YOUNG people in the Cirencester area are being encouraged to apply for vocational rural skills training at the Royal Agricultural University’s new Rural Innovation Centre at Harnhill Manor Farm.
The University received a generous grant from The Prince’s Countryside Fund to support the delivery of short vocational courses aimed at introducing local young people, especially those not in employment, education or training, to agricultural and rural skills.
Courses available include chainsaw maintenance, dry stone walling, hedge laying, hurdle making, blacksmithing, felling and processing trees.
Included in the fund are grants for projects that support young people, aged 16 to 24 who have an interest in the countryside, tackling areas of rural isolation, low farming incomes, decline of rural communities and disconnection with the countryside.
To find out more about the rural skills training visit www.rau.ac.uk/study/training-courses/rural-skills
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