The Big Build pt2 at the GED!

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WoRD and the Garden of Earthly Delights need a new workshop and an upgraded compost toilet!

by Woodshop of Recycled Delights CIC in London, Greater London, United Kingdom

 donated match funding
Aviva Community Fund is providing live match funding

Help the Woodshop of Recycled Delights build a covered workshop, timber storage area, and a compost toilet for the Garden of Earthly Delights!

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About the Woodshop of Recycled Delights CIC

The Woodshop of Recycled Delights CIC (WoRD) was founded in 2021 to address two urgent challenges: the growing issue of timber waste and the lack of carpentry opportunities for communities traditionally excluded from DIY skills training.

What we do:

  • Run free, accessible workshops to teach carpentry skills and introduce safe power tool use
  • Promote carbon literacy to help people understand environmental responsibility
  • Rescue timber from the waste stream and repurpose it to extend the life of materials
  • Host build days in the Garden of Earthly Delights where we come together to create
  • Provide practical solutions like planters, repairs, and bespoke builds for gardens, schools, food banks, and parklets across London

So far, we’ve:

  • Saved over 14 tonnes of timber from waste
  • Offset 25 tonnes of CO2 emissions
  • Delivered workshops to 1179 people across London

But now we need your support to continue growing and improving our space!

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The Garden of Earthly Delights: Our Community Hub

The Woodshop of Recycled Delights operates from the Garden of Earthly Delights (GED), an urban oasis in the heart of London. It began as a small, grassroots space outside Hackney Central Station and quickly gained support, leading to our own plot offered by the council. After five years of building this incredible community resource, we’ve just secured a three-year lease to continue growing.

The GED offers:

  • Free workshops on gardening, composting, and green crafts
  • A peaceful space for community connection and environmental education
  • Organic produce grown year-round

Together, WoRD and GED are offering a unique combination of practical skills, community connection, and environmental education in Hackney, and we need your help to improve our infrastructure!

The Problem We’re Facing

The demand for our workshops is higher than ever, and our outdoor workshop is no longer enough to meet the needs of our community. Despite our success, our tools and timber are often exposed to the elements, and when it rains we struggle to run workshops, and our stock of reclaimed timber is at risk of rotting!

Without a covered workshop, we’re unable to operate during bad weather, and our reclaimed materials are at risk. But with your help, we can solve this problem and continue doing what we do best.

Our Solution: The Covered Workshop

With £5000, we can build a covered workshop area at the back of the garden. This new space will include:

  • Expanded wood storage to protect our materials from the elements
  • A dedicated area for tools and workbenches
  • A weatherproofed environment to keep our workshops running all year round

With this shelter, we’ll be able to:

  • Run workshops in any weather
  • Ensure our tools don’t rust
  • Protect our reclaimed wood from winter rains
  • Securely store people’s projects
  • Increase workshop safety
  • Help even more community gardens across London

Once we have this covered workshop, our work can continue unhindered, and we can deliver even more value to the community.

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A New Compost Toilet for GED

In addition to the workshop, we also need to improve the toilet facilities at GED. Currently, the garden only has a basic bucket toilet that is uncomfortable, unsanitary, and inaccessible for many of our users—especially for gender-diverse and disabled patrons.

We want to build a new composting toilet that will be accessible, comfortable, and environmentally friendly. The composting toilet will:

  • Be designed with input from the community to ensure accessibility and comfort
  • Convert waste into soil-enriching compost to support the garden’s growth
  • Be equipped to handle all toilet-related needs

With £5000, we’ll have enough to design and build this much-needed facility, creating a safe, welcoming space for everyone who visits GED.

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How You Can Help

We need to raise £10,000 to make these improvements possible. This will cover both the covered workshop and the composting toilet.

By donating to this Crowdfunder, you’ll help us:

  • Build a weatherproofed workshop that will allow us to continue running workshops year-round
  • Create a sustainable, accessible composting toilet to make GED more inclusive for everyone

Every pound you donate will be doubled thanks to match funding from Aviva, who are supporting positive climate action and community-driven projects like ours. This means your contribution will have twice the impact, helping us make a bigger difference in the community and reduce our carbon footprint.

Your Impact:

  • £10 becomes £20 thanks to Aviva’s match funding
  • £50 becomes £100
  • £250 becomes £500

Every donation, big or small, brings us closer to a safer, more sustainable space where we can continue our work in the community and protect our planet.

Join Us in Building the Future of GED and WoRD

The Woodshop of Recycled Delights and the Garden of Earthly Delights are making a real difference in Hackney and beyond. We’ve already saved tons of timber from the waste stream, delivered essential skills to thousands of people, and provided a welcoming space for people to connect with nature and each other. But we need your support to take the next step.

Please donate today to help us build the infrastructure we need to continue growing, creating, and connecting. With your support, we’ll be able to make an even bigger impact in 2025 and beyond.

Thank You for Your Support!

Together, we can build a sustainable, inclusive community hub that will benefit people and the planet for years to come. Every contribution counts.

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Rewards

This project offers rewards in return for your donation.

£10 or more

Public thank you on our socials

Thanks for your contribution! We’ll be posting regular updates on our fundraising progress to our instagram, and every donor will be recognised with a big soppy THANK YOU!

£25 or more

GED Photo Postcard and a packet of seeds

Grow your own GED off-shoot! We’ll post you a packet of seeds grown and harvested at the Garden of Earthly Delights, along with a high quality photo print photo of a sunny summers day at the GED for inspiration.

£35 or more

1 of 10 claimed

Mutual Solidarity Tea Towel

Clean your hands of the sins of capitalism and then dry them with a limited edition print of a Commit to: Mutual Aid, Fellowship, Reciprocity tea towel.

£50 or more

0 of 20 claimed

a WoRD Keychain and your name on the Donors

We want to recognise everyone who supports us in this project- the Garden and WoRD are nothing without the community that participates and co-creates it! We will be putting up a donor's wall, and we'd like to recognise you in it! Along with this you’ll be gifted a beautifully treated and completely unique piece of reclaimed timber, made into a keychain and imprinted with the WoRD stamp.

£100 or more

0 of 10 claimed

A WoRD Pallet Mallet and your name on the wall!

Handmade by the WoRD team out of our very own pallet blocks - a reclaimed timber pallet mallet, with the word logo and a custom message.

£200 or more

0 of 5 claimed

A reclaimed timber planter & your name on the wall

Take home a piece of WoRD history - a planter made in one of the sessions. Pair with our GED photo postcard and seed packet reward for a complete growing kit! Collection from the GED by arrangement

£250 or more

0 of 5 claimed

Private Woodworking experience

Get yourself a 1:1 session with one of the WoRD facilitators, who can show you through the methods they're using, or hone the session to a project that you have in mind

£500 or more

0 of 1 claimed

Be the first person to use the compost toilet!

The star prize - a very special honour and privilege indeed! YOU can christen our brand new bathroom, and start the first batch of compost!


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