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OUR IMPACT

Every donation, every fundraiser, every act of support is helping us create a space designed for care, recovery and reflection.

Bright Charity

Funds from the appeal will support the development and maintenance of local hospital gardens;

  • Create accessible areas for multiple patient beds to be taken outside – accelerating healing.
  • Plant more and create a visually stimulating garden; some patients are too unwell to go outside, so lets create a view for them.
  • Create peaceful, semi-private areas for families to reflect and reminisce – supporting mental wellbeing and protecting those precious moments between families.
  • Offer patients meaningful activities; gentle therapeutic gardening opportunities such as watching the bees, watering plants and feeding the birds.

Be part of this journey and support the Bright Garden Appeal.

To find out more about how Bright is making a difference and how you can get involved click here.

The Alnwick Garden

Funds from the appeal will help the continuation of all of our programmes, which fall into three important themes;

WELLBEING
  • 55+ Programme: Reduces loneliness for over-55s through connection, activity, and wellbeing support.
  • Young Gardeners: Inclusive horticulture sessions building confidence and social skills in young people with additional needs.
  • Community Fridge: Cuts food waste and creates a community hub.
  • Lilidorei Free Fridays: Free access for primary school children to support play and wellbeing.
EDUCATION
  • Learning Through Nature: Inspires climate action through education and innovative programmes.
  • Roots and Shoots: Promotes healthy eating and physical activity to tackle childhood obesity.
  • Drugs Education: Helps young people make informed, safer choices about substance use.
  • Core Education Programme: Provides enriching learning beyond the classroom to support overall wellbeing.
EMPOWERMENT
  • Seeds for Success: Develops practical skills to start a business.
  • Growing Together Northumberland: Builds wellbeing, skills, and pathways into work, training, or volunteering.
  • Grow into Work: Prepares individuals for employment through confidence-building, training, and hands-on placements.

Discover more about The Alnwick Garden Trust and the inspiring programmes it delivers – you can read the full 2024/25 social impact report here.

The Garden does so much to support our community, especially those who need it most.

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Your generosity has helped to make a real difference
in patient care and community wellbeing.

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RAISED

£16,163

OF £300,000 GOAL

Our Impact

YOUR DONATIONS WILL
HELP TRANSFORM LIVES

£50

would provide refreshments to our Elderberries for a week.

£150

would cover mini bus costs to take the Gents Gardener’s on a day trip to reduce social isolation.

£200

would pay the expenses of a beneficiary to attend a work placement in the Garden, to remove the barriers of costs of travel and provision of a meal.

£200

can buy a selection of sensory plants.

£300

would buy a planter for a sensory space.

£500

funds wheelchair accessible picnic tables in our hospital green spaces.

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All funds raised through the Bright Garden Appeal will be applied in furtherance of the charitable purposes set out for the appeal and will be distributed equally between The Alnwick Garden and
Bright Northumbria Charity.

In the event that total funds raised exceed the stated target of £300,000, any additional funds will be apportioned on a 50/50 basis between The Alnwick Garden and Bright Northumbria Charity and applied to the same stated purposes, unless otherwise required by law or regulatory guidance.

In the event that the appeal does not reach its target, all funds received will nevertheless be allocated equally between the two organisations and applied, as far as reasonably practicable, towards the delivery of the intended stated purposes of the appeal. Both organisations will ensure that all funds are managed and applied in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including the Fundraising Code of Practice, and in a manner consistent with donor intent.