Welcome To
Hare’s Corner Cooperative
WHo WE ARE
Hare’s Corner Cooperative is an intergenerational platform for people who make, share, create and dream, united by a shared commitment to caring for one another and for the natural world. Rooted in Garvagh Forest, we bring people of all ages together through creative, hands-on projects that strengthen wellbeing, support local communities, and nurture our shared environment.
We believe that when people come together to make, grow and share, we strengthen the threads that hold our communities and ecosystems together. From outdoor learning and creative making to community wellbeing and youth projects, our work invites people to reconnect and take care of themselves, each other, and the living world around them.
VALUES
Cooperatives have always emerged in times of change, offering a fairer and more caring way of living and working together. We are a people-centred enterprise, shaped by our members to realise shared social, cultural and environmental goals.
At Hare’s Corner Cooperative, our values are rooted in care, connection, creativity and collaboration. We place care for people and the planet at the heart of what we do, nurture meaningful connections to place and community, use creativity to imagine new possibilities, and work together to bring them to life.
RECONNECTING
Our vision is of communities where people and the natural world thrive together. We know how restorative it feels to slow down, notice the beauty around us, and spend time in nature.
Through our programmes in Garvagh Forest and beyond, we create opportunities for people of all ages to rediscover a sense of wonder, share experiences, and build stronger connections with the places they call home.
MAKING & DESIGN
We believe creativity begins with our hands. Through making, we bring ideas to life, crafting, mending, growing and creating art, film, poetry or music.
These acts of making and designing open space for imagination and change, helping us rediscover our relationship with the living world.
For our Cooperative, Garvagh Forest is that place of inspiration, our anchor. It grounds us and connects our work with other communities where creativity and care continue to grow.
OUR STORY
The ‘hare’s corner’ is an old farming term for the awkward edges of a field that are left to grow wild. These untidy corners often become spaces full of life, creativity and diversity. We see them as symbols of possibility and renewal, reminders that innovation often begins at the edges.
Our Cooperative emerged out of the Garvagh People’s Forest Project, hosted by Garvagh Development Trust and supported by the National Lottery Community Fund. Our first home is Garvagh Forest, and we are very lucky to be based on the Garvagh High School site, whose story is deeply intertwined with the history of the Forest.
On this site, you’ll find out more about who we are, what we’re creating and how you can get involved.
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