Healthy soil sits quietly beneath almost everything we depend on.

Our food. Our water. Our climate. Our wellbeing.

 

Yet in cities, soil is often invisible, sealed over, or treated as an afterthought. At the same time, tonnes of food waste leave our neighbourhoods every week, removed from sight and disconnected from the places that could benefit from it most.

 

Generation Soil CIC exists to reconnect these broken loops.

 

Your donation supports community composting in Bristol, local food waste collection, soil education, and regenerative urban growing, helping turn food waste into living soil and return it to the communities it came from.

 

This is not charity at a distance.

It is care, returned locally.

 

 

​

Why Donations Matter

 

Most food waste systems are designed around speed, efficiency, and removal. When composting happens far away from people, responsibility disappears along with understanding.

 

We work differently.

 

By keeping composting local and visible:

 

• Food waste becomes legible, not hidden

• Smell becomes information, not fear

• Compost becomes familiar, not mysterious

• Participation replaces guilt

 

This is the difference between disposal and regeneration.

 

Your donation helps us hold composting close to everyday life, where learning, care, and soil health can grow together.

 

 

​

What Your Donation Supports

 

Community Composting Infrastructure

 

Donations help us build and maintain decentralised composting hubs across Bristol. These are physical places where food waste is processed locally and returned to soil rather than exported out of the city.

 

This includes:

 

• Compost bays and in-vessel systems

• Bokashi fermentation infrastructure

• Tools, materials, and ongoing maintenance

 

Learn more about community composting in Bristol and how it works.

 

 

Local Food Waste Collection

 

Your support helps subsidise household and business food waste collection in Bristol, making participation accessible regardless of income.

 

This keeps organic material within local nutrient cycles and supports:

 

• Allotments

• Community gardens

• Urban growers

 

See how food waste collection feeds back into local soil.

 

 

Soil Education and Workshops

 

We deliver hands-on, sensory workshops that help people understand soil as a living system rather than an abstract concept.

 

Donations enable:

 

• Free and low-cost community workshops

• School and youth sessions

• Public compost and soil events

 

Explore our soil education workshops and learning programmes.

 

Learning happens after you put your hands in.

 

 

Living Compost and Urban Growing

 

Donations help us produce and return living compost to gardens, growers, and community spaces across Bristol.

 

This supports:

 

• Soil health and structure

• Microbial diversity

• Biodiversity and food resilience

 

Discover how living compost supports regenerative growing.

 

 

​

What Makes Generation Soil Different

 

Generation Soil CIC is not a waste contractor or a compost retailer.

 

We are a Community Interest Company working at the intersection of:

 

• Soil science

• Community practice

• Education

• Care

 

We measure success not only in tonnes collected, but in:

 

• Soil health

• Participation

• Learning

• Visibility

• Long-term stewardship

 

Read more about what Generation Soil is (and is not).

 

 

How to Donate

 

You can make a one-off or regular donation to support our work.

 

Every contribution helps, whether it funds:

 

• A compost bay

• A workshop place

• A bucket of living compost returned to soil

 

👉 Donate to Generation Soil CIC

 

If you’re interested in:

 

• Corporate or organisational support

• Funding a specific project

• Long-term partnership

 

Please get in touch at hello@generationsoil.co.uk.

 

 

Transparency and Accountability

 

As a Community Interest Company, all surplus is reinvested directly into our mission.

 

We are committed to:

 

• Clear reporting

• Responsible use of funds

• Sharing impact through updates, events, and stories

 

When you donate, you’re supporting work you can see, visit, and take part in.

 

 

Other Ways to Support

 

Not everyone can give financially, and that’s okay.

 

You can also support Generation Soil by:

 

• Joining the Bristol Living Compost Project

• Attending a workshop

• Sharing our work

• Getting involved locally

 

Care grows through participation.

 

 

Thank You

 

Soil regeneration doesn’t happen overnight.

It happens through attention, time, and collective effort.

 

Thank you for helping keep food waste local, soil alive, and communities connected.