The North Wessex Downs Local Action Group has announced that its bid for new funding from Defra has been approved (subject to contracts being agreed). They have secured 2.132m Euros to run a new LEADER Programme between 2015 and 2020.
Funding will be available for farmers, foresters, community enterprises and rural-based businesses and there will be six priorities for investment:
• Farming productivity
• Micro and small businesses (including farm diversification)
• Tourism / the visitor economy
• Forestry productivity
• Rural services and connectivity and
• Culture and heritage.
North Wessex Downs LAG are working with Defra to confirm programme rules, the application process and new forms.
If you have a business development or community project idea which will improve the rural economy and quality of life for people locally please get in contact with them. They are keen to understand your plans and timescales and how they might be able to help.
They have extended the boundary of our area for LEADER funding so more villages, farms and woodland will be potentially eligible for funding – please check their website for the new map. If your project falls outside their area it may well fall within a neighbouring LEADER area so check the link here which takes you to the government website showing all the Local Action Groups which will be running a LEADER programme from the summer: https://www.gov.uk/rural-development-programme-for-england-leader-funding
To find out more or talk through your ideas please contact the Programme Manager, Dawn Hamblin, on: nwdleaderprogramme@wiltshire.gov.uk or 01488 680458.
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