/1/2021
End Date 10/30/2022
Revenue Projections
Expected Actual Variance
donations £ 592.92 100%
standing orders £ 485.00 100%
grants ### 100%
produce sales ### 100%
events £ 240.26 100%
refunds/non food sales £ 150.10 100%
Total Revenue £ - ### ###
Expense Projections
Expected Actual Variance
signage £ 403.16 100%
materials £ 209.75 100%
website £ 20.38 100%
sales support £ 135.40 100%
trees £ 105.95 100%
seeds £ 350.43 100%
first aid £ 22.04 100%
seating £ 431.81 100%
orchard garden £ 872.25 100%
vertical garden ### 100%
edible flower garden £ 119.74 100%
bee and wildflower garden £ 972.87 100%
medicinal plant garden £ 221.73 100%
insurance £ 102.67 100%
site maintenance £ 332.44 100%
thank you BBQ £ 268.09 100%
water £ 43.74 100%
annual ground rent £ 50.00 100%
tools £ 49.50 100%
office/toolstore pontoon ### 100%
Total Expenses £ - ### ###
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Revenue Distribution EAper
Ise Distributi*7
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 05/11/21 | £25.00 |
| 08/11/21 | £292.92 |
| 08/11/21 | £98.00 |
| 09/11/21 | £25.00 |
| 16/11/21 | £40.00 |
| 22/11/21 | £50.00 |
| 26/11/21 | £3.00 |
| 29/11/21 | £5.00 |
| 01/12/21 | £10.00 |
| 09/12/21 | £25.00 |
| 20/12/21 | £50.00 |
| 04/01/22 | £10.00 |
| 10/01/22 | £25.00 |
| 11/01/22 | £4.92 |
| 18/01/22 | £991.00 |
| 27/01/22 | £5.00 |
| 27/01/22 | £30.00 |
| 01/02/22 | £10.00 |
| 09/02/22 | £25.00 |
| 09/02/22 | £1,000.00 |
| 25/02/22 | £500.00 |
| 01/03/22 | £10.00 |
| 09/03/22 | £25.00 |
| 21/03/22 | £100.00 |
| 01/04/22 | £10.00 |
| 11/04/22 | £25.00 |
| 03/05/22 | £10.00 |
| 05/05/22 | £2,000.00 |
| 09/05/22 | £21.20 |
| 09/05/22 | £25.00 |
| 09/05/22 | £50.00 |
| 11/05/22 | £40.00 |
| 30/05/22 | £24.00 |
| 01/06/22 | £10.00 |
| 09/06/22 | £25.00 |
| 10/06/22 | £12.58 |
| 13/06/22 | £10.00 |
| 13/06/22 | £57.06 |
| 14/06/22 | £100.00 |
| 14/06/22 | £100.00 |
| 01/07/22 | £10.00 |
| 05/07/22 | £87.00 |
| 06/07/22 | £10.00 |
| 06/07/22 | £29.61 |
| 11/07/22 | £25.00 |
| 15/07/22 | £41.32 |
|---|---|
| 22/07/22 | £22.50 |
| 26/07/22 | £35.12 |
| 27/07/22 | £28.25 |
| 01/08/22 | £41.45 |
| 01/08/22 | £10.00 |
| 04/08/22 | £27.24 |
| 09/08/22 | £25.00 |
| 10/08/22 | £38.99 |
| 12/08/22 | £6.00 |
| 12/08/22 | £10.00 |
| 15/08/22 | £77.88 |
| 16/08/22 | £10.00 |
| 16/08/22 | £100.00 |
| 16/08/22 | £19.00 |
| 18/08/22 | £22.57 |
| 22/08/22 | £46.17 |
| 24/08/22 | £42.80 |
| 31/08/22 | £65.65 |
| 01/09/22 | £10.00 |
| 06/09/22 | £7.00 |
| 09/09/22 | £10,000.00 |
| 09/09/22 | £90.85 |
| 09/09/22 | £25.00 |
| 12/09/22 | £10.00 |
| 13/09/22 | £4.00 |
| 14/09/22 | £3.00 |
| 15/09/22 | £33.30 |
| 20/09/22 | £3.00 |
| 21/09/22 | £67.77 |
| 23/09/22 | £4.00 |
| 26/09/22 | £54.00 |
| 26/09/22 | £43.94 |
| 27/09/22 | £17.00 |
| 27/09/22 | £2.00 |
| 03/10/22 | £10.00 |
| 04/10/22 | £78.80 |
| 04/10/22 | £3.00 |
| 10/10/22 | £25.00 |
| 11/10/22 | £63.44 |
| 12/10/22 | £10.00 |
| 18/10/22 | £2.00 |
| 19/10/22 | £55.80 |
| 21/10/22 | £5,000.00 |
| 25/10/22 | £500.00 |
| 25/10/22 | £18.00 |
| 31/10/22 | £27.52 |
| 01/11/22 | £10.00 |
| 02/11/22 | £39.83 |
|---|---|
| 09/11/22 | £25.00 |
| 14/11/22 | £10.00 |
| 17/11/22 | £60.00 |
| 17/11/22 | £5.00 |
Reference Number
orchard garden
medicinal plant garden
bee and wildflower garden bench
thank you BBQ
vertical & med plant gardens
pontoon tool
strimmer wire
Category donations produce sales events standing orders donations donations produce sales produce sales standing orders standing orders donations standing orders standing orders donations grants produce sales donations standing orders standing orders grants grants standing orders standing orders grants standing orders standing orders standing orders grants events standing orders refunds/non food sales produce sales produce sales standing orders standing orders refunds/non food sales produce sales events donations donations standing orders donations events produce sales standing orders
produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales standing orders produce sales standing orders produce sales donations standing orders produce sales produce sales donations produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales standing orders produce sales grants produce sales standing orders standing orders produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales produce sales
events produce sales produce sales produce sales standing orders produce sales produce sales standing orders produce sales standing orders produce sales produce sales grants grants produce sales refunds/non food sales standing orders
produce sales standing orders standing orders refunds/non food sales produce sales
Notes S Dent
Green Party visit J Bodenham L Dent Bromyard Road Methodist Church
S Dent J Bodenham M Reed S Dent J Bodenham S Dent Worcester City Council
R Wood S Dent J Bodenham Worcester City Council Counciller Matt Jenkins' divisional fund S Dent J Bodenham Worcester City Council S Dent J Bodenham S Dent Worcester City Council Plant Swap J Bodenham National Pontoon Ltd
S Dent J Bodenham Oak Garden Machinery
Green Party visit S Dent J Bodenham S Dent
in memory of Violet Goodlud Introduction to Beekeeping
J Bodenham
S Dent
J Bodenham
A Neill/S Dent (testing QR payment code) A Neill
Marcus Sparrow
S Dent
via SumUp/QR code
J Bodenham A Neill via SumUp/QR code via SumUp/QR code
via SumUp/QR code
via SumUp/QR code Cathedral eco group visit plus lunch
via SumUp/QR code via SumUp/QR code S Dent
via SumUp/QR code J Bodenham
A Neill via SumUp/QR code
Worcester City Council Counciller Matt Jenkins' divisional fund via SumUp/QR code unused sand/cement S Dent
J Bodenham A Neill large yellow strong box
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Date Amount Vendor
09/11/21 £105.84 Universal Signs
29/11/21 £18.55 Wickes
02/12/22 £20.38 GoDaddy.com
05/01/22 £34.80 SumUp
07/01/21 £41.00 Walcot nursery
07/01/22 £20.50 Walcot nursery
10/01/22 £9.46 Simply Seed Co.
13/01/22 £28.70 Sow Seeds Ltd
13/01/22 £22.04 First Aid WH
31/01/22 £80.89 T Kennell
10/02/22 £340.20 Walcot nursery
14/02/22 £13.65 Sow Seeds Ltd
18/02/22 £9.00 Homebase
22/02/22 £14.95 Chiltern Seeds
23/02/22 £389.00 Sloan & sons
02/03/22 £682.80 National Pontoon Ltd
15/03/22 £120.00 Worcester Env Group
15/03/22 £102.67 Transition Worcester
05/04/22 £192.00 Go Greener
25/04/22 £42.00 Mary Kellett
05/05/22 £1,092.13 Bradfords
10/05/22 £312.00 Bradfords
11/05/22 £281.71 Bradfords
16/05/22 £62.79 Mary Kellett
17/05/22 £19.98 Toolstation
18/05/22 £12.58 Oak Garden Machinery
24/05/22 £46.75 Bradfords
31/05/22 £13.00 Wickes
01/06/22 £88.82 B Lowe/C Growney
06/06/22 £16.99 Ample
06/06/22 £16.80 Sow Seeds Ltd
13/06/22 £34.79 B Lowe/C Growney
15/06/22 £207.20 Blue Diamond Garden C
16/06/22 £17.97 G Kincaid
17/06/22 £19.51 Next Day Paint
27/06/22 £23.30 Wickes
27/06/22 £39.89 Kampac
05/07/22 £72.20 B Lowe/C Growney
05/07/22 £31.00 D Raaf
07/07/22 £14.03 Transition Worcester
14/07/22 £283.34 Universal Signs
19/07/22 £153.60 The Grass People
29/07/22 £5.15 Wilko
01/08/22 £27.29 Tesco
01/08/22 £28.45 Waitrose
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04/08/22 £7.95 B Lowe/C Growney
08/08/22 £23.45 Meadowmania
11/08/22 £50.00 Transition Worcester
12/08/22 £19.50 Scythe Cymru
17/08/22 £16.88 JTM Plumbing
22/08/22 £30.00 Wickes
31/08/22 £38.60 Timpsons
01/09/22 £18.00 Timpsons
02/09/22 £65.14 Maisemore apiaries
21/09/22 £40.45 Victorian Nursey
21/09/22 £13.98 Toolstation
22/09/22 £4.35 Asda
23/09/22 £197.94 J Bodenham
27/09/22 £39.89 Kampac
29/09/22 £165.12 DT Brown
03/10/22 £26.49 B Lowe/C Growney
06/10/22 £21.51 Transition Worcester
06/10/22 £10.05 Wickes
07/10/22 £60.00 Plantamamita
10/10/22 £103.46 Jewson
10/10/22 £7.84 Waitrose
11/10/22 £425.59 Jewson
13/10/22 £20.37 Simply Seed Co.
18/10/22 £12.98 Lakeland
19/10/22 £15.44 Sutton Organics
19/10/22 £27.97 Jewson
02/11/22 £8.20 Transition Worcester
02/1122 £48.50 Wickes
04/11/22 £67.47 Worcester Garden Centre
07/11/22 £197.95 St Peter's garden centre
16/11/22 £5,599.99 Worc Timber Products
17/11/22 £4,914.00 National Pontoon Ltd
18/11/22 £40.50 Timpsons
21/11/22 £184.49 Orchard Hire
22/11/22 £29.19 G Kincaid
22/11/22 £45.00 Walcot nursery
23/11/22 £112.63 Pondkeepers
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Reference Number Category
signage
materials
website
sales support
orchard garden
trees
seeds
seeds
first aid
reimbursement seeds
orchard garden
seeds
site maintenance
edible flower garden
seating
bee and wildflower garden
orchard garden
insurance
site maintenance
reimbursement edible flower garden
vertical garden
orchard garden
vertical garden
reimbursement edible flower garden
orchard garden
orchard garden
vertical garden
site maintenance
reimbursement medicinal plant garden
site maintenance
seeds
reimbursement medicinal plant garden
thank you BBQ
reimbursement medicinal plant garden
seating
seating
sales support
reimbursement medicinal plant garden
reimbursement bee and wildflower garden
water
signage
bee and wildflower garden
thank you BBQ
thank you BBQ
thank you BBQ
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reimbursement medicinal plant garden
bee and wildflower garden
annual ground rent
tools
bee and wildflower garden
tools
site maintenance
site maintenance
bee and wildflower garden
trees
metal sheath for noticeboard signage
cleaning materials site maintenance
reimbursement vertical garden
sales support
seeds
reimbursement - slate labels orchard garden
water
cement/sand for shed base materials
succulents vertical garden
wood for shed materials
chutney ingredients sales support
vertical garden
seeds
chutney ingredients sales support
seeds
timber vertical garden
water
shed roof felt and clout nails materials
trellis vertical garden
plants vertical garden
office/toolstore deposit office/toolstore pontoon
pontoon office/toolstore pontoon
gate and padlock keys site maintenance
pontoon scaffold poles office/toolstore pontoon
workshop materials materials
greengage trees trees
pond liner
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Notes site banner fixings for banner domain registration card reader orchard garden first aid kit fixings for compost bins wooden bench aqua dock pontoon for bee hives lectern notice skip hire (post floods) sleepers, decking and fixings top soil gabion cages anchor for lectern strimmer wire fixings primer paint for main gate materials paint for gate plants new barbecue plants paint for arbour bench paint for arbour bench cardboard containers for produce plants membership of Worcester Beekeepers Association A0 board wildflower seeds
yellow rattle seeds insulating foam for bee garden entrance hose pipe attachments keys keys frames for hive wood cardboard containers for produce
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Worcester community garden
Income Statement
01/11/21 to 30/10/22
Revenue
£ % of Total Revenue
donations £592.92 2.57%
standing orders £485.00 2.11%
grants £20,091.00 87.24%
produce sales £1,470.20 6.38%
events £240.26 1.04%
refunds/non food sales £150.10 0.65%
Total Revenue £23,029.48 100.00%
Expenses
£ % of Total Expenses
signage £403.16 2.26%
materials £209.75 1.18%
website £20.38 0.11%
sales support £135.40 0.76%
trees £105.95 0.59%
seeds £350.43 1.97%
first aid £22.04 0.12%
seating £431.81 2.42%
orchard garden £872.25 4.90%
vertical garden £2,397.51 13.46%
edible flower garden £119.74 0.67%
bee and wildflower garden £972.87 5.46%
medicinal plant garden £221.73 1.25%
insurance £102.67 0.58%
site maintenance £332.44 1.87%
thank you BBQ £268.09 1.51%
water £43.74 0.25%
annual ground rent £50.00 0.28%
tools £49.50 0.28%
office/toolstore pontoon £10,698.48 60.08%
Total Expenses £17,807.94 100.00%
Net Income / Profit
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Net Income / Profit
£ 5 221 54
22 67%
Margin ££.U/70