I wanted to tell you a little about the cause that the money will be supporting. The Penge Green Gym are a Community Group in an area of South East London in the UK. They have taken over the management of a local green space called Winsford Gardens and they have three main aims:

The first aim is to improve these once neglected gardens for the good of the local community by adding a ring of natural seating, a childrens playground, and by maintaining the flower beds so they once more show some displays of colour.

The second aim is to improve the environment in the gardens for wildlife by adding some plants that attract natural pollinators, by planting a wildflower meadow, and a hedgerow, and by building a stag beetle loggery and insect hotels.

But thirdly, and unusually amongst environmental projects, the Green Gym concept also aims to improve the health and to benefit the volunteers themselves. Each Green Gym session includes some pulse raising and stretching exercises, followed by a variety of tasks to suit a variety of fitness levels, from gentle weeding to construction projects.

If you can only spare £1 give £1. £3 would buy us a trowel. £5 would buy a pair of secateurs or a packet of wildflower seeds. £20 would buy a billhook or some larger tools. While our target of £2000 would see us able to complete our goal of creating a Bog Garden.