End of year report 2021-2022

Business Name, Town

Total Project Value

Grant Awarded

Project Start Date

Project End Date

Project Description

Gowbarrow Hall, Watermillock

£7,880.50

£3,152.20

01/10/21

31/03/22

Feasibility study for barn restoration and part development for educational facility

Uni. of Cumbria, Ambleside

£25,363.44

£17,113.44

01/10/21

31/03/22

Valuing our Cultural Landscape – creating resources informing and promoting the contribution Lake District farming cultural heritage can make to nature and climate action

West Lakes Farmer Led Nature Recovery Community Interest Company, Seascale

£49,500.00

£47,500.00

01/10/21

Ongoing

CIC development, farmer engagement, and public goods data collation

Nibthwaite Grange Farm, Ulverston

£93,936.00

£60,629.00

15/10/21

31/03/22

Regenerative farming diversification, Lake District valley tweed production, and people engagement

Racy Ghyll Farm, Penrith

£41,237.00

£40,337.00

01/12/21

31/03/22

Hedge and wildlife corridor creation to facilitate regenerative farming, and educational visits provision

Hall Farm, Ulverston

£50,654.44

£50,131.52

01/11/21

31/03/22

Regenerative farming transition, fencing, hedging, tree planting

Gatesgarth Farm, Cockermouth

£2,368.80

£2,368.80

01/10/21

31/03/22

Drystone wall restoration

Witherslack Estate, Witherslack

£9,250.00

£8,880.00

01/11/21

31/03/22

Small scale haymaking equipment for orchard management and local use in other small sites

West Cumbria Rivers Trust Ltd, Keswick

£27,247.00

£20,827.00

01/11/21

31/03/22

Developing a pipeline of conservation works with farmers to deliver benefits for nature recovery, water quality, flood/drought resilience and carbon storage

Low Sizergh Farm, Kendal

£2,660.00

£2,660.00

01/11/21

31/03/22

Farm Trail enhancements for public users

Ullswater Catchment CIC

£32,912.40

£26,947.36

01/11/21

Ongoing

Creation of wildlife corridors, involving volunteer tree planting, plus rush management equipment for shared use across multiple farms

Lowe Farm, Ambleside

£4,560.00

£3,760.00

01/10/21

31/03/22

Traditional hedge laying

Fell Pony Heritage Trust, Penrith

£4,476.00

£4,476.00

01/10/21

31/03/22

Development of public engagement through website, social media, and newsletter development

Ernest Cook Trust, Low Beckside, Martindale

£104,719.48

£63,619.48

01/10/21

Ongoing

Support for development of land-based learning at Low Beckside Farm including building repair feasibility study, environmental works, and land-based skills training

Monk Foss Farm, Millom

£62,950.00

£25,180.00

01/12/21

31/03/22

carbon and emission reductions through enhanced slurry management

Harry Place Farm, Ambleside

£77,916.86

£31,166.74

01/09/21

31/03/22

Enhancement of farm visitor stays and engagement with farming and nature

Church Stile Farm, Nether Wasdale

£33,336.96

£19,080.96

01/11/21

31/03/22

Creation and production of local food label to champion local products, plus packing and storage. Hedgerow restoration

Robinson Place Farm, Ambleside

£7,743.00

£7,743.00

01/11/21

31/03/22

Establishment and delivery of a volunteering programme of farm, nature, and garden activities with focus on mental health and wellbeing benefits.

Cragg Farm, New Hutton

£57,239.66

£45,791.73

01/01/22

31/03/22

Re-roofing and other repairs to historic traditional threshing barn to conserve it for continued agricultural use.

Crosbythwaite Farm, Broughton in Furness

£18,098.15

£7,239.26

01/12/21

31/03/22

Expansion of farm-based traditional bakery and visitor engagement with farm and local landscape

Fairbank Farm, Kendal

£2,500.00

£2,500.00

27/01/22

31/03/22

Completion of a farm carbon audit, report, and carbon management plan, plus advice

Friends of the Lake District - High Borrowdale

£15,746.15

£11,928.15

01/12/21

31/03/22

Hedge planting, hay meadow species enhancement, and involving volunteers.

Esps Farm, Cockermouth

£32,387.90

£18,334.53

01/10/21

31/03/22

Protecting traditional drystone walls, improving livestock water access and livestock exclusion from watercourses, hedgerow planting and protection, bird boxes, equipment to enable reducing farming carbon footprint.

High Chambers Tenement , Lyth Valley

£4,495

£4,495

21/03/22

Ongoing

Lyth Valley Curlew Recovery Project – Breeding curlew monitoring and protection equipment and activity involving community volunteers and farmers

Herdwick Breeders Association

£18,230.60

£18,230.60

03/10/21

31/03/22

Mobile Satellite Broadband System for use at local farming and rural community events, sustaining their cultural heritage.

Lowther, Penrith

£4,000.00

£3,200.00

04/02/22

31/03/22

Feasibility Study into deer management and marketing issues and opportunities across the Lake District National Park.

LDNPA, Kendal

£38,423.28

£33,425.88

01/12/21

Ongoing

Pilot study in two Lake District valleys of archaeological and built heritage features illustrating the continued tradition of hill farming including farmer engagement on potential future management and scheme opportunities of features

Home Farm, Muncaster

£2,500.00

£2,500.00

31/01/22

31/03/22

Completion of a farm carbon audit, report, and carbon management plan, plus advice

Flodder Hall, Lyth Valley

£2,500.00

£2,500.00

01/02/22

31/03/22

Completion of a farm carbon audit, report, and carbon management plan, plus advice

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