Firestarter Association RESILIENCE PROGRAMME

On average, more than 20,000 children are being cared for in the child protection system in Hungary every year. Those children quickly become adults but the system and the homes provided are not able to adequately prepare them for social integration. They receive limited education often with no professional qualifications, and as a result it is difficult for them to find jobs. Their way of life is characterised by a lack of social support and security, with care leavers often facing job losses, as well as their own children being at risk of entering the care system. Many care leavers are of Roma origin, meaning they face additional and often multiple barriers, prejudices and social disadvantages. The goal of the Firestarter Association (‘FA’) is to support these vulnerable adults and their families to ensure that their children are not taken into state care.

Although FA is a young organisation, the team has significant experience working with the target group in different forms for decades. The recipients of FA are mostly adults (and their families) who used to be cared for in the ‘Children’s City’ orphanage of Tiszadob. At the same time, the professionals currently working for FA used to be caregivers at the ‘Children’s City’. Therefore, there is an extremely strong bond between FA and its recipients, and between the recipients themselves.

The current programme of the organisation has the following main pillars:

- mentoring and training families, focusing on practical skills (for example financial management);

- supporting families in crisis;

- building and strengthening the community (organising community events and family camps);

- supporting children in education (talent management programme).

FA successfully applied for and participated in the first phase of the Resilience Programme in 2021. The trustees of the Badur Foundation approved support for the team in the implementation of their development plan.

The implementation phase of the Resilience programme has started and FA began working towards its development goals at the beginning of 2022. FA is currently working on fundraising activities, in order to attract as many private and corporate donors as possible. The team aims to secure a
stable, repeat income from several sources. The ultimate goal is to launch and maintain its planned programmes, primarily the support and mentoring of families. The first family summer camp was held in 2022, where the needs of families were assessed and important elements of mentoring were presented. FA will continue to focus on fundraising, human resources, and appropriately delegating tasks in the following years. The Badur Foundation continues to support and monitor its activities.

Wonderworkshop Association Resilience Programme

The Association first launched an afterschool programme in Csobánka in 2012. The goal was to support the education and personal development of vulnerable children between the ages of 6 and 18. It soon became clear that there needed to be a wider support system with active stakeholder participation, leading to the development of five more educational and community programmes. The Complex Programme for Equal Opportunities (Komplex Esélyteremtési Program, KEP), therefore, has the following 6 independent but interrelated elements:

- The Early Childhood Programmes address the needs of children aged 0-6 and their mothers by offering skill development competence-developing and experience-based sessions.

- The Afterschool Programme provides afternoon classes for children until the age of 18, who are at risk of falling behind with their studies. The individual or group sessions are designed with pedagogical methods and tailored to personal needs and skills.

- The Girls’ Group Programme engages young girls aged 14-19 to come together, share their thoughts in a safe place, and support each other.

- The Adult Education Programme offers access to primary and vocational education to adults over 16 who have dropped out of the school system. The programme also aims to help their integration to the labour market.

- The purpose of the Community Coordination Programme is to bring community power to life and work on problems that affect the marginalised residents with the involvement of local stakeholders. As part of the programme, the Association employs three local community assistants, thereby channelling local needs into the organisation and helping to embed the programmes.

- The Civil Network offers regular consultations and training opportunities to the volunteers, professionals, and local stakeholders cooperating with the Association.

Over the years, the methodology of the programmes has strengthened and the demand has increased. When entering the Resilience Programme the team’s goal was to reach and maintain the long-term sustainability of the organisation and the long-term continuity of the KEP programmes. After participating in a holistic workshop series covering the different aspects of organisational functions, the team formulated its development plan. Support from the Badur Foundation has enabled the Association to focus on this plan.

The 3-year long implementation phase of the Resilience Programme started in January 2022, and the Wonderworkshop Association made strides to strengthen its fundraising and communication activities from the beginning. By running various fundraising campaigns, having several media appearances, and expanding its circle of supporters, volunteers and friends, the Association has already taken successful steps towards stabilisation. The Badur Foundation continues to work with the team and monitor the implementation of their development plan.

Deer Wood Trust Where people and nature reconnect

The core mission of the Deer Wood Trust is to promote sustainability in a fun and inclusive way. The Trust was set up to bring together people of all backgrounds, ensuring that regardless of your circumstances, there are opportunities to meet new people, learn new skills, and engage in conversations on sustainability. To achieve this the Trust runs two types of courses: Free courses targeted at vulnerable or disadvantaged groups who may not have access to natural spaces, and paid courses, which are available for anyone in the community and provide the Trust with a stable income stream, enabling the subsidisation of courses for disadvantaged groups.

The Deer Wood Trust’s courses offer hands-on experiences to learn about our natural world in a relaxed group setting, with activities ranging from sustainable cooking and foraging through to woodland horticulture, sustainable carpentry and outdoor therapy. Participants are encouraged to steer their activities, for example, the Trust’s ‘Earth Friendly Food’ course is designed so that key ingredients are foraged and food is co-prepared as attendees share responsibilities and collaborate on how the meal is put together. This helps to build relationships, increasing confidence and empowerment. In addition, all courses are built to improve people’s relationship with the environment and offer practical skills that can be used at home to reduce waste and save money.

As an outdoor venue, the Deer Wood Trust could only run courses in fair weather as they lacked suitable space to host groups on cold and rainy days. The Badur Foundation is supporting the Trust to build a new learning shelter, which will enable activities to be delivered for beneficiaries throughout the calendar year. This will also allow the Trust to collaborate with the increasing number of teachers, therapists and community leaders who want to use Deer Wood to hold similar events. This will increase the reach of the Deer Wood Trust and provide a reliable venue for sustainable learning, improving wellbeing, and supporting green careers.

BADUR INKUBÁCIÓS PROGRAM 2023-2026 Komplex, egyénre szabott fejlesztés civil szervezeteknek, társadalmi vállalkozásoknak

FELHÍVÁS ÖNKÉNTES MENTOROKNAK

A program keretében önkéntes mentorokat keresünk a program 2023. július-november közötti egyéni fejlesztési szakaszához.

Jelentkezés határideje: 2023. április 21. 24:00 óra.

A mentoroknak szóló felhívás ezen linken érhető el.

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FELHÍVÁS SZERVEZETEKNEK

A jelenlegi program a Badur Alapítvány korábbi szervezet- és társadalmi vállalkozásokat fejlesztő programjainak (Rezíliencia Pilot Program, Ugródeszka Program, Keltető Program) eredményeként jött létre és az alábbi fókuszterületeket határozta meg:

- Stratégiai célok és lépések meghatározása, felülvizsgálata
- Vezető-, és szervezetfejlesztés, Önkéntes menedzsment
- Pénzügyi tervezés és menedzsment
- Üzleti modell-, és vállalkozásfejlesztés (társadalmi vállalkozásoknak)
- Forrásteremtés (Fundraising)
- Vállalati partnerség
- Kommunikáció
- Hatásmérés

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• Könnyen beépíthető, akár már a workshopok másnapjától is alkalmazható jól bevált gyakorlatokat, technikákat kaptok a szektor elismert szakembereitől és fejlesztőitől.
• Hasonló életciklusban lévő szervezetektől/ társadalmi vállalkozásoktól tanulhattok, bővíthetitek kapcsolati rendszereteket a szektor szereplőivel.
• Hosszú távon a program az átadott tudásanyag beépítése, illetve a fejlesztési/üzleti tervek megvalósítása révén hozzájárul a szervezeti stabilitás és ellenállóképesség megteremtéséhez, megőrzéséhez.

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Közreműködők

Az Inkubációs Program kezdeményezője és megvalósítója a Badur Alapítvány, szakmai partnere a SIMPACT Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

A program felépítése

A program 1 éves képzési és egyéni fejlesztési szakaszból, 2 éves megvalósítási és 1 éves monitorozási szakaszból áll.

A program megvalósítási szakaszában 6-8 szervezet, társadalmi vállalkozás Badur partnerként szakmai és pénzügyi
támogatást kaphat a fejlesztési igényeikre szabva. A rendelkezésre álló támogatási keretösszeg 30.000.000 Ft.

Pályázati határidő és kapcsolat

A jelentkezni a Jelentkezési lap és mellékletei (Szándéknyilatkozat, Adatvédelmi Nyilatkozat, csapattagok önéletrajzai) elküldésével lehetséges az applications@badurfoundation.org e-mail címre.

A jelentkezéseket 2023. február 17-én 24.00 óráig várjuk.

Információs nap

2023. február 2-án online információs alkalmat tartunk 10 és 12 óra között, melyre az alábbi linken lehet csatlakozni:

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2021 Annual Report & Financial Statements

Devon Wildlife Trust Protecting wildlife for the future

The government has set a target for 75% of English rivers, lakes and streams to be classed as in ecological good health by 2027. However there has been no improvement since 2016; only 16% are currently rated “good”. Beavers are the force of nature that England’s broken wetlands and watercourses urgently need. The Devon Beaver Project will enable communities in Devon and nationwide to benefit from this keystone species’ unrivalled ability to create space for dynamic natural processes that provide cleaner, healthier freshwater as well as flood and drought mitigation. As the only English organisation to have led a reintroduction of beavers to the wild, Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT) is uniquely qualified to maximise the benefits and minimise the conflicts associated with rapidly expanding beaver populations.

The Devon Beaver Project will deliver a comprehensive education and awareness raising programme, create beaver management groups, deliver the beaver management strategy, and develop green finance avenues. These processes will engage the communities surrounding beavers, as well as landowners and investors, through events, workshops and online resources.

Successfully delivering all areas of this project will result in a thriving beaver population in Devon and beyond. This in turn has the capacity to transform our rivers into resilient waterways that act as habitats, support biodiversity and can prevent flooding. This project aims to ensure that:

- Communities and stakeholders live comfortably alongside beavers;

- An effective management process is in place for all free-living beaver populations in Devon and that Nationwide Beaver Management Groups are confident in their skills and knowledge of beaver reintroduction;

- The public benefits of beaver activity are quantified and green investment is secured to ensure that those who provide space for beaver wetlands on their land are rewarded;

- Wild beaver populations are thriving, free from persecution, and genetically resilient.

The Badur Foundation is pleased to support Devon Wildlife Trust with the practical costs for essential tools and equipment to carry out this project, and will work together with DWT to monitor developments.

Flow Foundation

My Name is Liam

Stone Soup Academy Creating unimagined futures for young people in Nottingham

Stone Soup Academy (SSA) is an OFSTED rated outstanding Academy in the centre of Nottingham. Students come from all over the city, but they are mainly from areas of deprivation including Gedling, Carlton, Arnold and Broxtowe. On average, 35-40 students from year 11 transition annually post-16 into education, work and training. SSA works hard to ensure that its students transition successfully into these areas.

Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story as Department for Education data shows: Students in 2014 who ended Key Stage 4 (KS4) in alternative provision make up 1% of all KS4 pupils but 4% of all NEET (not in education, employment or training) 16-year olds (Department for Education, Destinations of key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils: 2014). This suggests that there are significant challenges in achieving successful transitions to participation in post-16 education or training.

SSA seeks to resolve these issues. In partnership with the Badur Foundation, SSA is piloting a full-time ‘Head of Sixth’ role to better support young people moving forward post-16. A pastoral sixth form will continue to look after the well-being of students and will provide mentorship support whilst being an advocate for them, where required, when they leave SSA. The school is a place of trust and security for young people, and the role aims to ensure this can continue after they leave.

As well as supporting current year 11 students to ensure a robust transition, this role will link with Nottingham College and other providers, and will meet with any ex-students who are NEET to support them back into education, work and training. The role aims to ensure communications happens ahead of any problems arising, rather than trying to resolve an issue once it has occurred.

The Head of Sixth will connect with ex-students termly to track their progress and collect robust data on destinations, as well as giving holistic support where required. Added capacity will also enable the coordination of work experience projects and skills-based learning outside of the academy to empower and up-skill students prior to leaving the academy.

A longer-term aim is for SSA to find alternative accommodation from which to develop and grow a funded sixth form. This would enable the role to be sustained going forward.

Stoney Orchard

Stoney Orchard Growing plants and community naturally with soul

The land at Stoney Orchard can often experience up to 4 months of drought, especially in early spring – the same pattern has occurred for the last 3 years and a system is required to offer the land more resilience. When the rain does hit, it quickly runs off the land, entering bodies of water without pollutants being filtered. Due to water run-off, water is not absorbed deeply into the soil, leaving the top layer dry and vulnerable in the warmer months, and losing its ability to absorb carbon.

On top of this, local farming in East Devon and the effect of pesticides is having devastating effects on fauna in the area, and the land has noticed a dramatic reduction in fauna year on year. When faced with issues such as pests, farmers lack a support network to learn skills and techniques on how to overcome these in a way that maintains environmental health. With farming a dominant industry in Devon, there is a need for communication and skill-sharing between land owners to manage pests without excessive use of pesticides.

Digging a swale and moving water across the contours of the land will increase its ability to absorb water, feed shrubs and planting systems, and regenerate the soil structure with a network of trees and deep-rooted plants. Collecting the rainwater on the land at Stoney Orchard will prevent sites such as the wildflower meadow from being polluted, and divert it to trees that need water. The swale system will provide wetland areas and shelter for amphibians as well as more log and compost piles for reptiles and hedgehogs, and these species will tackle pest problems without the use of pesticides. Farmers and landowners can witness a system for overcoming pest issues in a way that encourages biodiversity and regenerates the land, and replicate this within their own context.

Swales will also increase resilience of the land and reduce the effects of extreme weather such as wind, sun and rainstorms. Whilst the swale itself will prevent water run-off and flooding, surrounding trees and shrubs will create windbreaks and protection from the sun. Windbreak will in turn create microclimates that will be less harsh in winter and cooler in the summer, creating ideal climates for biodiversity to thrive.

Stoney Orchard is an organisation that has been stewarding 13 acres of land for over 10 years. Their team are individuals dedicated to transitioning to agroecology, with backgrounds in geology, permaculture, flood prevention and community engagement. Over the years, they have introduced 3 acres of woodland, 4 acres of wildflower meadows, and 4 acres left for rewilding. The Foundation is pleased to be supporting Stoney Orchard to develop their swale system and to promote its potential to other landowners.

Funder Commitment on Climate Change 2 Year Report

Tűzcsiholó Egyesület (Firestarter Association)

Romaversitas

Bike Stop Darlington We’re more than just a bike shop

Bike Stop Darlington (BSD) provides bike mechanic related training, promotes the health and environmental benefits of cycling, and sells bikes and accessories from its town centre shop. But it also creates a whole range of other social, environmental and economic outcomes – we’re more than just a bike shop.

Since 2012, BSD has supported over 120 people with work experience, 654 people on cycle rides and prevented over 3,400 bikes going to landfill. BSD remained open to the community throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, providing bikes on free loan to NHS staff and other key workers (to help them continue to get to work safely) and donating bikes for Christmas presents for children who would otherwise not receive a significant gift.

We have supported people from a wide range of backgrounds and with varying degrees of vulnerabilities. We have gained extensively through meeting and working alongside so many different people. BSD gains income by recycling donated bicycles, which are sold at affordable prices to low income households. We also upcycle and restore vintage and high-end bicycles for sale at higher prices to support the work of the organisation, and this now includes a range of new bicycles, including e-bikes. In turn, the recycling and upcycling provides products for our trainees and work placements to work on, learning the skills of bicycle mechanics in a nurturing and supportive environment.

Bike Stop Darlington is the social enterprise of First Stop, an anti-poverty charity that provides practical and emotional support to the people who come into our centre, finding options that can bring about appropriate resolutions to the problems they are facing. We are here to help people breakdown the barriers that are preventing them moving forward to an independent life.

Over the next three years, and as part of its next stage of development, BSD would like to better equip long-term unemployed young people with the right skills and growth for the future. In order to do that, BSD aims to offer five apprenticeships over the next three years. With support from the Foundation, BSD has been able to offer the first of these, an 18-month cycle mechanic apprenticeship.

By investing our time, expertise and support, we will help these young people to turn their lives around, become internationally accredited cycle mechanics and find meaningful employment after their apprenticeships come to an end. First Stop will identify young people who have faced disadvantages in life and have been long-term unemployed to take on these opportunities.

Denton Youth & Community Project Supporting local people to achieve their full potential

Denton Youth and Community Project (DYCP), was established in October 2000 following an extensive community-wide consultation exercise. The consultation was carried out by members of the local church following a sustained period of anti-social behaviour issues, resulting in damage to the church and church hall windows. It became clear that young people felt there weren’t enough services in the area for them to engage in or activities to divert their energies. They also felt that there weren’t enough services for people of all ages.

DYCP therefore aims to inspire and support children, young people and their families to achieve their full potential. The project seeks to empower participants to raise their self-esteem, confidence and aspirations so that in turn they enhance their life experience, contributing to them being full and active citizens.

Although DYCP has a focus on young people, we provide activities for all age groups and aim to bring generations together across the area. The project offers a weekly programme during term time and exciting holiday programmes during the summer and other holiday periods. We also serve as a drop in for people to access information and advice on a range of issues.

Our service is fully inclusive – no-one is excluded for any reason and everyone is valued as an individual. Our values are:

• To be responsive: – driven by the ideas, needs and desires of project users.
• To facilitate achievement: – we support people to achieve their goals, to improve their physical and mental well-being and to play a full and active role in society.

We run a number of junior and senior youth sessions, an afterschool club, a mature action group and a weekly lunch club. The lunch club is open to anyone to come along for a healthy, home cooked meal and the opportunity to socialise with others.

Our sessions for children and young people include sports and games, cookery, arts & crafts, project-based work and an opportunity to make friends in a friendly and welcoming environment. Throughout the year we also run various trips, visits and residentials as part of our regular and holiday activity programmes.

The Badur Foundation provided support towards staff salaries and activity costs, in order to help the organisation with financial stability as it looks to build the longer-term development of its services.

T-TUDOK

No Bad Kids // Pressley Ridge Hungary Foundation

Inbar Nonprofit Ltd.

BAGázs Association

Sector mapping SECTOR MAPPING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

The sector mapping focuses on organisations that help Roma and/or disadvantaged young people in the field of education. The aim of the research is to map out what kind of programmes and mentoring opportunities are available for students throughout their journey from early childhood to the age of 35.

The research collects data about the target groups of the initiatives by age, as well as on their geographical coverage. Moreover, the sector mapping examines methodologies and best practices that could be adopted in areas where support is not currently available for disadvantaged students.

The long-term goal of the sector mapping is to encourage partnerships and foster collaborations between non-profit organisations, in order to decrease the dropout rate for disadvantaged students at different educational stages and to support them throughout their careers to achieve their academic goals.

The research gathers information about the existing programmes through questionnaires, as well as conducting and analysing interviews with experts in the field and professionals from non-profit organisations. One of the short-term goals of the mapping is to establish a CRM system with an open data source, which can be accessed by organisations who are looking for partnerships to
achieve their long-term social impact in a more effective and efficient way.

In the first phase of the research, a questionnaire has been disseminated. The questionnaire is available via the following link.

The research is conducted by Absolute Giving Nonprofit Ltd. in collaboration with CEU Romani Studies Program and Badur Foundation.

Azért dolgozunk, hogy az ő gyerekeik már ne állami gondozottként nőjenek fel

Mennyit tud egy nyolcaddikos cigány diák?

https://telex.hu/belfold/2021/12/18/roma-diszkriminacio-lakhatas-alberlet-kereses

Ezeknek a gyerekeknek a legfőbb igényük és vágyuk egy szerető család - törődés, bizalom gyerekszem

Olyan karácsonyi ajándékot adna, aminek van értelme és még jót is tesz vele? Adunk néhány tippet

Badur Foundation is looking to appoint a Country Manager in Hungary.

Smile For Life Putting a smile on the face of every disabled and disadvantaged youngster

Smile For Life supports young people with disabilities and learning difficulties in various ways. It provides equipment which makes their day-to-day lives easier, experiences that enable them to make memories and challenge themselves in new and exciting ways, and even help with bedroom and garden makeovers to create an environment which is more accessible and appropriate for their needs.

Young people can also attend the ‘Tuesday Club’, an accessible place for young people with a range of disabilities to come and keep active, make friends, and, above all, have fun. The social aspect of the club is invaluable; reducing isolation encouraging new friendships and improving their all-round wellbeing. The two-hour sessions include a range of accessible sports and games, as well as a quiet area for more relaxed activities. Every year, Smile For Life also hosts a residential ‘Challenge Weekend’ which provides the opportunity for many young people to travel away from home with their friends and enjoy new physical activities and valuable social time together.

The charity has evolved and grown greatly during the 12 years since it was established. As a result of research with professionals, parents and carers, and young people, it became very clear that there is a long-term problem in disabled young people gaining employment upon leaving school. This is due to many factors; lack of awareness amongst employers, lack of support for young people making the transition, no opportunities to gain experience and confidence, and the suitability of roles available in the local jobs market.

As a direct result of this finding, the charity’s café ‘Café Beam’ was established in 2014 on its small premises in Gosforth; a real workplace where it can offer placements to youngsters with disabilities and learning difficulties who need support with their transition from education into the world of work. Café Beam is a beautiful café/bistro which is run by a team of young people with a variety of disabilities and learning difficulties. These youngsters help to prepare all of the produce, serve customers, operate tills and handle money as well as welcoming many different members of the community both as volunteers and customers.

Outcomes to date at the café have been wide and varied: all of the young people have learned new skills which are transferable to many workplaces, they have gained real life work experience through maintaining high standards of customer service, handling money, taking orders using modern technology, and communicating effectively with colleagues and customers.

Unexpected outcomes have also been abundant; the increase in confidence and mental well being of the youngsters by having a meaningful role and being a valuable member of a team, the motivation to travel to the workplace independently has opened up a great freedom for many, and an increased social circle with many firm friendships developing between members of the team.

With support from the Foundation, Smile for Life now seeks to extend its provision by offering a chef apprenticeship at Café Beam. The chef apprenticeship will be based predominantly in the kitchen as a trainee chef, although front of house duties and the administration side of the industry will also be taught as part of the role.

The position will be for 30 hours per week over 18 months and will offer one to one support and training for a youngster with autism so that they will receive all necessary skills and knowledge to move into a full-time position when the 18 months are complete. At the end of the placement, depending on the capacity of the café and the interests of the young person, Smile For Life aims to either support them into paid employment or to hire them as a valued member of the Café Beam team!

Where the Green Grants Went 8

Escape 2 Make Make friends, make things, make a difference.

Never before have young people so needed a service that enables them to escape the pressures of schoolwork, exams, home life, negative peer relationships and boredom. Never before has there been such a need to build interventions that help support poor mental health and wellbeing. Never before has there been so little available to address these needs.

Escape2Make (E2M) believes moving beyond the online world can promote emotional intelligence and empathy, and give space to explore and experiment so that young people can grow in confidence and resilience. E2M’s programmes also aim to support the growth of enterprising behaviour and attitudes, through active citizenship and meaningful youth-led projects.

E2M runs 15 creative projects for young people aged 11-18 over five weeks, ranging from baking and upcycling, through to music production and performance poetry. All of the projects result in youth-led events, including a mini Green Festival and cabaret.

As well as the 15 introductory projects, E2M aims to deliver more targeted support to the next generation of journalists, film makers, architects and conservationists. By delivering year-round activity to a smaller group of young people and by reaching those less advantaged, E2M aims to ignite the development of new skills, whilst providing an opportunity for young people to connect with like-minded peers.

The Foundation supported E2M to deliver its Press Club for children and young people. The club is run fortnightly and aims to give young people an understanding of career paths in this area, whilst developing new skills, confidence and friendships. Going forward, E2M aims to expand its offer, running 2 major projects each year as well as increasing its ongoing groups to 6 – including natural skills and yoga. E2M also seeks to explore the potential to expand and replicate its model into other parts of the country.

“E2M takes us away from school pressures and gives us a balance” Colette, aged 17

“Being able to try these new classes really opens up a whole new world” Matilda, aged 14

Wilder City Creating spaces for urban wildlife

The world has lost about 60% of wild vertebrates since 1970. Declines in insects (pollinators, detritus-eaters and foundations of carnivorous food chains) threaten to catastrophically destabilise global ecosystems. The UK is ‘among the most nature-depleted countries in the world,’ according to a 2016 report, with continuing declines in species such as skylarks, hedgehogs and many insects including butterflies. Only 8.5% of land is protected for wildlife, and only 40% of that is in good condition. As part of the efforts to restore biodiversity, we need to make sure that urban land is ‘wilded’.

Wilding is as much about soil restoration, flood mitigation, water and air purification, carbon sequestration and pollination as it is about more space for nature. However, rewilding and wilding can be a hard sell. Humans don’t like mess or uncertainty, and natural systems are dynamic, complex, untidy, and erratic. These are the characteristics that bring diversity and resilience. We must learn to read their inconvenience as a sign that all is well. We should be embracing the mess.

To address this challenge, Wilder seeks to make organisations and individuals aware of the benefits of creating wildlife gardens, as we need to start to live in harmony with nature. At a local scale, a window box can grow native wildflowers, which support local pollinators, and boxes for birds, bats and bees can be installed on most buildings. Wilder supports education in wilding practices, and policy change to shift city dwellers towards a flourishing relationship with nature.

Wilder’s goal is to wild one square mile in Southwark, central London by creating a network of people, projects and companies all committed to improving biodiversity. This could be anything from transforming a concrete space into a wildlife garden to putting up a bird box or building a pallet planter and filling it with butterfly friendly plants. No intervention is too small.

With support from the Foundation towards staff and project costs, Wilder aims to get at least 30 organisations and individuals to sign up to the Wilder Mile. It will offer tailored advice on how people can wild their space, and the team can also provide a design and/or planting service. Over a three-year period, Wilder plans to substantially improve biodiversity and air quality within one square mile and increase knowledge of wildlife-friendly practices. It hope this model will then be rolled out across other areas and other cities

Sole wild beaver colony threatened by sewage spills

GREEN SCHOOLS PROJECT Developing environmentally aware, empowered young people

Young people growing up today will have to live with the consequences of climate change and as demonstrated by the global school strikes, if they are given the opportunity, they have the drive and determination to lead societal change. However, British schools are not always addressing this issue with the urgency it requires.

Green Schools Project was founded in 2015, in recognition that the depth of environmental education in schools was not sufficient to address the scale of the climate change challenge. Schools account for around 2% of the country’s total carbon emissions. Eliminating the emissions of one school, a group of schools or even the entire education system will make a small contribution to cutting the UK’s overall carbon emissions. But developing a generation of young people with the knowledge, skills, and experience to help drive the transition to a sustainable society will make a far greater contribution. This is Green Schools Project’s ultimate goal.

Green Schools Project has grown from 3 pilot schools in 2015, to running its programmes in 89 schools around the country. Their early work focused on supporting the development of school eco-teams and providing climate related teacher training. This work evolved into Zero Carbon Schools, a programme providing expert support to individual schools to reduce their carbon emissions and take their first steps towards zero emissions. The programme engages participating schools in efforts to:

• Calculate their schools carbon footprint, in four key areas - energy, food, travel and purchasing.
• Plan and implement projects to reduce these emissions.

Through Zero Carbon Schools, pupils are offered the opportunity to run various projects such as reducing energy usage, encouraging sustainable travel to school, and reducing carbon emissions associated with school food consumption. Beyond this, it delivers teacher training to support teachers to include climate and nature in the curriculum to make their lessons more meaningful. The programme also supports schools to organise events for parents which raise awareness about climate change and what everyone can do to help, developing the school into a community learning hub for how to create a zero-carbon future.

With support from the Badur Foundation, Green Schools Project have trialled a new remote version of the Zero Carbon Schools programme, working with schools around the UK. This lighter-touch version aims to enable schools around the country to reduce their emissions and engage students in environmental projects. Students at schools nationwide will be involved at all stages, calculating the schools’ carbon emissions, working out what the most effective steps would be to reduce them and carrying out activities which support these steps.

The remote Zero Carbon Schools programme aims to be a collaborative project where schools support each other and develop effective ways of working together. Through linking schools together, increasing collaboration and sharing learning on effective emissions reductions projects more widely, Green Schools Project’s aim is that schools across the UK will learn about the feasibility of and practical steps needed to move towards zero carbon emissions. The pilot was used to test the scalability and sustainability of the programme, and following a successful year, the Badur Foundation are supporting Green Schools project with a second year grant to scale up and refine the Zero Carbon Schools programme.

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Youth Realities

Plastic Free North Devon

Green Schools Project

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Apricot Centre

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„Cigány kisgyerekkel azt éreztetni, úgysem lesz belőled senki, az iszonyú!” - Csörögi Tanoda riport

PLASTIC FREE NORTH DEVON Protecting the environment through community-led action

Many young people in North Devon don’t have the opportunity to access surrounding areas of natural beauty because of variable social and economic issues that exist within our community. Even for those that do, that doesn’t mean they are consciously thinking about how what they do impacts the very environment around them. The practical tools for people to act in a more environmentally conscious way are not there for our communities to use and act upon.

This sits right at the heart of PFND’s campaign to increase care and stewardship over the natural world through education alongside real-life opportunities and experience. It seeks to deliver an engaging and informative education programme to local communities that:

• Improves their understanding of the natural environment and its importance by encouraging a life-long love of nature;
• Inspires further self-learning about nature and persuades them to make more sustainable lifestyle choices;
• Encourages volunteering in northern Devon and beyond;
• Encourages everyone to feel that they can be part of the environmental conversation.

In the first year of the pilot, PFND took a multi-layered approach through the following activities:

1. School and community engagement, using virtual reality technology to bring nature to local communities.
2. Real-life experiences for secondary school students to visit Lundy and experience the wildlife and landscape themselves.
3. Paid ambassador roles and voluntary opportunities, providing meaningful employment and experience for those seeking a career in the environmental sector.

Findings from year 1 of the pilot demonstrated the project’s potential, summarised by teaching staff at Ilfracombe Academy:

“…The opportunity has given students not only an educational experience, but a chance to make a positive change which has had a positive impact on student’s confidence and wellbeing.”

Building on learning from the first year, the Foundation has supported PFND for a second year towards hiring a new staff member to manage the programme. The second year will trial a longer, 6-week outreach programme which aims to provide a progressive pathway for local students (ages 11-16) to learn about nature, both in school and on field trips. Students can also get involved in ‘eco clubs’ throughout the year.

The second phase of the pilot will also focus on further depth with a selection of year 10/11 students that were on the previous cohort, by offering ongoing volunteer opportunities and work experience placements with PFND and other local environmental organisations. The Foundation will work closely with the team to ensure ongoing sustainability of the programme and to secure longer-term funding opportunities.

Youth Realities On a mission to educate, empower and support young people

1 in 3 young people experience abuse from a partner, with 68% not receiving any support for their trauma. Domestic abuse has a social cost of £68 billion per year in the UK, and can be reduced through holistic, relationship-based and trauma-informed prevention work and sustainable, survivor-centred support services. Youth Realities (YR) aims to:

• reduce abuse within teenage relationships
• raise awareness through creative and inclusive education
• empower young people’s personal development and growth
• provide advocacy and trusted support for young survivors.

YR uses a feminist-led, intersectional model that is inclusive and centres on the safety, healing and experiences of young survivors, helping them rebuild their sense of self, resilience and empower them to move forward with their lives, free from violence and abuse. Youth Realities is based in Barnet, focusing on the pockets of poverty in the South West Localities, including Colindale and the Grahame Park Estate. COVID-19 has exacerbated the already challenging environments young people were living in, and being able to engage in YR’s work provides them with the guidance and support needed to navigate through the difficulties they are facing.

YR offers a range of provision including 1:1 support for young survivors of abuse, trauma, violence, exploitation and other adversity. It also runs a weekly dance, fitness and confidence building programme for young women aged 12-25, and a 15-week programme targeted at young men, helping them to shape themselves into happy, healthier and resilient young adults.

With support from the Foundation and others, YR seeks to sustain the increased demand for its services in response to COVID and other additional challenges, including a significant increase in domestic violence and abuse, youth violence, exacerbated mental health challenges, increased poverty and familial challenges, and increased social anxiety. YR has also moved premises as feedback showed some women felt increasingly unsafe when leaving its existing premises at night, due to poor street lighting. The Foundation provided support towards equipment for the new rented venue, which is a short walk away.

YR aims to continue offering support at the current level, working with high-need and vulnerable young people and supporting them to feel happier, healthier and safer. In the medium-term, YR is researching the potential to replicate its work in neighbouring Boroughs.

”Youth Realities took me in and transformed my story of being a victim to being a survivor. She [my youth worker] provided me with endless life changing opportunities, using my story and educating myself on domestic abuse in order not only to help myself but others. She brought out a totally different side of me, the side that had been lost and destroyed due to my past experiences. I began to realise my worth and potential, slowly my life began to turn back to normal, school life, family life and reconnected with old friendships.” Young Survivor

Brookside Theatre A theatre for the community, run by the community

Brookside Theatre is a community driven, 194-seat arts venue in Romford, which focuses on promoting and developing the arts by presenting a diverse, high quality programme of events and activities of national and local origin. The Theatre aims to entertain, enrich, inspire and educate the community by providing a theatrical experience that is both accessible and affordable, as well as facilitating social interaction and the chance to meet and engage with others.

In 2018, research found that children who have an interest or involvement in the performance arts are up to four times more likely to be recognised for their academic achievements and possess enhanced cognitive, motor and social skills. Participation in the arts also has a number of well-known benefits, from building confidence and developing communication skills through to increasing creativity and well-being. Locally, there has always been an inarguable lack of theatre productions aimed at young people. Brookside Theatre aims to change this by enriching the lives of the young people in the community and providing a sense of empowerment, escape and fun. Its initial youth production was The Tale of Peter Rabbit, a new musical adaptation based on one of Beatrix Potter’s most loved and endeared tales.

“Handed down from generation to generation, the story of the cheeky Peter Rabbit holds a special place in our hearts, so whether you’re looking for a hug of nostalgia or the perfect introduction to one of Beatrix Potter’s most famous tales, this is a truly charming production for the whole family to enjoy together; an enchanting experience for young and old alike.”

Each production culminated in a workshop for young audience members, offering the invaluable opportunity for participation as well as the chance to meet members of the cast. The opportunity for participation was also offered to local schools and the workshops were facilitated by the Theatre and industry professionals.

With support from the Foundation, the Theatre trialed subsidised tickets prices for the production alongside free tickets to financially disadvantaged families. This first two productions tested the sustainability of the model going forward and the potential for Brookside Theatre to offer a programme of affordable youth productions. When deciding upon future productions, the Theatre will consult young people, local schools and the education authority in order to ascertain which productions will serve to aid the current school curriculum, whilst being accessible to all. Visit Brookside Theatre’s website to find out more about future productions.

Apricot Centre Helping young people affected by the impact of leaving care

The Apricot Centre is a social enterprise and farm based at Huxham’s Cross in South Devon, growing a wide range of Biodynamic and Organic produce. On the farm, the team runs a well-being service, providing therapeutic support for families and children, using the farm and nature as a co-therapist. The centre offers a rich experience for children and their families, providing mentoring for young people with specific needs such as special education, behaviour or mental health.

The ‘Root to Rise’ project seeks to help young people affected by the impact of leaving care, whether that is foster care, adoption placements that have broken down, or children’s homes. There is currently a gap in services for young people transitioning from care into independent adult living. These young people often slip through the net and can find themselves isolated or turning to addiction, negative thoughts and tendencies, or are unable to move forward in their lives because of their traumatic childhood.

Root to Rise is an intensive two-day course using sustainable development and therapeutically underpinned nature-based activities to playfully explore the practical and emotional resources required to navigate such transitions. Through the project, young people are actively encouraged to reconnect with nature, find their voice and become a part of a community of like-minded young people. Whilst helping to improve physical, emotional and mental health, the project combines well-being activities and therapeutic support in a nature-based setting.

During the two days there are opportunities to try out:

• Sustainable development and nature-based skills, and discover how nature can be the greatest ‘life’ teacher.
• A safe place to reflect privately or openly how these new skills and/or ‘nature’s lessons’ relate to personal life experiences.
• An opportunity to explore how these ‘life’ lessons and individual reflections can be applied outside of the project.

Whilst the project will provide an intensive two-day course, the team will also use this as an opportunity to engage young people in other services they require, as many young people identified would benefit from regular group or individual therapy. The project aims to be the springboard for young people into accessing support as an adult and making positive steps forward in their lives.

Thomas (looked after young person – living independently):
“… really good that we can have the opportunity to share our experience and improve things for other young people leaving care – liked being given the opportunity to make something out of wood and use the tools.”

Barefoot Kitchen Plot to plate projects for people, places and the planet

Barefoot Kitchen provides support and expertise on a range of projects, from redistributing surplus food or turning an unloved garden into a productive space for food growing, to leading wild food walks and working with local communities to improve their surroundings. All of its work aims to help Middlesbrough’s communities become resilient to food access, affordability, and quality challenges arising from climate change, health crises, poverty and discrimination – to be food resilient.

Middlesbrough is one of the twenty most deprived authorities in England, with 40% of children living in poverty and since the March 2020 lockdown, 50% of children receiving Free School Meals reported a significant drop in their intake of fruit and vegetables.

Operating at a grassroots level, the Fig Alleys is a new community ‘plot to plate’ site, situated in the western fringe of Middlesbrough in the Ayresome ward. The Fig Alleys site area has a long history of food growing and until the 1990s, included a large allotment site known locally as ‘The Pig Alleys.’ This has now been removed and the Fig Alleys project aims to restore some of the opportunities and community spirit that the original site provided for local people.

The Foundation provided support towards the items and equipment needed for the new site, including a wooden greenhouse, irrigation system, groundworks and crop protection.

Key aims of the project include:

• Providing fresh fruit and vegetables to local households to improve food resilience;
• Providing opportunities for local people to learn about and engage with food, including growing, cooking and sharing, whilst demonstrating ideas they can replicate at home;
• Supporting the physical and mental well being of people visiting the Fig Alleys and creating a community network.

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Dr. Ambedkar Secondary School Supporting organisational development and financial stabilisation

The first year of the school’s operation (2016/2017) proved to be a great success. The school increased its student numbers, improved student retention, hired additional qualified teachers and established new educational partnerships. (Read more about the background of the project and the initial results here.)

Unfortunately, contextual factors made it challenging to operate the grammar school in a sustainable way. Disadvantaged young people were increasingly choosing to pursue vocational routes over grammar education, due to state scholarships provided exclusively in vocational schools. The continous drop in student numbers began to cause a serious financial deficit for the school.

A potential solution arose when the Hungarian educational authorities invited the school to participate in its „technikum” (NVQ) pilot programme that would offer an opportunity for students to complete their A-levels as well as gaining a vocational qualification. Importantly, the school could also offer financial support to enrolled students. The pilot started with a preparatory year in 2019, aiming to become fully operational from 2020 onwards.

The school continued to support grammar students whilst it integrated into the new programme. Unfortunately, due to a series of delays and legislative issues, full integration was pushed back a year. At the same time, the financial support previously provided by the government to help disadvantaged grammar students was withdrawn, meaning the school incurred additional costs for this provision (e.g. extra meals, transport, mentoring support etc.). These events caused a significant deficit in the school’s budget for 2020/2021 and led to crisis management measures being taken.

The Foundation provided professional support throughout this process, along with financial support to cover the costs of a financial audit and the recuitment of a Chief Operating Officer (COO). The audit aims to provide a reliable, independent assessment of the financial standing of the school, which will form an important element of its stability planning. Going forward, the COO will manage the financial stability of the school, as well as implementing fundraising activities, optimising internal processes, and liaising with external partners.

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CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMME PILOT IN A SCHOOL TEACHING VULNERABLE STUDENTS IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF BUDAPEST

Within the Creative Partnership Programme, professional artists/art students (including painters, architects, graphic/industrial/textile designers, musicians etc.) assist teachers to create learning environments in which students are fully engaged and become „high functioning”.

„The whole child is engaged in the learning experience, not only aspects of their mental processes, but their bodies, their emotions and their social skills. It is this sense of being ‘high functioning’ which leads to feelings of wellbeing within the child, and this in turn builds the resilience and confidence which underpins successful learning.” Reference: CCE (2015) A Creative Partnerships Pilot Maths Programme in Pecs, Qualitative evaluation report, p. 11.

The programme is always adapted to the local needs. The collaboration between teachers and artists focuses on tackling local difficulties highlighted by the schools themselves (e.g. reducing the risk of disengagement, development of cooperative skills, managing disruptive behaviour). The impact of the programme has been confirmed by international research done by Cambridge University and OECD.

“In one school, children were given big sheets of paper and asked to draw outlines of parts of their bodies which they then measured and used for other calculations. One girl, who generally remains detached from maths learning, became very absorbed in this task, experimenting with different ways of completing this task in a remarkably inventive way. This allowed her to explore the idea with her curiosity and imagination combined…. All the teachers reported that designing more physically active maths lessons had improved concentration and learning.” Reference: Collard et. al (2015) Creating creative learning environments by Creative Partnerships Programme - Evaluation of the Creative Partnerships Pilot Mathematics Programme in Pécs, p. 7.

Since 2002 – when CPP was introduced in the UK- 14 countries have adopted the programme, including Hungary. In 2013, the first Hungarian pilot was started by T-Tudok in collaboration with Creativity, Culture and Education (UK), the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts of the University of Pécs and 7 schools in Pécs (South-Hungary). After 3 years, the programme became sustainable and has been continuously running ever since. An important sustainability milestone was reached when the programme became integrated into the curricular offer of the Art University. Art students could participate in the programme as unpaid interns for school credit.

In 2020, a new pilot programme was started by T-Tudok in the suburban area of Budapest. Because of low rent prices in this area of Budapest (called Újpest), the number of highly disadvantaged children - who often come from Eastern Hungary- has recently increased in a music primary school. The school was struggling to fully accommodate the needs of these students, as well as to bridge the gap between them and middle-class students so the headmaster welcomed collaboration with the CPP team. The introduction of CPP’s “highly functioning classroom” methodology aims to increase the quality of teaching in the school and help disadvantaged, lower-achieving children to be engaged, learn efficiently and to increase their academic performance.

The CPP pilot in the music primary school aims to last three years. The work completed in the first semester was funded from the school’s own resources. The Foundation provided co-funding for the second semester and will assist the team in their planning to secure additional funding for the subsequent years, along with establishing a partnership with an Art University in Budapest.

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Woodshed Workshop

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Big River Bakery, Teesside A community bakery supporting refugees in Middlesbrough

Big River Bakery (Teesside) was based within Teesside University’s start-up incubator, which is situated right on the University campus and in the heart of the local community. Although primarily aimed at refugees, the bakery also reached out to other disadvantaged groups in the local area to provide training opportunities.

Big River Bakery was established in the North East in 2013, with a focus on developing community led initiatives that build a sustainable and equitable food economy at a local level. At its bakery in Shieldfield, Newcastle, it runs a baking and barista themed employability programme for local people furthest from the job market, as well as providing employment for people with disabilities.

The short-term aim of the Teesside bakery was to be a central hub for community bake days, courses in bread making, along with producing baked goods for local communities and running a subscription-based bread service. It provided regular baking experience opportunities for at least 10 people, along with qualifications and training opportunities.

Anna Lewis from Open Door North East described how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted refugees and asylum seekers in the region:

“Our clients would benefit greatly from the safe provision of community space and meaningful activity. Our clients often and clearly express their desire to work whilst seeking asylum (asylum seekers are not permitted to work) and to gain experiences that will enable them to be ‘work ready’ once they have been successful in their asylum claim. Covid has limited volunteering opportunities, which are invaluable to language acquisition, feeling of well-being and being a valued member of society.”

With support from the Badur Foundation, the team purchased core equipment for the bakery, which launched in Spring 2021 during a challenging period due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately the bakery could not continue to operate at the University site and in 2023, the equipment continues to be utilised at Big River Bakery’s Shieldfield site. A longer-term aim is still to replicate the bakery model in other locations in the North East - including a community bakery in Teesside.

WOODSHED WORKSHOP Providing good work through woodwork

Founded in 2018, Woodshed Workshop is a Community Interest Company that supports its service users with practical training and education to develop woodcraft and trade skills, enabling them to participate in real workshop-to-retail projects. This enhances and consolidates their employability skills while also engendering a sense of value and self-worth: helping them to build the confidence and soft skills that are crucial to success in employment and in everyday life. The team designs and creates high quality wood furniture and products through innovative use of reclaimed, recycled, reused, and ethically and locally sourced wood.

Woodshed Workshop has a strong focus on supporting the long-term unemployed, young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET), those with disabilities, and those who are, or who are at risk of being socially isolated. Based in Sacriston - County Durham, the team seeks to address social issues in the local area by engaging young people with their services and reconnecting them to their local community in a positive way.

With support from the Foundation, Woodshed Workshop now offers an accredited qualification alongside all of the other activities that take place to enable marginalised young people to enter meaningful employment or to access further training/education and to raise their aspirations. The young people engage in Skills for Employment, Training and Personal Development (SETPD), with sector specific units in construction. Training is delivered at a person-centered level, with options from Entry Level Three through to Level Two, with Awards, Certificates and in the longer-term Diplomas achieved. This will create a full education offer for those of varying abilities, starting points, progression aims and exit strategies.

The team supports low numbers in order to deliver flexible and tailored support, achieving high quality over quantity. To date, the team has worked with over 150 people, many of whom have progressed to further training, education or into secure, rewarding employment.

The Foundation supported Woodshed Workshop further with an emergency cash flow grant, due the reduction of traded income caused by COVID-19 and the lock down measures taken. From this support, Woodshed Workshop was able to fundraise further and has successfully stabilised operations. The Foundation continues to work with the team ongoing.

Resilience pilot programme To enhance the organisational resilience of charities

The aim of the Resilience pilot programme is to provide complex and tailored organisational development for charities working with marginalised communities in the fields of education and development, to improve the quality of life of their beneficiaries.

The intended overall outcome of the programme is to foster more resilient organisations, which can optimise their ways of working in a changing environment in order to effectively achieve their social impact. The opportunity to participate in the first round of the programme was offered to current and former partners of the Foundation by invitation.

The course of the programme:

The structure of the programme:

The programme consists of a workshop phase and a development phase.During the workshop phase, organisations participate in different workshops and form their development plan. This phase is implemented by the Badur Foundation in collaboration with the Flow Foundation.

In the development phase, organisations receive customised professional and financial support tailored to their needs and work towards the goals set in their development plan. The implementation of the development plan is a 2-year process, with an additional 1-year follow-up.

Organisations participating in the workshop phase were:

- Csodaműhely Egyesület (Wonderworkshop Association)
- Mahájána Foundation
- Tűzcsiholó Egyesület (Firestarter Association)
- No Bad Kid/Pressley Ridge Foundation
- Kreatív Partnerség (Creative Partnerships Hungary)

The workshop phase:

Over the course of 2021, five organisations had the opportunity to participate in 7 workshops, 4 of which were held online. During the 10-day holistic training programme the teams deepened their understanding in the following areas:

With the help of practical assignments, the teams are better able to address organisational challenges and define areas of development. In addition, each team received vital individual support by pro bono mentors and the whole training process was supported by an online learning platform, Promote®.

At the end of the workshop phase, the organisations presented their diagnoses and development plan to the Trustees of the Badur Foundation. On 24^th November 2021, Badur Trustees reviewed the plans and approved further financial and professional support for the following organisations:

- Csodaműhely Egyesület (Wonderworkshop Association)
- Mahájána Foundation
- Tűzcsiholó Egyesület (Firestarter Association)
- Kreatív Partnerség (Creative Partnerships Hungary)

The development phase:

In the second phase of the programme, the above 4 organisations will receive customised professional and financial support tailored to their development plans and needs. The capacity building period covers 2 years, from January 2022 to December 2023. During the second year, Trustees will reaffirm the support to each individual organisation based on the results of the first year.

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CHARITY SHOPS IN NORTH-EAST HUNGARY Providing employment and access to quality second-hand products

The mission of the Live Consciously Association is “to prevent the children whose parents were formerly in foster care from being taken into state care” through providing complex support for families in poverty as well as youth in foster care. The Association was established in 2000 and initially implemented prevention programmes in different regions of Hungary.

In 2017, the first charity shop was opened in southern Hungary, in Kecskemét, providing job opportunities for a young adult formerly in foster care. Currently, the Association is focusing on North-East Hungary and opened a charity shop in Tiszadob, in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.

The goal of the Association is to launch a rural charity shop network and fair in the surrounding disadvantaged settlements of Tiszadob. The network will secure employment for the beneficiaries and provide access to second-hand products including white goods and furniture at an affordable price, helping to improve the quality of life of the local community. Moreover, any profit generated by the shops and fairs will be used to help families in need.

Based on the business plan developed in the Hatchery Programme 2019, Badur Trustees awarded a grant to the Association as a 50% contribution towards the purchase of a van, as well as professional support to help them to develop a rural charity shop and fair network. Moreover, the Trustees awarded an extra grant to develop their PR and marketing activities through creating a communication strategy and improving the branding of the charity shop.

The first new charity shop was opened in the neighbouring Tiszadada in November 2020. The initial revenue was lower than expected due to the COVID-19 situation, along with less local awareness of the Association. Finding new customers and increasing marketing activities is a current focus.

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Launching a Sandwich Manufactory Creating employment opportunities for a vulnerable community

The Association works with vulnerable people living in Pécs-Somogy. Besides community development, it has been running entrepreneurial activity for three years, which aims to create occasional job opportunities for disadvantaged people.To expand its business of selling chips and donuts at nearby festivals, the Association launched a sandwich manufactory in 2021 in order to create additional employment opportunities. The business model was designed in the Hatchery Programme. Badur Trustees awarded financial support to create the kitchen and purchase kitchen equipment for the manufactory. Badur also provided further professional support, which aims to ensure the successful implementation of the business idea.

The initial experiences of the sandwich manufactory are promising. The Association is developing stable resale cooperation with local shops and expanding its product range in accordance with customer requirements.

Under the Hatchery Programme, the Association was also awarded a loan to purchase a second set of equipment for its chips and donuts stand so that it could increase sales at festivals. After the cancellation of festivals due to COVID-19, the Association decided to delay the use of the loan and may draw it down later in consultation with the Foundation.

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Devon Environment Foundation Protecting and restoring nature in Devon

Devon enjoys diverse, valuable wildlife habitats including woodlands, wetlands, moorlands, meadows, hedgerows, rivers, estuaries, and many more beneath the surface of its coastal waters. Over recent decades, Devon’s natural assets have significantly diminished. To restore nature’s balance they require urgent, transformative action to protect what is left and regenerate what has been lost, DEF channels vital funding and support to local projects to enable them to achieve their goals, expand, and share best practice to replicate the benefits in neighbouring areas.

The Badur Foundation supported DEF in the early stages of its formation, as well as taking a place on its Steering Committee in its first year of operation. While many environmental initiatives focus on single issues, DEF supports projects that fall into three broad themes: landscape regeneration, river restoration, and marine conservation.

DEF’s vision is to see at least 30% of Devon ‘for nature’ by 2030. They intend to fulfil this by working with local partners to implement bold nature regeneration projects that can be replicated and scaled, enabling local nature recovery to leave a positive legacy for future generations. DEF is now in its third year, having supported projects ranging from a regenerative agriculture training school, to seaweed farming and beach clean-ups. As an established organisation in Devon, DEF are now encouraging more projects to start-up, enhancing their impact by sharing their expertise as well as financial support. DEF will continue to fill a crucial funding gap for smaller, innovative projects, directing funds where they are needed quickly to unlock maximum returns for nature.

The Foundation is pleased to support DEF for a third year following a successful partnership working towards the shared goal of supporting grassroots projects that regenerate nature, especially those that can be replicated and scaled.

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Catering Social Enterprise Helping homeless people by reinvesting organisational profit

The homeless shelter was established about twenty years ago. As well as a stable and secure environment, the shelter provides various services to vulnerable people in the area (e.g. a daily meal, leisure activities, access to washing facilities etc.). The shelter also provides tailored support to its beneficiaries in order to help their reintegration into society and the labour market. The shelter offers valuable opportunities for numerous homeless people to recover from their crisis and move forward with their lives.

Inbar recognised that the shelter’s kitchen could provide catering services for external customers and its expansion could generate additional income for the shelter. In addition, the kitchen could provide transitional employment opportunities for its beneficiaries, contributing to their skills development, restoring their self-esteem and providing a job reference. After its initial success, Inbar applied to Badur’s Hatchery Programme in 2019 to develop a detailed business plan focusing on the scale up of its catering services. The business plan highlighted three areas that are necessary for the expansion: i) to increase online food sales, ii) to upgrade its marketing activities, iii) to develop kitchen equipment. The financial calculations were very promising, so Badur Trustees awarded a loan to implement the business concept.

While the scaling up process was stalled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the expansion started in the second half of 2020. Inbar’s catering services aim to target three main business areas: community and business events, school-canteens and food delivery services. As the first step, the website will be developed to ensure Inbar can handle increased demand for its food services on a professional level. The Foundation will support further development phases as needed.

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Make Your Way Supporting prison leavers through meaningful community projects

Make Your Way CIC is a social enterprise founded by Loree Moran-Wilson, an ex-offender (due to addiction) who has reformed, gained a BSc honours degree in Criminology from Northumbria as well as many other qualifications. Make your Way primarily supports ex-offenders in the community, teaching small groups to restore furniture whilst supporting each individual to re-integrate into society and gain meaningful experience.

Make Your Way also holds the Local Welfare Provision contract for Sunderland City Council and delivers new and restored furniture directly to families in need. Recipients of the furniture are usually vulnerable and low-income residents who have little or no furniture and who therefore don’t have the disposable income to purchase necessities such as beds and sofas.

To gain additional organisational income, Make Your Way sells affordable, preloved furniture through its two new outlets in Sunderland and Newcastle, something it aims to expand. It also seeks to train more people through the upcycling of furniture and production of bespoke items, once Make Your Way has additional resource and capacity in place. With funding from the Badur Foundation, Make Your Way gained business support from Social Enterprise Acumen to develop a strategic and financial plan, enabling it to improve its viability and further develop its services.

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