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Short form text for communicating WCCBS share proposition
Wakelyns is at risk.
Please buy shares in the Community Benefit Society and prevent the pioneering agroforestry research site from being sold on the open market.
With your help Wakelyns can continue to be a pathfinder for the future of social and ecological farming as it has been for the last 30+ years.
Please help us secure Wakelyns’ future. For more information and to buy shares or donate: www.wakelyns.org
Long form text for communicating WCCBS share proposition
Wakelyns is raising £1 million to secure its future
The latest record temperatures demand urgent action to tackle the climate crisis. The latest Government policy is for 10% of UK farmland to be agroforestry by 2050. But, as reported in The Guardian [today][this week][etv] – one of the pioneer agroforestry projects in Europe and long term demonstration sites is at risk.
Established through first-mover agroforestry planting in 1994, Wakelyns in Suffolk has become a lighthouse site for progressive farming and land use. Wakelyns prioritises environmental protection and enhancement, community and social engagement, scientific research and education.
14 Wakelyns supporters in 2025 established a charity (the Wakelyns Charitable Community Benefit Society) to secure the future of the Wakelyns site through community ownership. If they can raise enough to pay half its value by the end of 2026, the other half will be gifted to the Society and the goal of securing its long-term future will be completely achieved. If they fail, it will be placed on the open market and its long-established legacy as a public facing agroecological, scientific, and social project will likely be lost.
To help raise the funds they have launched a community share offer. Please help tackle the climate, nature and social crises by securing Wakelyns in community ownership. Please donate (which attracts Gift Aid) and/or buy between 114 and 100,000 shares at £1 each to become a voting member of the charity. We need to raise just over £ 1 million to secure the future of this key site.
For more information and to buy shares or donate: www.wakelyns.org
Short form text for social media
We need to save Wakelyns!
Help us raise £1million to secure Wakelyns future as a beacon of hope and inspiration for future generations.
The pioneering agroforestry site is at risk of being sold without your help. Please buy shares in our new Community Benefit Society or donate here. More information: www.wakelyns.org
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More information about Wakelyns: www.wakelyns.co.uk. More information about the Wakelyns Charitable Community Benefit Society and the share offer: www.wakelyns.org.
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Additional info for press / collaborators:
Wakelyns is:
* An oasis in the East Suffolk industrial farming landscape, supporting habitats including meadows, scrub, mature hedges, herbal leys, rewilding and agroforestry treelines (rewilding corridors).
* A demonstration hub for international and scientific events, and educational events involving farmers and growers, local schools and many other institutions.
* A venue for a wide variety of local community programmes and events including the Wakelyns annual Dal Festival, nature walks and related activities, which engage diverse communities from across Suffolk.
* An incubator for micro-businesses linked to the land including through cooking/ baking, craft or space for learning and wellbeing. Integral to the farming, the businesses create economic, health, environmental and social synergies, and business opportunities for local people combining production with habitat protection and enhancement. and
* An Inspiration for academic research (it was one of eight sites across Europe chosen to assess the long-term benefits for habitats and nature of agroforestry and features in many other research projects). Long-term collaborator, the Organic Research Centre, produced a booklet and directory of its Wakelyns work and the contribution to sustainable and resilient farming. PhDs at Wakelyns study soil health, tree and crop interaction and climate forecasting. The pioneering Wakelyns YQ ‘population wheat’ (now grown around Europe, adapting to its local environment) gives food resilience without harmful synthetic chemical inputs.
