Farm Resilience Programme - 4 free events plus optional business health check

We’re proud to be working with The Royal Countryside Fund to deliver the Farm Resilience Programme and support family farms in Warwickshire.

The RCF’s Farm Resilience Programme started in 2016 with the whole farm and whole family in mind. It’s free and open to small family farms looking for practical support to better understand their business and plan for the future. 

The programme will help you: 

• Know your numbers and options, starting with a business health check.
• Meet other farmers similar to you and build a local support network.
• Learn what’s changing in the sector and where the opportunities are. 
• Build a practical business plan around your short and long-term goals.
• Explore ways to work with Nature to reduce input costs and build resilience. 

We’ll work with you so that you can make confident decisions about where your farm goes next.

** Farmers in Warwickshire are now invited to express their interest in taking part in this year’s programme **

What’s involved?

Representatives from the farms need to attend 4 workshops to be held before 28 February 2027.    The interactive workshops are 2 hours long and afterwards there’ll be time for a meal and networking.

The workshops will cover:

Workshop 1 – making sense of the shifting agricultural trends and exploring the changing agricultural landscape – Brown and Co

Workshop 2 – helping farmers explore current and future environmental and business opportunities – Andersons Centre

Workshop 3 – Planning for change and equipping farmers with the tools and confidence to develop both short-term plans and longer-term business strategies – Promar

Workshop 4 – succession and handling difficult conversations – Saviour Associates

All participants are also invited to complete a business health check tool, but this is not obligatory.  The tool is a farmer-friendly way to break the business into enterprises, understand where money is made or lost, and identify priorities.  The completed tool is sent directly to Andersons Centre who will contact the farmer to discuss the results.

Farmers can also request a one-hour video call with Andersons Centre to chat about their individual circumstances as part of the programme.

Feedback from a previous participant

“The Prince’s Trust Farm Resilience Programme was hugely beneficial. Working through the sessions alongside other farmers created a supportive environment where we could learn from one another and explore new approaches. I gained practical tools to assess our business, identify opportunities and plan with greater clarity and understanding.”

If you want to register your interest in taking part in this free programme, please contact Jane to place your farm on the list.   At this point, we just need to know your postcode.

Numbers are limited – so please contact us as soon as possible.

Email: info@ruralhub.org.uk