FREE Course Places worth £500 for Commoners and those Working on Commons

FARM BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Course starting on Wednesday 9th October 2024, Cumbria

FREE Course Places worth £500 for Commoners/those working on Commons.

As part of the University of Cumbria Upland Farming short courses, Farm Business Opportunities will be delivered as a part-time course across 6 weeks, via a series of 1-hour online evening sessions, two half day farm visits and three in-person workshops at the University of Cumbria's Ambleside campus. The course sessions will take place on weekdays between the 9th October and 13th November. This is followed by further time for independent work to complete an assessed task. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Foundation for Common Land and Our Upland Commons project are pleased to announce that we are offering 12 fully funded places, to the value of £500, on the next in a suite of upland farming courses run by the University of Cumbria.

Bursary places are available to:

•Common rights holders

•Anyone working on a farm with common rights, including family members

•Commons owners, including private owners

•An employee of an organisation owning common land or working on common land

Click here to apply for a bursary place on the Farm Business Opportunities course.

All bursary applicants must also register with the University of Cumbria here.

To secure your bursary and a place on the course, you will need to pay an attendance deposit which is refundable if you attend 80% of the course. There is no geographical boundary to those wishing to avail of the bursary however, it should be noted that some of the sessions will take place at the University of Cumbria Ambleside campus and on farms within the Lake District.

*Closing date for applications is Sunday 15th September 2024*

Deadline Extended: applications close Wednesday 18th September 2024

Further details on the Farm Business Opportunities course are available via this link.