Funding
You can now apply for micro grants from the Ayrshire LEADER programme.
Up to £5,000 is available for community projects and up to £10,000 for rural enterprise and farm diversification projects.
You can apply for up to 90% of costs and decisions on grant will be made by the end of May 2018. Projects must start within three months of grant offer and be fully claimed back by 31 March 2019.
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Around 40 people involved in the LEADER programme in Scotland gathered in Stirling on 31 January 2018 for an Access to Funding workshop organised by the Scottish Rural Network.
Four excellent speakers covered a range of topics including asset transfer, community shares, social investment and crowdfunding.
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The Farm Advisory Service (FAS) is offering funded support to help Scottish farmers manage and establish woodland, and access funding through the Forestry Grant Scheme.
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The Moray LEADER Team were pleased to welcome Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing earlier this month for a roundtable discussion and briefing with LAG members, successful applicants and representatives of tsiMORAY, the local Accountable Body.
The Cabinet Secretary spent almost two hours with the group and was briefed on current issues around LEADER in Scotland, the wide range of projects funded by the programme and the unique nature of Moray LEADER.
Mr Ewing said:
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The 2018 application window for the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) is now open.
The scheme supports environmentally-friendly land management practices that aim to safeguard and improve Scotland’s natural heritage and help businesses adapt to climate change.
The AECS 2018 application window opened today (17 January) and will run for 12 weeks until 13 April 2018. The deadline for applications for collaborative projects which involve five or more businesses is 31 May 2018.
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