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The new Scotland Rural Development Programme

(SRDP) has now opened and land owners/managers can begin the application process to the Rural Development Contracts: Rural Priorities (RDC:RP) funding stream, which incorporates a wide range of grants for forestry and land management, business development and community projects.

Details of all the "options" (the actual types of work which can be funded, and the grant rates) for funding under Rural Priorities can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Rural/SRDP/RuralPriorities/Options . Applications will be required to demonstrate that the operations they propose deliver regional priorities - these are also listed on the SRDP site.

At the moment at least it appears a dizzying and extremely bureaucratic process: Andrew, Jake and I are working hard to ensure that we understand it - and can effectively guide you through the process. Over the next couple of months we will provide simple (well, as simple as we can make it…) guides to the process and the different funding streams, these will be circulated through the e-group and made available on the CWA website. In the meantime, if you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask, we’ll try and find the answer!