Fundraising

As a ‘not-for-distributory-profit’ voluntary organisation we are totally reliant on our fundraising initiatives, grant applications and donations.

Given the extensive nature of the project considerable effort has gone into securing external funding to enable major capital expenditure projects, and hence the rest of the project, to go ahead. All monies are spent directly on the procurement of services and the purchase of related equipment, materials and plants. Administration and transport costs, etc, are borne personally by members of the team as part of their ongoing commitment to the project.

Funds are used in a wide range of ways reflecting the aims and objectives of the project. Examples of recent expenditure include the fitting of new gates at the rear entrance, the installation of information boards on site, the purchase of gravel and topsoil for the refurbishment of graves, the creation of a rose garden at the front of the graveyard, and the rebuilding of the end section of the front wall section, planting of new hedging behind, erecting signage and creating a flower bed on top.

Funding and donations have been received from private individuals and the organisations mentioned below in support of the project. Bedding plants and horticultural supplies have also been received from Bradford Metropolitan Council Parks and Landscape Service.

ABL (Action for Business)
Bradford Vision
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
CNET
CVS
Heaton Baptist Chapel
Heaton Urban Village Partnership
Manningham Partnership
Skipton Building Society
Yorkshire Building Society

A range of activities is undertaken by the Project which include:

Open Days and coffee mornings.
Bring and Buy and Table Top sales.
Raffles.
Sale of plants and bulbs.
‘A Tree for Life’ scheme.

The Project also runs an ‘Adopt a Grave’ scheme, to encourage members of the public to ‘adopt’ and look after a grave of their choice. Newsletters are produced twice a year and are distributed to ‘Friends of Heaton Graveyard’, including overseas members who have local connections.

Other on-going project activity includes the collection of photographs and information about Heaton families, with a view to producing a local studies book, and the taking of cuttings from existing plants and shrubs to ‘grow on’ for planting the following season in new areas.