Cumbria Fells and Dales, Rural
Development Programme for
England (RDPE), Local Action
Group
Ian Winchester - Development Officer
“Valuing the landscape, its
products and its people”
Cumbria Fells & Dales
RDPE Local Action Group
Grants for Farms and Forestry, Rural Business
and Community Groups
Leader Approach
Liaison entre actions de développement rural.
‘Links between actions of rural development’
7 key Leader features
Networking
Integrated and
multisectoral
actions
Local publicprivate
partnerships
Cooperation
The
Leader
Approach
Bottom-up
collaboration
and
implementation
of strategies
Area based local
development
strategies
Innovation
Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Local Action
Group
The Old Stables
Redhills
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 0DT
01768 869533
info@fellsanddales.org.uk
www.cumbria.gov.uk/business/rdpe/fellsandd
ales/fellsanddales
Solway, Border and Eden RDPE Local Action
Group
Local Links Community Office
Market Hall
Church Street
Wigton
Cumbria
CA9 9AA
01697 349 212
info@sbeleader.org.uk
www.cumbria.gov.uk/business/rdpe/sbe/rdpe
solwayborderandeden
Local Action Group Members
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Allerdale Borough Council
Action with Communities in Cumbria
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Barrow Borough Council
Bill Hogarth Memorial Apprenticeship Trust
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (Northern England)
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Copeland Borough Council
Country Land & Business Association
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Cumbria Action for Sustainability
Cumbria Association of Councils for Voluntary Service
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce
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Cumbria County Council
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Cumbria – Cumberland Federation of Women’s Inst.
Cumbria – Westmorland Federation of Women’s Inst.
Cumbria Farmer Network
Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
Cumbria Organics
Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency
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Cumbria Tourism
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
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Cumbria Woodlands
Cumbria Youth Alliance
East Cumbria Countryside Project
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Eden District Council
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Eden Local Strategic Partnership
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Environment Agency
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Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
Federation of Cumbria Commoners
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Forestry Commission
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Friends of the Lake District
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Furness Enterprise Ltd
Growing Well
International Centre for the Uplands – Cumbria
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Invest in Cumbria
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John Muir Award
Keswick Area Partnership Ltd (do they still exist?)
Keswick Business Improvement District Ltd (do they still exist?)
Kirkby Stephen Community Office
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Lake District National Park Authority
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Lake District Peninsulas Tourism Partnership
Learning & Skills Council – Cumbria
Millom & Haverigg Economic Development Group
Morecambe Bay Partnership
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National Farmers’ Union
National Trust
Natural England
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Northern Fells Rural Community Development Group
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Nurture Lakeland (Tourism & Conservation Partnership)
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One South Lakeland (South Lakeland Local Strategic Partnership )
Pentalk Network
Rural Women’s Network Groups – VAC
Sedbergh Book Town
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SLDC
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SLDC/Ulverston & Low Furness MTI Partnership
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United Utilities
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West Cumbria Development Agency
Westmorland Agricultural Society
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
As the Leader name suggests, it is a method of
mobilising and delivering rural development in
local rural communities, rather than a fixed set
of measures to be implemented.
However !
Measures
M111
Training – farming and forestry
M114
Use of advisory services
M115
Setting up of management and advisory services
M121
Modernisation of agricultural holdings
M123
Adding value to agricultural and forestry products
M125
Co-operation for development of new products processes and technologies (farmer)
M311
Farm diversification (into non-agricultural activities)
M312
Micro-enterprise
M313
Encouragement of tourism activities
M321
Basic services for the economy and rural population
M323
Conservation and upgrading of the rural heritage
M331
Training and information for business and community
M421
Inter-regional and transnational co-operation
Who is it meant to benefit?
Economic /Skills/ Community
• Farmers, farming families and
foresters.
• Local farming organisations such as
cooperative groups.
• Businesses operating in rural areas.
• Locally based voluntary organisations
and community groups.
• Local partnerships such as market
town partnerships, community
planning groups or similar.
CF&D – Projects within LDNP
• £2,664,945.45
Total grant intervention
• 72
Number of projects
• £37,013.13
Average per project
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• £280,050
Next grant panel
• 11
Projects
• £25,459
Per project
M123 – Adding value to farm and forestry products
Lakes Free Range Egg
Company Ltd – The Perfect
Egg (Stainton)
 Installation of world leading egg
processing and grading equipment
 £1,963,674 project total
 £785,469 grant allocation
 Joint CF&D (75%) SB&E (25%)
 11 FTE directly employed
 84 Participants in training
 12 Co-operation actions
M111 – Vocational training and information actions
Rural Skills Cumbria
(SAC Consulting)
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Training programme for farm + forestry
£865,015 project total
£692,701 grant allocation
Joint CF&D (50%) SB&E (50%)
6,500 training days to be delivered
E.g. Hedge laying, coppicing and trailer
handling
M311 – Farm Diversification
Abbot Park Farm – Bandrake
Head
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Catering equipment
£35,196.96 project total
£14,078.78 grant allocation
1 FTE created
Keeping farming family on
the farm.
M312 – Business creation and development
Traction Engine Driving
Experience – Broughton
In Furness
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New road tyres
£8,812.50 project total
£3,525 grant allocation
2 FTE safeguarded
Delivering tourist experience days +
actual driving tests for traction
engine owners
M321 – Basic services for the economy and rural
population
Village Agents - South
Lakeland Age UK
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Ambleside, Grasmere and Staveley
£27,834 project total
£11,452 grant allocation
1 FTE created (x3 individuals)
Promotion of social inclusion
E.g. Accessing allowances, benefits,
knowledge transfer + prevention
schemes (electric blankets)
Where next?
• RDPE will continue to operate
through to 2013, as required
under the European Rural
Development Regulation.
• CAP changes are currently being
scrutinized, may result in
‘Leader like’ programme starting
in 2015.
Where next?
• In UK, 2015 timeframe is
more likely to manifest
itself as 2016 .
• Defra commitment to
upland areas may remain
key focus.
• European Social Fund may
be possible source of
funding.
• CF&D/LDNP well placed if
uplands are key priority.
• European Region
Development Fund may
also be possible funding
source.
• Any change in UK
administration may change
focus/emphasis on rural
affairs.
Thank You.
Any Questions?