Farm Conrwall

We are big fans of Farm Cornwall and I was delighted to read this story – Edward’s car was looking a bit ropey!! – about how he now has the capacity to visit the farmers he helps with renewed vigour. I hope he remembers he has to give the car back in 12 months and keeps it clean! The article tells us:

Following the success of the inaugural Prince’s Countryside Fund and Land Rover Bursary in 2013, the two organisations are once again joining forces to support rural Britain in 2014.

The scheme, part of a three-year partnership with the Prince’s Countryside Fund first announced by Prince Charles last year, offers the use of a Freelander 2 for a year to five individuals or groups who can demonstrate that it would enable them to support their rural community.

The five successful candidates in 2013 were a diverse group including Penzance-based farm outreach worker Edward Richardson who supports isolated farmers in Cornwall; Sian Curley, who runs a firewood social enterprise in Ullapool, Ross-shire, and Tom Hartley, of Hornby, Lancaster.

The successful candidates were those that exuded community spirit, exhibited a genuine need for a Freelander 2 and were the most likely to use the bursary to make a long-term, positive difference to the community around them.