Our Business: Activities To Thrive

The business of our society is:

• Cultural activities, education, research & development, community supported agriculture and horticulture.

The benefits to the community our society delivers are:

• The advancement of education, the advancement of environmental protection and / or improvement.
• Reducing social isolation, improving health and wellbeing.
• Growing community resilience through participatory and cultural activities

Our society’s business delivers these benefits by:

• Providing a venue for cultural activities like theatre, poetry, music and dance or educational activities.
• Conservation and protection of our land, woodland and fen.
• Access to community-based agriculture, workshops, cooking and growing (building community, through activities, reducing loneliness).
• Spaces to make and create, teaching about renewable energy, retrofitting homes and alternative sustainable technology infrastructure (delivering education on green development).
• Food catering or production, providing access to healthy fresh vegetables & produce.
• Care or wellbeing (improving mental & physical health through activity and diet) – growing, preparing, cooking and eating food together.

Our revenues will come from:

• Operation of our local community pub, The White Horse.
• Residential Educational Courses
• Social Prescribing
• Retreats (corporate & wellbeing)
• Market Gardening
• Venue provision for gatherings
• Rental and lease of space (i.e. office space, storage or work space for component businesses)
• Grant funding

We generate revenue from component businesses, which sustains a community that delivers education, social inclusion and combats loneliness; by providing an environment of learning, participation and community activities. Our society intends to diversify activities in future including Community Owned renewable energy generation.