Rural services

Drop-in Enterprise Support Surgery

Do you have a question about your business or enterprise that you’d like to ask a real person for an instant response? However small, brief, or specific, the GrowBiz team will be happy to help!

Join Growbiz at their online drop-in enterprise support surgery for speedy solutions —  choose a 25 minute slot for a 1 to 1 session with one of their knowledgeable and experienced advisers.

Drop in surgeries each Thursday between 1 and 2pm.

The Richard Huxtable Award has this year been awarded jointly to a number of young people who have gone the extra mile to support RSABI over the past year. 

Anyone who has been involved with agriculture for up to five years could now get £500 towards the cost of training from the Scottish Government’s Next Generation fund.

Managed by Lantra Scotland, the fund is open to both men and women, including students and those already in full-time or part-time work, regardless of age.

How community-led health supports your work in tackling health inequalities

This learning event is an opportunity for anyone working to improve health and wellbeing for individuals, communities and at a population level.

Following a 12-month pilot project with three young farmers clubs, RSABI is now set to roll out an award-winning, digital mental health care service to a wider audience in Scottish agriculture.

On behalf of Transport Scotland, Energy Saving Trust are conducting a research project exploring the viability of using independent petrol forecourts as sites for EV charging infrastructure in rural areas.

Farmers attending the Aberdeen Christmas Classic at Thainstone on Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th November will be offered a free health “MOT”.

Farmers affected by severe flooding in parts of Scotland this autumn will be eligible to apply for grants of up to £30,000 to help repair flood banks.

The pilot phase of a new benefit that will be paid to over 80,000 carers has begun in Scotland.

Unpaid carers in Perth and Kinross, Dundee City and Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) are the first to be able to apply for Carer Support Payment. The benefit is replacing Carer’s Allowance, currently delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions, in Scotland.

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