LEADER
LEADER for the Northumberland Uplands
LEADER area map
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The LEADER approach is a community-led method of delivering rural development. It contributes towards DEFRA’s priorities of:
- Making agriculture and forestry more competitive and sustainable
- Enhancing the environment and countryside
- Enhancing opportunities in rural areas.
The North East budget for the socio-economic aspects of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is £6.7 million per annum. Every LEADER Partnership will therefore receive £350,000 to allocate, per annum, until 2013. This funding is to be distributed to the following sectors:
- Micro-Enterprise Development
- Bioenergy
- Sustainable Communities
- Sustainable Farming
- Sustainable Forestry
- Tourism
- Recreation
Northumberland National Park Authority, along with extensive support from the communities of the area, developed a bid to manage and administer the LEADER approach.
How to Apply
In the first instance, you should Download the LEADER Expression of Interest Form. This will tell us about your idea, and let us decide how well it will help to deliver Northumberland Upwards. If, on the advice of the Local Action Group, it is felt that the idea has potential, you will be invited to formally apply to LEADER by completing the Application Form.
Download the LEADER Expression of Interest Form.
When you have completed your LEADER Expression of Interest Form, please email it back to funding@nnpa.org.uk.
Related documents
Download Northumberland Uplands New Leader - Agreed Delivery Plan
Download Northumberland Upwards - Local Development Strategy
Download Northumberland Uplands News Bulletin (Summer 2008)
Download the Northumberland Uplands News Bulletin (Spring 2008)
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Coming Soon: A new website for LEADER!
The Northumberland Uplands Local Action Group, along with support from Northumberland National Park Authority, are busy building a new website for our LEADER approach!
It will feature:
- Full details about the Northumberland Uplands area
- Full details about your Local Action Group members
- Full details on how to access the LEADER funding
- Information on how you can incorporate the sustainable development principles into your project proposal
- Information on sources of match funding
- Case studies of our best practice exemplar projects
The new website will be a one-stop shop for everything LEADER related, and will be launched in January 2009. Further details to follow!
What are your thoughts on the LEADER approach for the Northumberland Uplands? What actions do you think should be prioritised? Is there anything that you’d like further clarification on? Send us your comments to nuleader@nnpa.org.uk.
