We're the UK-wide charity standing alongside farming families and rural communities. Founded by HM King Charles III in 2010.
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We are incredibly proud to announce that as of today, we will be known as The Royal Countryside Fund.
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Farmers Guardian is proud to partner with the below charities:
🔸Fundraising Partner - Len's Light
🔸Charity Partners - The Royal @countrysidefund and Farms for City Children (@farmersforaweek)
These fantastic organisations contribute so much to agricultural communities and spread great awareness for the farming industry.
It is wonderful for them to support the #Farm24 campaign. Find out more about them. 👇
farmersguardian.com/sponsore…
#farmcharity #ukfarming @morrisons @farmingcan
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Very productive meeting with the @countrysidefund on how we can collectively support family farms to be more financially and environmentally sustainable.
Minister @andrewmuirni met with @countrysidefund Executive Director Keith Halstead & Environmental Programmes Manager Anna Wright to discuss synergies & opportunities for collaboration
The RCF supports family farms to become more financially and environmentally resilient.
ALT Minister Muir pictured with Keith Halstead & Anna Wright
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🎙️ LIVE from Groundswell 2025! 🎧You will hear from a variety of people including the team at Lannock Farm who host @Groundswellaguk, Jamie Fielden talking about his roundtable discussion with HRH Prince William and the Royal Countryside Fund.
LISTEN NOW: farmersguardian.com/news/451…
Thank you to the 25 farmers who joined our first Routes to Regen welcome meeting this week, with a farm walk led by leading regen farmer John Pawsey (@hanslope).
If you're in the East of England, there's still time to join 👇
royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/…
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🪱 🌱 The King heard more about soil and the vital role it plays in the planet’s future during a visit to ‘SOIL: The World at Our Feet’ at Somerset House in London today.
His Majesty also spoke to farming families and representatives from The Royal Countryside Fund who had taken part in a discussion about regenerative farming earlier in the day.
To apply for funding for your community organisation, simply head to our website, read our application guidance, and complete a short ‘expression of interest’: bit.ly/4ggQ0Nm
#grants #funding
Our new UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme is now open for applications!
Organisations are able to apply for grants of up to £25,000 to deliver community-led initiatives. Visit our website for all the details: bit.ly/4ggQ0Nm
#funding #grants
We’re pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with @Denhay_Farms!
Every purchase of their Spoiltpig dry cured bacon contributes to our work helping farming families create a sustainable future.
Visit our website to find out all the details: bit.ly/423ogrU
We’ll soon be launching our new UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme!
We’re holding a webinar for prospective applicants on Tuesday, December 17th at 18:00. Sign up to the webinar and submit a question for our team here: bit.ly/4eFx5ut
#funding #rural
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Do you know a fantastic group of volunteers in your local area? Why not nominate them for the King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2025!
Nominations will close on the 1st December 2024.
More information can be found here:
kavs.dcms.gov.uk/make-a-nomi…
We’ve announced £170,000 of new funding for farm support groups across the UK! This new funding will go towards a range of sustainable, local projects to help create a successful future for farming families. Read more here: bit.ly/3YAgweA #farming
Young farmers’ clubs do vital work to support rural communities across the UK and give young people in the countryside the skills they need to thrive. We're coming to the end of #NationalYoungFarmersWeek, so please do show them some support! @NFYFC #YFCisforEveryone
Yesterday, we were delighted to be at Mar Lodge with @KingsFdn, @cairngormsnews and @N_T_S looking at land use and rural housing in the Cairngorms, as well as visiting the estate team at @Balmoral_Castle.
ALT A picture of Balmoral Castle in the sunshine.
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Calling all farmers! 🚨🧑🌾👇
With funding from the Royal @countrysidefund , we are delivering a series of FREE business and environmental workshops aimed at supporting farmers and land managers/owners to navigate and take advantage of shifting agricultural policy. 1/3
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Calling all farmers!🧑🌾👇
With funding from the @countrysidefund, we're delivering the FREE Farm for the Future programme through a series of workshops aimed at supporting farmers & land managers to navigate & take advantage of shifting agricultural policy...1/2
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The @countrysidefund supported by @TNLComFund has £500k available to support community-led activities in rural #Northumberland and #Cumbria
Organisations can apply for up to £30,000. Submit expressions of interest by 12 Sept, find out more:
royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/…
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The wet and miserable weather didn't spoil the enthusiasm of the farmers who attended this week’s farm visit to New Holland, Holm, very kindly hosted by Tony and Liz Bown and family. The visit was arranged following a request by members of the Farm Resilience Programme Orkney group. Our thanks to Karen Johnston, coordinator of the group, for these pics of the action! RSABI is pleased to deliver the Farm Resilience Programme in Scotland in partnership with @countrysidefund. #KeepTalking 😊
It was wonderful to see everyone who attended our Savings in Soils workshop at Cartington Farm in rainy but beautiful Northumberland today! A special thanks to Emma @FarmCarbonToolkit and our fantastic local coordinator Tom, and to @McDonaldsUK for supporting this programme 🪱🌱
We're so pleased to work with @RSABI to deliver our #FarmResilience programme in Scotland! Find out more at royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/… - you can register to take part in 2024/25 later this month.
Many thanks to Karen Johnston, coordinator of the Farm Resilience Programme in Orkney, for giving this insight into the success of the programme in 2023/24. We’re now looking for Delivery Partners for two new FRP locations in Scotland for 24/25 - Lanarkshire and Cairngorms. The programme is funded by the @countrysidefund and RSABI is pleased to work in partnership with RCF to deliver this excellent initiative in Scotland. For more information please rsabi.org.uk/vacancy/deliver…. #keeptalking #resilience