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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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In the space provided below, please insert a general account of the company’s activities in the financial year to which the report relates, including a description of how they have benefited the community. During this financial year, Artemisia conducted consultation at local events including the festivals Folk in a Field, Harlequin Fayre and Strumpshaw Tree Fair, whilst offering workshops on herbal medicine making and the foraging of local plants and fungi. Following feedback from these events, the company began a community clinic offering low-cost herbal medicine consultations on a sliding fee scale. A crowdfunding appeal was launched to raise funds for the initial creation of a herbal medicine dispensary, including equipment to make herbal medicines. The appeal raised £1778, which was enough to purchase enough tinctures and dried herbs to begin conducting consultations and dispensing herbal prescriptions. A base has been established, consisting of a herb room alongside a community medicine garden. Some of the crowdfunded money was used to install shelving and drying racks in the room and make it suitable for consultations. The room has provided a space for the dispensary, for locally grown and foraged herbs to be made into medicines, consultations to be conducted and educational workshops to take place. Workshops including herb walks led by a medical herbalist have also taken place in the surrounding grounds which consist of 5 acres of orchard, nut groves and gardens. An area of the grounds was cleared and a community medicine garden has been set up, with nursery beds planted up and new beds created, supported by a small group of volunteers and the landowner. Workshops on topics including Medicinal Mushrooms, Fermented Foods and Tincture Making were offered on a sliding fee scale over the named period and these have been very well attended. A regular herb study and garden group was also offered, enabling attendees to connect with herbs in an experiential way. Participants reported feeling better able to take care of their own health and that of their loved ones, feeling more connected to their environment and more confident to use the plants that grow around them. As a result of the activities, at least one participant has gone on to further study of herbal medicine and many more report foraging more, growing and using more herbs at home.
The company’s stakeholders are predominantly people with a desire to access herbal medicine in the form of consultations, workshops and outdoor spaces where herbs are growing. Many are local but some are from further afield and plan to access services online. Questionnaires were given out to those visiting Artemisia’s stall and attending workshops at festivals. Responses indicated that participants were interested in learning more about herbal medicine. Most were interested in attending workshops in person and many were interested in attending online sessions. Some respondents wanted to spend time in community medicine gardens with experienced herbalists. Most said that they did not have as much access to herbal medicine as they would like. Most people described lack of knowledge and lack of funds as barriers to accessing herbal medicine, so Artemisia has provided a range of educational workshops, offering them on a sliding fee scale to make them more financially accessible. Some free spaces have been offered when this has been viable. Medicinal mushrooms, women’s health, making preparations including infused oils and creams, foraging native herbs and gut health, were all popular choices of workshop topics. Participants indicated that they would be interested in full and half day workshops and what people could afford to pay ranged widely. Several workshops on ‘Introduction to Medicinal Mushrooms’, one ‘Natural Menopause’, and 3 herb foraging walks were offered from Artemisia’s base Most people could afford to pay £8 per week for a herbal prescription and £25 for an initial consultation, so this has initially been set as the lowest rate. Many people also said that they struggled to access places where herbs grow, so offering herb walks locally and creating a community medicine garden were earmarked as priorities. Consultation was also carried out with regular attendees of the garden group in the form of a permaculture design survey and questionnaire. Ideas for the layout of the garden were taken on board and themes have been implemented The garden design and aims have been informed by this. The landowner was also involved in the permaculture design survey and questionnaire and supports the herb garden design plan going forwards. He expressed a wish to help with the creation of a boundary around the garden.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
15 November 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Katy Louise Fullilove
Status: Director