Farm for the Future

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 is our FREE business and environment programme which will help you tackle challenges you face and grasp the opportunities on offer linked to the agricultural transition. 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, 1:1 support, peer networking, and learning to groups of farms in 18 locations across England, as well as a virtual group in case we’re not in your area.

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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 virtually.

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

Christina Hutchings

Email: virtual.group@outlook.com

Tel: +44 (0)7715 353 546

Cheshire

Megan Bennett / Julie Bent, Reaseheath College

Email: megan.bennett@reaseheath.ac.uk / julieb@reaseheath.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)7969 740 043 / +44 (0)7976 057 649

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Sally Pentreath, Farm Cornwall

Email: sally@farmcornwall.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0)7775 667 825

Cumbria

Workshops will be held near Appleby in the east and near Gosforth in the west.

Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network

Email: admin@thefarmernetwork.co.uk 

Tel: +44 (0)1768 868 615

Dartmoor

Hazel Kendall, Dartmoor Hill Farm Project

Email: hkendall@dartmoor.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)7912 470 792

Durham Dales

Grace Crawford, UTASS

Email: info@utass.org

Tel: +44 (0)1833 641 010

East Midlands

In Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

Sarah Juggins, Pasture for Life

Email: sarah.juggins@pastureforlife.org

Tel: +44 (0)7812 525 310

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

Victoria Bracken, Myerscough College

Email: farmernetwork@myerscough.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)7392 310 958

Norfolk

Sasha Wells, Norfolk Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group

Email: sasha@norfolkfwag.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1603 814 869

Northumberland

For the Allendale group:

Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network

Email: admin@thefarmernetwork.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1768 868 615

For the 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

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

Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

Sarah Juggins, Pasture for Life

Email: sarah.juggins@pastureforlife.org

Tel: +44 (0)7812 525 310

Thames and Thames Valley

In Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire.

Sarah Williams, Pasture for Life

Email: sarah.williams@pastureforlife.org

Tel: +44 (0)7873 166 859

Yorkshire Dales

Workshops will be held near Masham in the east and near Settle in the west.

Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network

Email: admin@thefarmernetwork.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1768 868 615

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