Green Estate CIC

By Good Fundraising •

The Green Estate Community Interest Company is a social enterprise which aims to grow engaging, adaptive and resilient urban places. It is a community and ecosystem of landscape designers, meadow makers, park and heritage stewards, green recyclers, venue organisers, volunteers and more who all care about social and environmental sustainability. The team have a very strong track record of generating income but wanted to come together to share experiences and to find a way forward for their future.

Ousmany works to maintain some of the planting at part of the Grey to Green development in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.

The Grey to Green development has created a network of new paths and cycleways and transformed an area that was previously tarmac into a green public space.

It is the UK’s largest retrofit sustainable urban draining scheme (SuDs), with the planting beds taking rain and surface water back into Sheffields rivers. The beds also capture and collect pollutants including from car tyres, r
Ousmany, Nuala Godfrey, Ethel Worthington, Owen Hayman pose for a portrait whilst maintaining some of the planting at part of the Grey to Green development in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.

The Grey to Green development has created a network of new paths and cycleways and transformed an area that was previously tarmac into a green public space.

It is the UK’s largest retrofit sustainable urban draining scheme (SuDs), with the planting beds taking rain and surface water back into Sheffields rivers. The

Good Fundraising were delighted to facilitate a one-day workshop where senior staff members across the different areas of Green Estate’s work were able to work together and contribute to a SWOT analysis, PEST analysis and discussion about the fundraising landscape and to draw out the best return on investment of fundraising activities against their business income needs.

Green Estate Community Interest Company (CIC) is a leading social enterprise in South Yorkshire, dedicated to transforming urban spaces into thriving, green, and resilient environments where people, nature, and businesses flourish. Established in 2003 in the Manor area of Sheffield, they have revitalized a once-disadvantaged community, investing £9 million to create heritage facilities and award-winning parklands, replacing derelict land with beautiful urban meadows and sustainable drainage systems. Their initiatives promote a circular economy and responsible waste management, fostering innovation and partnership in a previously stigmatized area. Recognized with the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, they serve as a national demonstrator of how urban areas can evolve into sustainable havens for future generations.

Discover what Green Estate is all about by checking out their website here.