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 LandSkills East News and
Issues
You will find a range of news and issues listed
here, including the latest advice, information about our ongoing
projects and completed projects.
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£20 Million for Farming, Forestry & Horticultural Businesses |
11/11/2011 |
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Defra has announced the launch of a new fund for farming and forestry businesses. Attached is a short note along with the copy/link to the website and leaflet. If you need any further information please do get in touch.
A new £20 million fund to help farming, forestry and horticultural businesses to become more efficient at using resources has been launched.
The scheme aims to help businesses to become more competitive and more profitable, whilst reducing the impact of farming on the environment.
The Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme will fund projects that:
• save energy and reduce carbon emissions;
• reduce dependence on artificial fertilizers through better use of manures;
• improve soil quality
• improve animal health and welfare
• save and recycle water
• promote woodland management by processing timber more efficiently.
For more information go to http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/funding-sources/farm-and-forestry-improvement-scheme or download the leaflet
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LandSkills East 2011/2012 Autumn Winter Programme |
03/10/2011 |
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LandSkills East has been set up to provide rural businesses with improved access to skills and
training courses across the East of England region. LandSkills East is funded under the Rural
Development Programme for England (RDPE) with the aim to provide the skills that will be required
by the regions’ land-based and rural business sectors in the twenty-first century. To see the photos from the event please use the following link by copying it into the address box at the top of the screen.
https://picasaweb.google.com/103362856768247519516/LandSkillsEastAwards?authuser=0&feat=directlink |
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The Princes Countryside Fund - New Round open (UK) |
14/09/2011 |
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The Prince s Countryside Fund was established to help rural areas in the United Kingdom to become more sustainable. The focus areas for the Fund are:
• projects to improve the sustainability of British farming in areas of deprivation
• projects to improve the sustainability of rural communities
• projects to reconnect people with the countryside.
The total amount of funding available in each round is approximately £250,000. The maximum level of funding for individual projects will be £50,000. The Fund can pay for a portion or the entirety of the costs of a project and applications for capital, project and resource funding will be considered.
Applications will be accepted from organisations that can demonstrate the support of the community which will benefit from the project and show evidence of consulting the community.
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Rural Development Programme Co-ordinator |
17/08/2011 |
Helping farms and rural businesses prepare for change.
Easton College is delivering £7.5 million of funding across Norfolk and Suffolk through the Rural Development Programme for England using the Leader approach. The programme will support the development of rural business projects across the Norfolk Coast and Broads, Waveney Valley and the Brecks areas.
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LandSkills Newsletter July 2011 |
18/07/2011 |
Features include:
Growing Business Award 2011
Focus Farms are Launched across the East of England
June - The Farm Safety Month
Training to Help Reduce the Green House Impact from Growing Malting Barley
A sample of some new courses approved over the last month
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JUNE: The Farm Safety Month |
17/05/2011 |
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Five FREE interactive ‘Safety Workshops’
• 7th June, Easton College, Norfolk 9.00 am and 1.00 pm start
• 9th June, Writtle College, Essex, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm start
• 21st June, Shuttleworth College, Bedfordshire, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm start
• 23rd June, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm start
• 24th June, College of West Anglia (Milton), Cambridgeshire, 9.00 am and 1.00 pm start
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Regional Growth Fund: Round 2, Expressions of Interest |
16/03/2011 |
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The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership is preparing to offer endorsement of applications to round 2 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The Regional Growth Fund (RGF) is a new £1.4bn 3 year Fund that will operate across England to stimulate private sector led sustainable economic growth and employment. We are keen that potential applicants contact us as soon as possible about their idea so that we can be ready to consider giving appropriate support. |
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LandSkills East Newletter February |
08/02/2011 |
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This newsletter contains an interview with Henry Cator. Information on National Apprenticeship Week and uptodate list of courses across the region
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First e-newsletter for the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership |
07/02/2011 |
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Last year the coalition government announced it will abolish regional development agencies including The East of England Development Agency, which is responsible for driving forward the economic growth of the region. In their place will be Local Enterprise Partnerships, with priorities shaped by local businesses and organisations, to help drive forward the local economy. The Local Enterprise Partnership for Norfolk and Suffolk is called New Anglia; it is business led with support from the public sector |
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LandSkills East Newsletter October 2010 |
07/10/2010 |
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Andrew Charlton talks about his diverse career and life in farming. Also this month a review on a recent paper compiled by the East of England Farming and Food Group and new courses approved by LandSkills. |
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North Norfolk 2010 Food and Drink Festival |
11/08/2010 |
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The North Norfolk Business Forum Agriculture Round Table is pleased to announce the first North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival.
This celebration of all that is best about food that is grown, reared, caught or made in North Norfolk, will take place in the Courtyard of Holkham Hall, home of the Earl of Leicester, on Saturday and Sunday, 4th and 5th September 2010.
During the Festival, up to 60 of North Norfolk’s finest food producers will be offering tastings and goods for sale.
An added attraction is a rolling programme of cookery demonstrations, talks and demonstrations from local producers, advice from eminent North Norfolk chefs and celebrity cook-off challenges using local produce, all of which will take place in a Food Theatre with a large plasma screen to aid visibility. There will also be opportunities to meet the owners of a number of the region’s popular gastro pubs.
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2010 Royal Norfolk Show |
02/07/2010 |
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The Rural Enterprise Hub would like to thank all the businesses that supported the stand at this years Royal Norfolk Show. The stand at the Spirit of Enterprise proved to be a great success with many individuals and businesses taking the opportunity to discuss funding, skills and training opportunities with the team.
We look forward to seeing you again at next years Royal Norfolk Show, which is due to take place on 29th & 30th June 2011.
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Next Generation Conference |
17/05/2010 |
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UK farming needs a flow of new entrants to bring
ideas, energy and the renewed ambition needed to
sustain a dynamic industry. FARMING – THE NEXT
GENERATION is a conference designed to address
that challenge.
Over an evening and a day, the conference will take on the key issues that need to be addressed by new entrants and those with whom they will work to create a sustainable, successful industry – whether or not those partnerships are within families.
Conference dinner: 17th May
Full Conference: 18th May
Venue: Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG
Further infomation and booking details can be found by visiting www.ruralenterprisehub.info/thenextgeneration |
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Easton College Summit Series - Improving Your Planning Application |
04/11/2009 |
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Easton College, working with LandSkills East, is proud to announce a number of new training opportunities; these are aimed at the professional farmer, manager and landowner and are designed to help them get to the top and stay there. They will be delivered by specialists in their subject, with the latest knowledge at their finger-tips. |
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Environmental Stewardship - Is it time for ELS on your farm? |
14/10/2009 |
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Book a FREE hour long one-to-one appointment with a Natural England advisor during October and November 2009. These events are aimed at current CSS,ESA and ELS agreement holders whose agreements are due to expire shortly and those interested in environmental stewardship, but have not yet entered ELS |
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Land Management Advisory Service |
17/08/2009 |
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Natural England's free advisory service helps farmers and other land managers to improve their land management for the benefit of wildlife, landscape, public access and other environmental purposes. |
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Growing Business Awards 2009 |
26/06/2009 |
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Growing Business Awards 2009 - The Farmers and Business Forum
The Growing Business Award for 2009 offers a prize of £5000 to the most promising new farming or related business. The prize will be awarded at the Royal Norfolk Show at 1715h on Wednesday 1st July on Stand 255, Spirit of Enterprise, by Dennis Chamberlain OBE, Chairman of Fresh Start. |
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LandSkills East at the Shows |
19/06/2009 |
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The LandSkills East team will be attending agricultural shows over the next few months. We had a presence at the Suffolk Show and the Cereals Show in Royston. We will be at the Royal Norfolk Show on 1-2 July (Stand 255). |
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Press Release |
15/06/2009 |
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LandSkills East opens its doors to first courses |
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Farm Waste, Recycling Directory |
01/04/2007 |
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The new Agricultural Waste Regulations represent a challenge to the industry but also an opportunity to use our skills and ingenuity to keep waste disposal costs down and help protect the environment. |
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Improving Your Planning Application |
22/02/2007 |
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Most farm diversifications will require planning permission from the local planning authority. The application will be improved by providing further information than that given in the planning application form, to put the development into the context of the farm business as a whole. This will explain the need for the project, and the environmental and social safeguards that would be put in place. NRBAS has prepared a format for a Farm Development Plan that can be submitted with a planning application. The Plan and a guide to its preparation can be downloaded from this site. |
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