Coast to Coast LAG priorities:
- Supporting growth and development in existing businesses
- Town centre and village revitalisation
- Supporting business start-ups
- Improving business productivity
- Developing business collaborations
- Provision of focused business support and advice
- Making skills knowledge and entrepreneurship available to all in order to drive growth
- Enabling business activities to improve productivity, sales and jobs
LEADER National Priorities:
- Support micro and small businesses and farm diversification
- Boost rural tourism
- Increase farm productivity
- Increase forestry productivity
- Provide rural services
- Provide cultural and heritage activities
Thank you for your interest in the LEADER Programme.
Unfortunately the programme is currently closed to new Expressions of Interest.
If you still wish to submit your EOI, or basic details about you and your project, please email the Co-ordinator marked clearly as “project for reserve list”. This information will be added to a Reserve List should any additional funding become available. Please note there is no guarantee that this will happen and we will not be undertaking any eligibility checks or providing feedback on projects that are on the Reserve List. We will only contact you if additional funds become available.
New funding opportunities are available through the Local Action Groups and their Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Programme. For more information about the Programme, eligibility and contact details for the CLLD team please go to: www.communityledcornwall.co.uk NB: CLLD cannot assist with projects that relate to on-farm productivity, food and drink processing or forestry projects).
The Coast to Coast Local Action Group accepts applications across all 6 LEADER national priorities of:
- Support for micro and small businesses including farm diversification
- Increasing farm productivity
- Supporting rural tourism
- Provision of rural services
- Provision of cultural and heritage activities
- Increasing forestry productivity
Please read the Applicant Handbook below for details of local and national LEADER priorities, eligible costs, funds available and the application process.
Applicant Handbook
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Local Development Strategy
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Background information
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This delivery plan is based on the consultation activity that informed the C2CLAG Local Development Strategy submission as well as further discussions by C2CLAG. It outlines the activities to be delivered to achieve the strategy.
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Case studies...
WildTipi
King Edward Mine
Pendower Farm
Trevella Manor
Beacon Cottage Farm
| Project Name | Applicant Name | Location | Description | Grant Approved | RDPE Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep mobile handling & weighing equipment | W & R Taffinder | St Mawes | To purchase and use mobile sheep handling and weighing equipment for use across multiple sites to improve the productivity of the operation | £3,896.00 | 1 - Increase Farm Productivity |
| Infrastructure and Facility Improvements at Beacon Cottage Farm Holidays | J & J Sawle and Son | St Agnes | To improve the campsite facilities (toilets, showers, washing area and laundry) and to convert 6 grass pitches into hard standing pitches | £27,540.00 | 3 - Rural Tourism |
| Restaurant expansion | Hawkins Arms | Zelah | To construct and extension to the Hawkins Arms to provide a purpose built dining area, enabling demand to be met and more space offered for other activities | £35,000.00 | 2 - Micro, small business and farm diversification |
| King Edward Mine Museum Redevelopment | Cornwall Council | Troon | To fit out a new café at the King Edward Mine in the Assay House bringing the redundant building back into use | £18,998.64 | 5 - Culture Heritage Activity |
| Introduction of Herd Navigator Programme & Equipment to existing VMS | Chynoweth Farm Partners | St Allen | To purchase and install the Herd Navigator Programme and Equipment and link it to the existing Voluntary Milking System to enable better monitoring of herd health | £23,117.66 | 1 - Increase Farm Productivity |
| Wild Tipi Start up | Wild Tipi Ltd | Ladock | to purchase a tipi and specialist trailer to transport it to enable the start up business to hire it for events and to run pop up restaurants within Cornwall | £5,735.60 | 2 - Micro, small business and farm diversification |
| The Truro Loops Project | Truro River Working Group CIC | Truro | To carry out a feasibility study into the viability and potential of the Truro Loops Project that will develop access infrastructure at the Truro River Basin (TR1) | £51,208.80 | 4 - Rural Services |
| Collar based rumination system for dairy cows | Acland Farm | Blackwater | To purchase and install a collar based rumination system for the dairy cow herd to enhance both the productivity and welfare of the herd at Acland Farm | £32,786.12 | 1 - Increase Farm Productivity |
| Workbox Truro | Workhubs Network CIC | Truro | To refurbish a listed building to provide an affordable workspace environment in Truro | £93,825.50 | 2 - Micro, small business and farm diversification |
| Trevella Garden Weddings | Hurst - Trevella Garden Weddings | Trispen | To enable the creation of an outdoor wedding venue, including a civil wedding pavilion, flexible marquees (tipis) and on site parking | £27,267.84 | 2 - Micro, small business and farm diversification |
| Cuckoo Valley Cider Farm | Cuckoo Valley Cider Farm | Portreath | To develop a cider, apple juice, honey and soft fruit business through the installation of a building and processing equipment | £34,678.96 | 1 - Increase Farm Productivity |
| New egg grader purchase | Colin Carter Eggs | Perranwell Station | To purchase a new egg grading machine. | £114,674.00 | 1 - Increase Farm Productivity |
Coast to Coast LEADER Project Co-ordinator
Tel: 01872 326735 Mob: 07484 010458