With the good news that CSHT will soon be open to Common Land applications, this webinar will help you to consider the steps needed to prepare your application.

Speakers

Julia Aglionby FCL Executive Director- Policy Update and introduction to CSHT on Common Land

Cath Marsh Natural England - The application process including PA1/1, Section 38 and EIA

Henry Russell Russell Regen - Brampton Common Case Study

Yasmin Alieskandari, H&H Land and Estates - Preparing a PA2 Application

Join us for an inspiring webinar on resilient commoning and collaborative land stewardship.

Tracy May from the Dartmoor Commoners’ Council will share how commoners are working hand-in-hand with ecologists and other experts to deliver real benefits for climate, nature, biodiversity, and communities.

Julia Aglionby from the Foundation for Common Land will be in conversation with a Mungrisdale Commoner, exploring the vital role of commons in shaping the Resilient Glenderamackin Landscape Recovery project.  

We’ll also highlight the Resilient Commoning in the North York Moors project, funded by FiPL, which is trialling practical solutions like shared machinery agreements and GPS sheep tracking, while building strong networks for collaboration and peer-to-peer support.

 If you unable to attend please register to receive the recording of the webinar.

After a policy update from Julia Aglionby we sharing the experiences of commoners, common land owners and advisers using our suite of Digital Tools covering SFI, Carbon, Habitat Assessment and Farm Finances.

Webinar Programme

• Policy Update

• Farm Carbon Toolkit 

• Upland Farmer Toolkit

• SFI Moorland Survey Digital App Update

• Farmer Led Habitat Assessment

Please book here - All who book will be sent a link to the Zoom recording:

The Foundation for Common Land have been working hard to develop practical tools to help you navigate this brave new world. What we have learnt is collecting and analysing data is key to being able to get the maximum benefits from your common and moorland. For instance our SFI Moorland Digital App has been used on over 130,000 ha of Moorland.  And with BPS disappearing very fast we all need to be ready to make the most of the opportunities out there whether from Defra or private finance. This work has been generously funded by Defra, FiPL and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
 
NB All these tools can be used on all moorland, not just common land

Please book on the webinar here
 
 

Maintaining healthy and productive livestock on Common Land can bring particular challenges: lower quality grazing, restrictions on supplementary feeding, high parasite burdens, and contact with other livestock.

This webinar will look at research and practical projects talking nutrition, pests, and communicable diseases in collective grazed sheep and cattle.

Speakers: David Atwell, Land Manager Advisor, Dartmoor Hill Farm Project

Nigel Kendal, Lecturer in Nutrition, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham

Karen Swindlehurst, Dale Head Vet Group

Ruth Dalton, The Farmer Network

The event will start at 19:30 on Wednesday 7th February

Click here to register your place: Zoom registration

Wild farming skills that have formed Dartmoor’s culture and history for over 4000 years will be on display at this unique event held on 21st October.

Hosted by the Dartmoor Hill Pony Association in partnership with Our Upland Commons, a National Lottery Heritage funded initiative, join us on Dartmoor to watch commoners demonstrate their skills rounding up the semi wild Dartmoor Hill Ponies for their annual health check. Once given a clean bill of health, the ponies will be sorted. Some will be sold at the annual Pony Drift Sale, which, as it has been for hundreds of years, is held on the second Thursday in October. While the rest will be returned to the commons as breeding stock, living semi wild and free on Dartmoor, where their natural characteristics can be preserved in future generations, safeguarding this rare population of semi wild pony and enhancing the biodiversity of Dartmoor.

The native, semi wild, Dartmoor Hill Pony herds are known to be genetically rare and important to the equine species worldwide. Their strength and ability to survive the harsh conditions of Dartmoor made them the right animal in the right place.

While at the gather, hear how it has become the first semi wild pony population to be added to the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist after being recognised by the British Breed Survival Trust in 2021.  

The public event is by ticket only, but are free, and limited numbers so that we can ensure that those joining us get the possible vantage point for this spectacular event. Register using the email address below.

Our Upland Commons Project Officer Tamsin Thomas said “It’s really important that events like this share with the public how the landscape is managed. Many people don’t understand what a common is and how it’s used, so I’m looking forward to sharing a little of our common heritage.”

Our Upland Commons is part of a £3million National Lottery Heritage fund initiative, supported by 25 organisations including Dartmoor National Park Authority. Led by the Foundation for Common Land, ‘Our Common Cause: Our Upland Commons’, involves 3 commons on Dartmoor. Concluding next year, its aim is to help secure the future of all upland commons. It has also been made possible by grants from Esmée Fairbairn, Garfield Weston Foundations plus local funders.

How to book

The event will be held between 9am and 3pm on 21st October. The event is free but tickets are limited. To register your interest and please email association@dartmoorhillpony.com

Join us online with our latest free Webinar, ‘Telling the Story of Commons’. With commoning and commons under pressure as never before, and poorly understood by the public and policymakers alike, there has never been a more important time to reach out to a wider audience. Commoners, farmers, landowners, and artists will tell us how and why they have been using arts, education, and events, to tell the story of commons.

Speakers include:

The Dawsons, Bleak Bank Farm

Will Dracup, Shallowford Farm

Landowner John Howell and Chair of Harford and Ugborough Commoners David Sadler, in conversation with Artist Naomi Wright (Art and Energy)

Rob and Harriet Fraser, Somewhere Nowhere

The event will start at 19:30 on Wednesday 11th October.

Click here to register your place: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Sunday 10th September, Skipton Town Hall.

Join the community of Skipton for this fun-filled, family themed event including nature trail, treasure hunt, stalls and activities all with the planet in mind. FCL will be joined by Peat Partnership in the Town Hall where we will discuss peat, wildlife, carbon and sustainable farming.

This is an opportunity to get some background to the industrial history of Clee St Margaret and Clee Liberty Common and details about the work we will be doing over the summer. This will include a walk, a talk, opportunity to do some research and another community excavation to get involved in!!

Everybody is welcome, especially those who haven't been involved yet, so please tell anyone who might be interested.

You don't need to book places but if you are thinking of attending please drop Matt an email via info@fearnheritage.co.uk  - this is just so he can get an idea of numbers.

Download the poster here

Join Matt Williams from Fearn Heritage in the village hall where he will present all the findings from this year’s excavations and investigations. He will also set out what the plans are for next year when focus turns to the industrial heritage on the hill. This meeting starts at 7:30pm and will be held in Clee St Margaret Village Hall.

Please book by emailing Matt via info@fearnheritage.co.uk