Farm for the Future
Do you want to better understand the policy changes that will affect the future of your farm business?
Farm for the Future, our FREE business and environment programme, is now in it’s final year to help you tackle challenges you face and grasp the opportunities on offer linked to the agricultural transition. Including a one-to-one meeting with a farm consultant, our locally-delivered programme will take a whole farm and family approach to help you:
- Understand more about current policy changes and how they will affect your business.
- Provide tools and advice to help you make changes to your business.
- Understand how you can practically improve the management of your farmed environment.
From October 2022 to March 2025, we will deliver a flexible and engaging programme of workshops, online learning, signposting, one-to-one support, peer networking, and learning to groups of farms in 17 locations across England, as well as a virtual group in case we’re not in your area.
Register your interest:
Our programme will be delivered in your area by your local farm support group who will be able to ensure that it is relevant to you and your farm. The programme content is flexible with the option to include workshops on topics chosen by the farms in your group, and is completely free to take part in. You can either attend workshops and events in person or online.
Who can join:
Any farm who currently claims BPS and is not already taking part in a Defra funded resilience project is eligible to join. Our programme is most relevant to small – medium sized farms whose main enterprise is beef, sheep or dairy.
You can take part in this programme even if you have already taken part in a Royal Countryside Fund programme.
Find out more:
Please contact your local coordinator – details below – or project@countrysidefund.org.uk for more information.
All England - virtual group
Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire & Wiltshire
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Cumbria
Dartmoor
Durham Dales
East Midlands
In Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
Hannah Thorogood, Pasture for Life
Email: eastmidlands@pastureforlife.org
Tel: +44 (0)7801 814 086
Exmoor
Katherine Williams, Exmoor Hill Farming Network
Email: katherine@ehfn.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7970 795 808
Herefordshire
Livy Braid, Herefordshire Rural Hub
Email: livy@herefordshireruralhub.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7930 121 838
High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Stephanie Mason, High Weald National Landscape
Email: stephanie.mason@highweald.org
Tel: +44 (0)7548 702 609
Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Norfolk
Sasha Wells, Norfolk Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group
Email: sasha@norfolkfwag.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 814 869
Northumberland
For the Wooler, Northumberland National Park group:
Ema Caskie or Tracy Hall, Northumberland National Park Authority
Email: ema.caskie@nnpa.org.uk or tracy.hall@nnpa.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7787 424 287 or +44 (0)7766 904 619
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For the group outside the park:
Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network
Email: admin@thefarmernetwork.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1768 868 615
North York Moors National Park
Rebecca Thompson, North York Moors National Park Authority
Email: r.thompson@northyorkmoors.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1439 772 517
Peak District
Alice Morley, The Farming Life Centre
Email: alice@thefarminglifecentre.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1629 810 903
