In order to distinguish Forest Hill’s mural from the blue and yellow colour scheme of Brockley’s design, Lionel will tweak the yellow colour (shown in the mock-up) to a London Overground orange.
Location
The site for this mural will be Waldram Crescent (AKA South Circular) under the railway bridge, on the eastern side as indicated here:
We have agreement in principle from Network Rail, who own the underpass. The artist has worked with them on similar projects around South East London. The Horniman Museum have been supportive of our use of the walrus mascot.
Hi I have donated but just wanted to ask whether any of the funding is coming from the local council? Whilst it’s lovely to see the community come together to enable projects such as these it does feel like the Council should provide some funding or even match contributions pound for pound. This project will benefit everyone in the local area, making Forest Hill a more welcoming and enjoyable place to live.
I did look into the paperwork for applying for council funding but it specifically applies only to non-profits and SE23.life is owned by my private limited company so I cannot apply directly. There are also other paperwork requirements that may have delayed the project.
I would like future projects to be a collaboration between SE23.life and local non-profits, in which case we’ll be able to work together to secure council funding.
With crowdfunders, the action tends to happen in the last 24 hours before the deadline… However, with Forest Hill behind it, our crowdfunder may finish ahead of schedule - showing the amazing community spirit of SE23.
Special thanks to our major donors so far:
@anon5422159: £500 (part funded by all the businesses who promoted on this forum)
I think @Anotherjohn may be able to help me with a parking solution for @Lionel with unlimited time round the back of my shop on D Rd. This could work if materials are not too heavy to carry just down the Road
Since it looks like we’re almost there on the funding (well done everyone!) can you just reconfirm:
(i) does the crowdfund automatically stop accepting donations once the target is achieved?
(ii) does the £2500 amount include any buffer for annual upkeep and grafitti prevention (if not could the amount be increased to do so)?
Thanks to your donation and others, the project will now become a reality.
In just 75 hours, the SE23 community donated over £2,500 - an astonishing success!
The £2,500 does include a six-month period where @Lionel will fix any grafitti. The excess will be donated to the Forest Hill Society, which is a well-known local non-profit organisation. They have a fund for local projects, and are able to accept a small excess from this crowdfunder.
We’ve raised the money required for this project, and for logistical reasons we will try to avoid radically exceeding the target. It’s very straightforward to create new crowdfunders in future for further work. There have been some great suggestions of lighting, planters etc, but these will require further planning.
