Community
Davidstow has been supporting rural and farming communities through its partnership with The Royal Countryside Fund since 2011. Since then, the Fund has been able to support over 2,500 farming families across the UK through their Farm Resilience Programme, and over 170,000 individuals in rural communities through their grants programme. A large number of these farmers and communities have been in Davidstow’s home county of Cornwall.
About The Royal Countryside Fund
Founded by HM King Charles III in 2010, The Royal Countryside Fund is the only UK-wide charity focused on the unique issues facing farming and rural communities. The Royal Countryside Fund works together with individuals, small farms and community groups across the UK and inspired by their Royal founder, acts as a catalyst, enabling change and developing resilience through a unique combination of grants, community-led projects and practical guidance.
Through their farming programmes and rural community grants, The Royal Countryside Fund aims to improve the lives of people and communities in rural areas, support farming families to take charge of their business, and provide support to those in need through the Farm Support Group Initiative. Since its founding, they have invested more than £11.2 million in rural Britain through their grant programmes.
Our Partnership
Since 2011, for every £1 invested by Davidstow into The Royal Countryside Fund, farming families have seen a return of £78.66. The Royal Countryside Fund has delivered their two resilience programmes, the Farm Resilience Programme and Farm for the Future, in several Cornish locations since 2016, providing free, practical workshops to family farm businesses and offering guidance on topics including the environment, finances and succession. To learn more, click here. Additionally, their Supporting Rural Communities grants programme provides grants of up to £25,000 to community-led projects that enhance the viability and sustainability of rural communities. At least £500,000 is awarded each year.
Click here to learn more about The Royal Countryside, including how to support them by becoming a Friend of the Countryside.
“Farm Support Group Initiative, helped many others to access local support when it is needed most. Without any doubt, the Farm Resilience Programme has united us as a family and given us and our farm the direction its needed. I firmly believe that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for The Farm Resilience Programme – our backs were against the wall.”
-The Poad Family, Davidstow suppliers and Farm Resilience Programme participants
(HUMANS) ARE FREE WHEN THEY BELONG TO A LIVING, ORGANIC, BELIEVING COMMUNITY, ACTIVE IN FULFILLING SOME UNFULFILLED, PERHAPS UNREALISED PURPOSE. NOT WHEN THEY ARE ESCAPING TO SOME WILD WEST. THE MOST UNFREE SOULS GO WEST AND SHOUT OF FREEDOM – D.H LAWRENCE
