Gloucestershire

WILD Project

The Cotswold Water Park WILD Project (Water with Integrated Local Delivery) is a three year project set within the Cotswold Water Park, it aims to improve water quality and biodiversity in order to meet the demands of EU legislation. Read more

Carrant Catchment Restoration Project

The Carrant Catchment Restoration Project (CCARP) is an open collaborative partnership project that invites everyone interested in the aims and objectives of the group to join. The project aims to enhance habitat connectivity stemming from water quality across the farm holdings, looking at improving wildlife connectivity by increasing habitat corridors, natural flood management, hedge planting and management. Read more

ILD – Integrated Local Delivery

Inspiring and enabling local communities: An Integrated Delivery Model for Localism and the Environment. Click here to read more about the ILD and to download the supporting documents. Read more

Farmer Guardians of the Upper Thames

The farmer lead collaborations of the Guardians of the Upper Thames, chaired by local farmer Richard Rumming, focus on the communities at risk of flooding by covering 16,000 hectares from the river’s source at Kemble to areas such as Cricklade in Wiltshire, aiming for methods of long term environmental improvements. Many positive outcomes have emerged from this particular initiative in the Cotswolds. Click here to find out more. Read more

State of Nature

The Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West, the Countryside and Community Research Institute and Natural England expression of interest in running a Farmer Led new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) trial in Gloucestershire is based on the learning from the projects and pilots, all of which use the integrated local delivery framework. Read more

Severn Vale Guardians

Gloucestershire FWAG are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding from Natural England to support our new farmer group, the ‘Severn Vale Guardians’. Working with key partners the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), the aim of the Severn Vale Guardians is to form a collaborative group of farmers and land managers to achieve landscape scale improvements in the local natural environment. Read more

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AHDB Webinar - Mental Health Awareness

Mental health is something we all possess. When it is good, we have a sense of purpose and direction and feel that we can cope with whatever life (and work) throws at us. But just as our physical health fluctuates, so too our mental health goes through ups and downs. Raising awareness of potential mental health issues is part of fostering an inclusive workplace, where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work.

AHDB Webinar - Efficient suckler systems: what can we learn from Canada?

Join AHDB Beef & Lamb and Dr Bart Lardner, from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, for a webinar looking at suckled beef production in Canada.

A Call to Act – Reflection on Oxford Real Farming Conference 2020

A Blog post written by Jenny Phelps. The Oxford Real Farming Conference (OFRC) is always very special and a credit to Colin Tudge, Ruth West and team, thank you, again for such a great conference. Being there makes you feel that you are lucky enough to be sharing time and space with the informed. Click here to continue reading...

Climate Change Adaptation in Wedmore and Langport

In February this year, Langport and Wedmore will be hosting the first public events for ‘Adapting the Levels’, a project working to empower those who live and work on the Somerset Levels to take action on climate change adaptation.

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Hills to Levels

Hills to Levels is a holistic catchment management approach, which began across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain.

Kingfisher Project

The Kingfisher Award Scheme (KAS) provides children with the opportunity to go onto farms to explore the natural world.

Farm Plastic Recycling Scheme

The first FWAG Farm Plastic Recycling Scheme began in 2004 and has taken place annually ever since. The aim of the scheme is to provide farmers with a responsible, environmentally sound way to recycle plastic, preventing it from going to landfill. The scheme is simple and straight forward, with no membership fees so the farmers only pay for the plastic they bring.