Breakdown for the cost of the project
Kibbutz Foster Village is a Community Interest Company, which means we are not doing this for profit, but for the people and foster children. We want to build a community where we can grow our own food, food for the Neighbourhood, primary and secondary schools in the area using permaculture design and ethics. But most important we would like to teach future generations how to live and work collectively and in harmony.
This is a social project encompassing broad borders – Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster.
The sum of 3 000 000 will be necessary to:
- Purchase a land suitable by the size and the quality of the soil;
- Construct residential buildings for the: cooperative members, foster children in the Village and Volunteers.
- Build working and production facilities with the aim to provide independent or sustainable life and income for the cooperative members;
- Purchase inventory – machinery for the cultivation of organic produce – vegetables, fruit, as well as products of meat;
- Separate dining room – for foster children, members, visitors, volunteers.
- Solar barn (£60,000) Foundations, local timber posts, larch cladding, roof sheets;
- Polytunnel (£50,000) purchasing and building 20 polytunnels (24ft) for indoor propagation, extended growing season and crop diversity.
- Farm garden (£30,000) Small tractor for farm operations, compost, manure, hand tools (Electric tilter, Earthway seeder, hoes, forks, rake etc.), materials (string, poles, wire). Ecological restoration (£10,000) Water survey, ecological surveys, Hiring a digger for 2 weeks to create ponds and wetland, materials and wetland plants;
- Staff/labour (£100,000) for year 1 the staff/labour required to set up and manage the project. In subsequent years this cost will be covered by the projected income through veg box sale and other project activities or businesses – the 10-acre no-dig garden will comprise of 120 raised beds and 8 ‘alley cropped fields where we will grow a wide range of seasonal vegetables, seed and staple crops. We will follow permaculture principles and ethics to produce enough food for over 500 people (veg boxes, restaurants, shops). We will use hand tools and electric tools (powered tither) to cultivate healthy and productive soil. We will never use any chemicals on our land.
- Land – 500.000
- Housing – 2 000 000 – (15 houses) from which we need 2 emergency houses
- Farm – 250.000
- Dining hall – 250.000
Construction or completion of infrastructure (if any) residential, industrial buildings and facilities for the needs, objectives and businesses of the project 1st year.
Apply for foster children – 2nd year.
Starting an open permaculture class for primary and secondary schools in the area – 2nd year.
Starting veg box delivery – 3rd year.
Providing food for the food banks – 3rd year.
The project we would like to start as :
Kibbutz Foster Village, with the assistance of both Sheffield and other neighbouring municipalities regarding application process for Foster children, planning department and Licensing office.
In the final phase of its development, the expected results are its growth and transformation into a Social Agricultural Family Cooperative. We would like to note that this is the first unique single project in the UK to be launched as Kibbutz Foster Village, in which activities and businesses like this will serve the needs of urban municipalities, for disadvantaged children and those affected by domestic violence, in the territory of the United Kingdom.
Its transformation into a Social Agricultural Family Cooperative is a goal and reason to show that the Cooperative can function and support itself, outside the existing state system of social assistance and benefits. In addition, it will be an outstanding example and experiment of how a social society united in the principles of conscious collectivism is able to develop and survive in the conditions of global pandemics and preconditions , such as Covid19 and other crises..
This project will be a vital ,not just for the Foster Children, but for families on a low income who can be part of the Cooperative.
We are looking for donations of land which we will protect for ecological agriculture in perpetuity.
Do you have land that:
• is 150 acres or more, or near to one of our existing sites
• has good vehicle access
• is south/east/west facing
• is below 200m altitude
If you have land to donate or know of land for sale then please get in touch.
From what has been presented so far, we appeal to everyone for the following: This project is open and accessible to all established and successful-Social Kibbutzim (such as Revivim, Ramat Yohanan, Maagan Michael), Cooperative Corporations (such as Mondragon), large companies like Netafim, any other person or organisation that can see themselves in this project as well as invest in their Cooperative Community-for businesses that represents.