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 any 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 14 locations across England, as well as a virtual group in case we’re not in your area.
Evaluation of Farm for the Future
Alternatively, contact your local coordinator using the details below:
Cheshire
Megan Davies, Reaseheath College
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Edward Richardson, Farm Cornwall
Cumbria
Workshops will be held in the Lake District and near Wigton in North West Cumbria
Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network
Dartmoor
Hazel Kendall, Dartmoor Hill Farm Project
Durham Dales
Grace Crawford, UTASS
Exmoor
Katherine Williams, Exmoor Hill Farming Network
Herefordshire
Sarah Starkey, Herefordshire Rural Hub
High Weald, East Sussex
Christine Meadows, High Weald AONB
Lancashire
Andrea Gardner, Myerscough College
Norfolk
Sasha Ellis, Norfolk Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group
Northumberland
Workshops will be held near Corbridge.
Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network
Peak District
Rachel Metcalfe, The Farming Life Centre
Yorkshire Dales
Workshops will be held at Skipton.
Veronica Waller, The Farmer Network
All England - virtual group
Christina Hutchings
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 Prince’s Countryside Fund programme.
Find out more:
Please contact your local coordinator or project@countrysidefund.org.uk for more information.
