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Meanwood Valley Urban Farm is so much more than a visitor attraction; it wasestablished in 1980 after volunteers put derelict land to good use. Since then it has
grown into a 25 acre educational wildlife haven, preserving a green area for future
generations in an increasingly urbanised part of Leeds.
We use our natural surroundings to make a profound and long-lasting impact on
school children, marginalised young people and vulnerable adults in the community
and beyond. Our ethos of sustainability is echoed throughout everything we do.
Our educational projects are one of the most important areas of our work; we are
passionate about encouraging inner city children to develop a lifelong understanding
of the world they live in and their impact on it. We have over 10,000 children and their
families involved in these projects every year and we hope to be able to increase this
in the future.
Over the years, we have received the following awards
for our hard-work:
Spirit of Leeds Awards
Yorkshire Forward Creating Better Futures Award
Green Apple Environment Award
Millennium Marque Awards
City and Community Pride Award
Recycled Mountain Bike Project
The aim of the project is to give children the opportunity to learn
how to confidently ride a bike, basic bike maintenance and
safety skills. Once they have learnt how to strip down and
reassemble a bike, they attend a recognised road safety training
course and take part in an off road ride.
The children have a great sense of accomplishment as they have
built their own bike, which they get to take home as a reward.
Some of the completed bikes will be donated to African orphans
in the village of Malawi. The remainder are sold cheaply at the
Farm, with the money raised being used to buy tools for our
educational projects.
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Your sponsorship will help ensure the continued survival of the Farm and help us to
support the people who need us the most. We will be able to continue running our
educational projects and grow the Farm in ways that we can only do with yourcontribution.
500This would provide an incubator,
heat lamp and eggs, so that local
primary school can learn about life
cycles and hatch chicks in the
classroom.
1,000This would allow us to fit out a
container so that the bicycles
worked on by our ReConnect pupils
can be securely stored.
2,000Thiswould fully fund our rock of
ages timeline project which aims to
educate young people about
geology using an exciting and
interesting approach.
3,000This allows us to run our summer
play scheme for one week, giving
100 children from deprived
backgrounds the chance to
experience new opportunities based
around outdoor play and the chance
to connect with other children.
11,700 This would employ another part timeeducation officer which means wecan increase the number of children
we work with on our educational
projects.
Benefits of becoming a Sponsor
Recognition of your support
to our education and
conservation projects
PR and marketing
opportunities
Prominent use of yourcompanys branding on
literature and our website
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Starting a long and meaningful relationship with us is
a great way to give something back to thecommunity. Situated in inner city Leeds were the
perfect example that theres a haven for everyone,
even in the most unexpected places.
CSR days are a brilliant way for you to provide your
staff members with a welcome break from the
office, giving them the opportunity to work outside,
(particularly beneficial on a crisp winters day!)
surrounded by nature, as well as helping to
cultivate skills in communication, problem solving
and team work.
We offer a wide variety of sustainable,
environmentally positive and successful projects
from team building to volunteering. You can spend
the day with us (planting trees or coppicing for
example) or you can work with us on a longer basis. A longer term relationship
with the Farm will enable to you to start a worthwhile project which you can see
through to the end, really showing you the impact your time and money can have.
FeesWe ask for a small fee of 200 for the
day which covers up to 30 delegates.
This cost covers the equipment as well
as supervision from one of our expert
team members.
If you would like to send a larger group
to spend the day with us we are more
than happy to cater for them and anappropriate fee can be negotiated.
Example Timetable
9.00 Arrival on farm and site tour
10.00 Morning activity
10.30 Mid-morning break
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Afternoon Activity
14.30 Afternoon Break
16.00 Clear Up
16.30 DepartPrevious project days have consisted of:
Butterfly Garden
Mountain Bike Skills Track
Wildflower Meadow
Tree Planting
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For four years, HSBC have been working
alongside us to create a strong and
meaningful relationship.
Theyve sent us many wonderful
volunteers over the years who have
worked on several great projects such as
tree planting, taking down old fencing
and even weeding!
We are happy to continue this great
relationship which gives so much to both
the local and wider community. Many of
our staff who have volunteered here over
the years have since returned with their
families for an educational and
entertaining day out.
Paula Rigby, Community Officer
What a challenging, physical and brilliantly enjoyable day.
Our team worked hard on the bike track, collected wild
flower seeds for planting a wild flower meadow and got to
wade around in the beck clearing it of rubbish. All in one
day!
All abilities were catered for and it was clear that a lot of
thought and preparation had gone in to the day. A big thank
you to our leaders, Rob and Sean, who assisted, advised and
helped us get the most out of a truly unique experience.
The chance to give back made us feel like we had really
helped the Farm and the community it supports. Thank you
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, we hope to see you againsoon, (and have a sneaky ride on the bike track!).
George Roe, People Development
The teams have given very positive feedback over the past
years. They really appreciate having the opportunity to
volunteer regularly because they like the fact that they can
build up a relationship with the staff and see their ongoing
developments on the farm; particularly the wild flower
meadow, cycle track and pond.
Its a really positive feeling having a clearly defined task tobe fully engaged in, its great being able to work hard and
see a completed task at the end of the day. Most volunteers
like being given the chance to learn more about
conservation, wildlife and about wider community
involvement.Sharon Browne, Project Officer
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