Great news that due to 11 generous backers £265 has been raised so far. There is still over two months left. Let's try and reach my £2000 target.

Penge Green Gym is a Community Group of local volunteers who give their time completely for free. It is not directly funded by anyone so any money we spend has to be raised by us. Bromley Council pays for our Public Liability Insurance and will replace some lost or broken tools, but all our other expenses need to be covered somehow. TCV have given us a grant towards First Aid training for the project leaders and for some tools this year but that won't continue into the future now that we are independent.

We were able to raise money from the Waitrose Community Matters scheme last year and some of our projects have been funded. We managed to get some recycled tools last year. We have just heard that we have been given a grant from the Mayor's Team London Capital Clean-Up which will enable us to build our Bog Garden.

So you can be sure that every penny you donate will be spent in Winsford Gardens. £3 would buy a trowel. £5 would buy secateurs or wildflower seeds. £20 would buy a spade or shovel or a rose for the rosegarden. With more we could buy wood and topsoil for more raised beds.

Bromley Council still mow the grass and cut the trees, and some people think we are only doing work that the Council once did. They are wrong. We are achieving things that no council ever did in a public park before: creating wildlife havens, natural seating and children's adventure playgrounds.

However,  we face an uphill struggle. In the last few weeks the greenhouse has been damaged and the lawn mower stolen. £300 would buy a new lawn mower. The interpreation board was covered in graffiti and had to be re-stensiled. The willow dome and willow arch have been destroyed three times and the dead hedge burnt down. We could repair and replace these, but not without additional funding.

We still have the enthusiasm to carry on if there is the support for us to do so.