As a not for profit unregistered community group the only funding we receive is from the public. To continue our work of creating an understanding of the urban wildlife around us and motivating people to help maintain urban wildlife habitats we have to pay out money for speakers, venues, multi media for communicating, equipment for Chiswick Hedgehog Highways and future projects to keep Chiswick green and the wildlife here thriving.
professional speakers - some speakers are happy to talks for free but some earn their living this way, or wish donations for charities they represent. This could be anything from £40 to £120 per speaker.
Venues - venue costs can be from £55 up to £120 per event.
Hedgehog highway equipment. Drills cost approx £120 each and drill bits (which need renewing regularly) cost approx £50 each.
Mulitimedia (website, email, hosting) costs approx £200 per annum. We cannot communicate our work or promote events without it.
Research - if we feel research in an area is really important we may wish to pay for this to be done (ZSL hedgehog cameras, for example). This can cost up to £1K.
We have other projects in the pipeline but we need funding to buy materials to launch them.
Swifts are in decline. This applies to Chiswick. They need our help. Click below to learn more.