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We are Steward Community Woodland, known locally as Steward Wood. We’re a group of people (currently twelve adults and nine children) who are living and working together on 32 acres of plantation woodland which we own on a steep hillside. Since the community was founded in 2000, we've been experimenting with permaculture food growing and land use, community dynamics, renewable energy and appropriate technology, building our own dwellings using low-impact materials, small-scale woodland management and experiential and home education.

We need to raise £38,000 in order to mount an effective legal challenge to the latest local planning authority decision to refuse us permanent planning permission. As things stand, we face eviction and the destruction of our houses and the loss of a home for our families and our community – the thought of this is devastating: we are determined to challenge this decision as best we can, and that means hiring a fantastic legal team to fight our corner in April when the case will go before the Planning Committee. Sadly, planning lawyers don’t come cheap and preparing the best case for us is a massive amount of work, but our future as a community and as individuals and families hinges on this legal challenge. We need all the help we can get.

Please support us by sharing this film far and wide and pleging your support on our crowdfunder page at: http://bit.ly/savestewardwood