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The Royal Countryside Fund (RCF), (formerly The Prince’s Countryside Fund) will again be working in partnership with RSABI to deliver the series of workshops providing free business training skills, and one-to-one support to farming families in Scotland. As part of the partnership agreement, the RCF is awarding a £15,000 grant to RSABI to assist the work the charity does to support people in Scottish agriculture. Livestock producers in the three areas can apply now to take part in the programme which is open to dairy and livestock family farm businesses and crofters and takes a whole-farm and whole-family approach. Since 2016 the Farm Resilience Programme has supported around 1,400 farming families to improve their business performance and make real changes on farm. A recent independent evaluation of the programme found it delivers significant economic, social, and environmental benefits for farmers, with 58% of farmers reporting increased profitability and 73% improving their business skills. Anyone interested in finding out more about the coordinator roles for each of the three new programme areas in Scotland – North Ayrshire, West Aberdeenshire and Orkney – should contact Doug Bell via crofthill@outlook.com or on 07803 222376.  

You can find further information and sign up to the programme on The Royal Countryside Fund’s website: www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk.