A Little About Us.
We exist to care for the living world. Protecting, restoring, and cherishing the places + connections that sustain us.
We nurture understanding of how the natural world + human community are intertwined, and we share knowledge to inspire action for a thriving, sustainable future.
Through workshops, skill-shares, digging in the dirt. Learning by doing, learning by listening. Permaculture, conservation, the wisdom of working with nature instead of breaking it. An invitation for all ages.
We keep space for creativity. Art in every form, shared and celebrated, a place for expression, participation + connection.
We extend care to those in need. Offering spaces of respite, recovery, and softer landings for individuals + families navigating illness or medical treatment.
In all we do, our purpose is simple:
To cultivate nature, resilience + belonging. For the benefit of people, the planet, for now + what’s next.
Activities.
2025 - Expansion.
Completed our 8 year project ‘Field Station’ after holding a reunion.
We continued our funding and donations locally and internationally, supporting a range of sustainability and social initiatives. Through partnerships, we sustained our equine-assisted learning programs, while actively seeking a larger site to broaden and deepen our core activities.
2024 – Growing Together.
We deepened our focus on applied learning: cultivating food, growing seedlings, and distributing pollinator plants to the community, including the Haslemere Food Bank. New participants gained hands-on sustainable farming skills and horticultural therapy while contributing to community well-being. We also funded an art project connecting health, horticulture, and community in a public space.
2021 – Resilience + Growth.
Activities included internships in sustainable food production, bridge programs for young people, permaculture scholarships, and equine-assisted therapy. We continued supplying healthy food to local initiatives during COVID-19 and offered accommodation to volunteers, many of whom had been supported by our charity.
2020 – Steady Through Challenge.
Despite pandemic restrictions, we ran internships, community sustainability projects, equine-assisted therapy, and bridge programs for young people. Volunteers, often past or current participants lived on site, enabling us to keep producing and supplying fresh food to local food banks.
2019 – ReRoot.
We supported unaccompanied asylum seekers with integration, education, and personal development. Our projects included permaculture planting, pollinator gardens, community sustainability campaigns, and intensive equine-assisted learning internships for individuals overcoming health challenges. Volunteers and participants grew food for local needs and built life skills through conservation and equitation.
2018 – Applied Learning.
We supported internships in gardening, permaculture, equine care, and health modalities, alongside art and environmental projects. Activities included invasive species removal, sustainable foraging days, equine-assisted therapy, and collaborations with equine partners. Preparations began to support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
2017 – Founded Field Station.
Moved from London. Our early projects included zero waste workshops, culinary and music therapy collaborations, purchasing our first therapy horse, innovative bee hives, ecological site surveys, and international learning exchanges. We hosted volunteers at our coastal cabin and supported a year-long life skills internship.
2016 - Growth.
We explored relocating from London to the countryside to expand our activities, offering a free public neuroscience and yoga lecture and hosting an artist residency. Our work challenged the food industry through published articles, hosted workshops, and open studio evenings on food wastage and foraging. Collaborations included “Stitch and Forage” and the “London Sculpture and Children’s Gallery.” Over 100 food interventions took place in London, alongside vocational training for agents of change and numerous free public events.
2015 - Artist As Activist.
Hosted resident artists staying at a unique coastal retreat within an SSRI. Those we supported included dancers, a choreographer, and spoken + written word practitioners, all working in contemporary art practices.
2014 – Sustainable Futures.
We supported visual artist residencies, documented and supported self-build initiatives, and curated “Artists for Change” labs.
2011– Founded.
Fleetwood Initiative.
Charity number: 1146578
2022 - New Pathways.
We hosted 14 long-term participants from across the mental health spectrum, focusing on safety, support, and applied learning through sustainable food production and horticulture therapy. Success stories included a participant beginning a degree in the arts with our sponsorship, and another gaining the stability to help her family leave an unsafe home. Volunteers, many living on site, ensured continued food provision to the community.
2023 – Learning In Action.
Our programs supported 15 participants with varied needs, offering a safe, supportive space and practical skills in food growing, horticulture, and conservation. Three interns works across projects spanning mental health, sustainable food and community outreach. Thousands of pollinator plants were given free to locals. Volunteers played a vital role in food production for the community.
2012 - Exploration.
We delivered participatory video making projects, hosted a series of artist residencies, ran a permaculture design course, and supported the Social Sculpture Research Unit.
2013 – First Steps.
We hosted movement and sound residencies, contributed to the field of permaculture through documentation and published articles, and provided donations and funding to aligned initiatives.