This programme has been funded by Defra’s Future Farming Resilience Fund, available to any tenant or owner-occupied farm currently in receipt of BPS in England - running since 2021, but now about to complete in its final few months. The Hill Farm Project (HFP) has worked with the Royal Countryside Fund as one of 19 delivery partners across the country who can build on their existing relationships within their farming communities, to tailor activity to local needs. This ensures that the most important issues receive the right focus and are delivered via known and trusted people.

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HFP have delivered 24 events as part of this programme since it started, offering free local meetings and events which highlight and address some of the main concerns brought about by the changes in policy from the Agricultural Transition, reflecting continual change. Our core events focussed on the resilience of the Farm Business and assessing the opportunity from new Environmental schemes, plus a selection of topic events such as Soil Health, Renewable Energy and more.

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Having worked with over 150 Dartmoor farms during the programme, we hope that this has provided useful advice and the feedback has been positive. It has further supported our wider delivery at HFP, designed to complement our wider events offer and run in parallel.

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We are very grateful to our farmers for their continued support and engagement through challenging times, especially when we don't necessarily have all the answers, but aim to progress with what we do know and help navigate it together. We hope that it will have introduced ideas, provided support and offers the opportunity for continued collaboration locally.