Cash-strapped urban farm saved after appeal

A cash-strapped urban farm has thanked the local community after their fundraising efforts helped secure its future.

Neil Campbell and Joanna Holbrook-Morris launched an appeal to raise £40,000 to save Nunny's Farm in Grimsby.

They feared most of the animals would have to be put to sleep without the extra funds.

However, in an update, Mr Campbell said: "I think the fact we've now reached our target shows how much the farm means to the local community."

He added: "The support and love we've been shown has been quite overwhelming."

Mr Campbell said some people had gone "above and beyond" with their fundraising efforts, including a young boy called Harry who raised £960 doing laps of People's Park in Grimsby in bad weather.

The farm, on the Nunsthorpe estate, launched a fundraising appeal in November.

At the time, Mr Campbell said the farm had suffered from bad weather and flooding over the past year, as well as increased wage costs.

He said it was important to reflect on how the business was run.

"I don't want to be one of those organisations that are constantly asking for money," he said.

"We have to be more sustainable and make sure this is the one and only time this happens, so the farm is there for generations to come."

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