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Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 - Scheme Windows
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Hurry Expression of Interest Window closes 28 April
Supporting the sustainable management of natural resources and adding value to forest products.
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Expression of Interest Window opens 1 May 2019
The scheme is open to applications from a wide range of businesses involved in primary and/or secondary processing of agricultural products.
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Expression of Interest Window opens 21 May 2019
The Sustainable Management Scheme provides financial support for a range of activities to manage our natural resources and in doing so contribute to the well-being of our rural communities.
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Glastir
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Expression of Interest Window closes 10 May
Glastir Small Grants is a programme of capital works available to farming businesses across Wales to carry out projects that will help to improve and maintain traditional landscape features, and provide habitat linkage for pollinating insects.
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Expression of Interest Window closes 10 May
The schemes provide financial support for new planting and restoration of woodland.
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Tourism
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The Micro Small Business Fund (MSBF) is an investment fund for projects in the tourism sector in Wales. It can be used either to upgrade existing or create new high quality product.
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Co-operation
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Want to share knowledge, experience and ideas? Interested in working together? Cooperation is more than just networking; it helps to improve the potential for local areas.
Approximately 30 LEADER cooperation projects are currently featured on the ENRD database and seek partners to cooperate with.
Visit ENRD & CLLD Partner Search tool for ideas.
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The Rural Networks of Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland brought together over 60 participants in a unique, collaborative LEADER Cooperation workshop in Glasgow.
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Brexit
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The Preparing Wales website provides information which will help people and organisations prepare for Brexit.
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Professor Robert Lee, a leading environmental lawyer and academic from Birmingham University Law School will be facilitating a series of events on behalf of the Welsh Government to discuss the consultation. To register your interest for events to be held in Aberystwyth and Bangor, click here. An further event is planned for Cardiff. Please register your interest in that event by e-mailing Environmental.governance@gov.wales.
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In the event of leaving the EU without a deal or transition period, there would be no change in the existing arrangements for beneficiaries of current EU-funded projects.
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Consultations
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The Welsh Government’s response to the chapter 4 access proposals that were outlined in the SMNR Consultation.
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A twelve week consultation to consider how agricultural productivity in Wales can be maximised by reform of agricultural tenancy legislation in Wales.
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Social Media
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Wales Rural Network on Social Media
Engage with WRN on Social Media.
Share your news & stories and keep up-to-date with the latest Scheme Windows on Twitter and Facebook.
@WalesRuralNet
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Welsh Bioeconomy
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Commissioned by WRAP Cymru, Anthesis has developed this user-friendly Circular Economy Mapping Tool for Wales.
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EU transition fund allows Welsh companies to produce international standard wood packaging
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Registered with the Welsh Pony & Cob Society, these semi-feral section A mares come from Pendre (Pendre Farm), Painscastle (Newhouse Farm) and Llewetrog (Llewetrog Farm) and are monitored by the Llandeilo Graban Hill Pony Improvement Society.
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After two successful craft fairs at Bryngarw Visitor Centre at the end of 2018, the events are set to continue throughout this year with even more local craft businesses now involved.
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Wild Horse Brewing Company, based in Llandudno, has recently undergone an expansion to double their annual brewing capacity from 175,000 litres (308,098 pints) to 350,000 litres (616,197 pints).
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Latest figures show almost two years since its launch at the inaugural BlasCymru / TasteWales event, an initiative, known as Project Helix, to boost innovation and efficiency in the Welsh food and drink industry has already had an impact of over £82 million.
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Strata Florida is an enchanting spot in the western heartlands of Wales among the folds of the Cambrian Mountains.
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Ceredigion farming couple Gareth and Pam Stephens hope, like most of us, to achieve the perfect work and life balance. As the couple approach retirement age, that goal could finally be in sight thanks to young farmer Aled Morgan.
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A new tourism project aimed at boosting the rural economy by encouraging visitors to one of Wales’s most beautiful regions to make more of their stays has been launched in north east Wales.
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One of Wales’ most popular mountain bike trails has been made even bigger and better by Natural Resources Wales (NRW).
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At a ceremony held on 14 March the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway officially launched its newly-installed fast-charging points for electric vehicles (EVs).
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Don't Forget to Visit Wales Rural Network News Pages or follow us on Twitter and Facebook to Keep Up-to-Date with the Latest Rural Development Programme News Stories from Wales.
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Rural Development Grants across the UK.
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National Lottery Funding can help you to make a difference in your community. National Lottery Awards for All offers funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities.
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With an emphasis on celebrating rural life, the festival will be packed with all different types of livestock, horses and other animals taking part in a busy two-day schedule of competitions and displays.
#WEARECLA - Show us how you Run your Business
January's takeover
Jacob Anthony is a fifth generational Welsh hill farmer from Cwm Risca who has been working on his family's farm since graduating from agricultural school. Jacob has been awarded young farmer of the year by farmers weekly and has been commended for a number of other events and practices that demonstrate what farmers mean to their communities.
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If you have an idea for an issue or question where a Focus Group could be the right tool to spark innovation, please tell us about it.
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A definition of ‘Smart Villages’ was presented recently in the workshop of ‘Smart eco-social villages’ that took place on 21-22 February 2019, in Brussels.
The interactive decision tool, ‘Data for the assessment of RDP achievements and impacts’, is based on the logic model approach which was originally developed by the EU collaborative project ENVIEVAL (Grant Agreement No. 31207 in the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration).
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Better Rural Innovation: Linking Actors, Instruments and Policies through Networks.
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A new Climate Programme – published by the Finnish Central Union of Agricultural and Forest Producers (MTK) – intends to balance emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in agriculture and forestry.
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The sixth meeting of the European Rural Networks’ Assembly Sub-group on LEADER/CLLD exchanged on the state-of-play and discussions around the legislative proposals for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with a specific focus on LEADER/CLLD.
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Rural areas make up 44% to 80% of every EU country. These diverse territories play home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, wonderful wildlife and natural environments.
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This video features some of the experts and voices from the agricultural community that came together at the joint workshop of the OECD and the Dutch government in Paris on April 3rd 2019.
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