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What is 2025 bringing for Frugaldom?

Friends of Frugaldom - membership to the support group will remain at it's current rate of £5 per month. (After fees are deducted by PayPal and Stripe, if you use that option on the page, we can receive as little as £4.30 so every penny really does count.) The group (our virtual family) comprises regular subscribers, supporters and volunteers. Friends of Frugaldom are the backbone of this project, which incorporates art with nature.

Pony Partners - Relates to those people who contribute a little extra towards the costs for the ponies that live here. Our eldest pony is Ginger, who is 30+ years old. He has been with us since 2018, arriving from another rescue centre. Pony partners can pay from £10 per month, which includes their £5 Friends of Frugaldom contribution.

Wildlife Watchers - Frugaldom is a rewilding project that has developed over the past 10 years. We have come from a clear felled area with marshland to a flourishing working woodland, thanks mainly to the generosity of The Woodland Trust and their sponsors. Each year, they have sent us hundreds of native saplings so we have now planted over 10,000 into hedges, woodlands, shelter belts and wildlife corridors. Last year, we raised enough funds to buy trail cameras and den boxes for pine martens. One of the huts, known as the Pine Marten Lodge, is now used for group members joining us for regular wildlife watch evenings and weekends. For this, we set the minimum at £25 per month, £5 of it for Friends of Frugaldom membership and the balance (after fees) contributes towards creating and maintaining wildlife habitats, feed and surveillance equipment.

Happy Hutters - At £50 per month, these are the people who look after the huts on site. These Friends of Frugaldom come along for longer stays, helping during tree planting, volunteering their spare time to help look after the animals and participating in various projects while enjoying recreational time staying in the off-grid huts. The huts also provide retreat space where our happy hutters can simply relax and enjoy being at one with nature.

To find out more about Friends of Frugaldom and to get involved, see the Frugaldom ko-fi club page and consider supporting the project. We are not a charity or a business, we are simply a group of people volunteering our time and energy creating an outdoor space that can be enjoyed while providing a safe environment for the animals, currently 7 ponies, 2 goats, 6 feral cats) and wildlife including pine martens, fixes, rabbits and badgers.