The Community Fund

The Fund's aims

The Community Fund is a fund administered by the team at The Community Farm to support and promote connection to the land, food and wildlife in our local area. 

Donations help us open the farm gates to more than 1,500 people every year. Through working in partnership with our local network of socially-minded organisations, we are able to reach diverse groups including Bristol-based refugees and asylum seekers; people suffering with isolation and mental ill health; and adults and children from visible ethnic minorities. 

Donations are also used to supply organic, nutritious food to frontline food charities who support people experiencing homelessness and mental ill health, as well as families and elderly people at risk of food insecurity.

 How to donate

There are a number of ways for our customers to donate to the fund. We offer a £3 product (or more if you increase the quantity) which you can add to your regular order. We also encourage all customers to donate the value of your regular veg or fruit box to the fund when you go on holiday. 

If you are not a customer and would like to support the farm’s mission, we also welcome donations via our Localgiving page. For more information, please visit our Support Us page. 

How the fund has been spent

Every quarter, we will be publishing a blog post detailing how the money which has been generously donated, has been spent. Check out News from The Farm to see the latest updates. More detail is available in our Annual Report.

The origin of the fund

The Community Fund is an evolution of The Covid Fund which was set up as an emergency response to local groups disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period our wonderful customers raised a whopping £15,000. You can find out more about the work done during the pandemic in our reflective blog post.