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Our Common Cause partnership update

7 Jan 2019: It is now a year since the development work for this project started in earnest and the work is going well. Highlights include: Relationship... read more

Commoners to receive BPS backpayments

19 Dec 2018: After a 3 year wait back BPS payments are on their Way to Commoners The Foundation for Common Land has been working closely with a number of... read more

Dismay at Deregistration of Common Land by MoD

6 Dec 2018: The Foundation for Common Land is dismayed that Cumbria County Council has approved the deregistration of ~ 3230 ha of common land owned by the... read more

Invitation to tender: Our Common Cause Project: Communications & Interpretation

4 Dec 2018: The Foundation for Common Land and its partners in the Our Common Cause Heritage Lottery project wish to appoint a consultant to develop and support... read more

Brexit and opportunities for commoning

19 Oct 2018: Julia Aglionby recently gave a presentation on "Commoning: Change & Resilience" to 45 Commoners from Shropshire, Herefordshire, Wales... read more

FCL Briefing on the Agriculture Bill

19 Oct 2018: Before the second reading of the Agriculture Bill on 10th October 2018 we sent a breifing to all MPs. In the breifing we asked the MPs to help us... read more
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Better outcomes on upland commons

  • Our Common Cause - Our Upland Commons
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16 Mar 2019: @NT_Pat @DefraGovUK All depends on the budget for ELMs, with sufficient...
16 Mar 2019: RT @SteveTrotter1: Here's some good thinking that's well worth a read...
15 Mar 2019: RT @FGAbiKay: If the Government wants to encourage take-up of its post-...
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Stories from your common

  • Wolvercote Common
  • SHORT HISTORY OF DITCHLING COMMON AND TENANTRY DOWN
  • Black Fell Common, Caton-with-Littledale, Lancashire
  • Allendale and Hexhamshire, Northumberland
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