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Latest News – Small Grant Scheme July 2019
Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme – Now Re-opened
After much anticipation, the second round of the popular Countryside Productivity Small Grant scheme has now reopened. However, with the closing date for online applications soon approaching, closing midday on Tuesday 3rd September 2019, farmers must act quickly.
The grant offers 50% funding for Cornish Farmers for a minimum grant of £3,000 (i.e. minimum £6,000 spend) up to a maximum grant of £12,000 (£24,000 spend).
The 2018 round of funding was hugely popular, and the second application window has seen some key changes namely:
1) Businesses can reapply this application round
Applicants who had Round 1 funding can also submit an application to receive funding in Round 2, providing the total grant value of both applications does not exceed £12,000. If a business withdrew their Round 1 application or claim, or their application or claim was rejected, they are also eligible to apply under Round 2.
2) 26 new additional items
Round 2 is benefitting from an extra 26 eligible items including; sheep conveyors, cameras for monitoring livestock, grassland sward lifters, cover crop rollers, fruit ripeness spectrometers, grain stirrers, thermal image cameras and portable ammonia analysers.
Each item has a minimum specification and has been allocated a standard cost which the grant will pay 50 percent towards for farmers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Farmers can purchase items which exceed the specification but will only receive a grant on the standard cost. The standard cost for each item is the actual fixed price the grant will pay towards. For example, if the standard cost is £7,500, even if the actual amount you pay is only £7,000, you will still receive 50% of £7,500. Please note all items that are applied for, must be purchased.Items purchased with grant funding must be kept in good repair and used for the same purpose as set out in the original application for five years.
The application is online only and must be submitted by midday on Tuesday 3rd September 2019.
If you would like further information or help with an application, please contact the office on 01872 306 090.