Scottish farmers will have the opportunity to benefit from free business support via the RCF’s flagship 2023/24 Farm Resilience Programme which gets underway this autumn.

The Royal Countryside Fund (RCF), formerly the Prince’s Countryside Fund, will be working in partnership with RSABI to deliver workshops providing free business training skills, and one-to-one support to families.

As part of the partnership agreement, the RCF is awarding a £15,000 grant to RSABI to assist the work the charity does to support people in Scottish agriculture.

Farmers in North Ayrshire, West Aberdeenshire and Orkney can apply now to take part in the programme which is open to dairy and livestock family farm businesses and crofters.

Since 2016 the programme has supported around 1,400 farming families to improve their business performance and make real changes on farm.

A recent independent evaluation of it found it delivers significant economic, social, and environmental benefits for farmers, with 58% of farmers reporting increased profitability and 73% improving their business skills.

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