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Rural Development

Food resilience programme – Food4Growth

To provide and deliver support that increases and promotes the production and processing of food and drink within Caerphilly County. 

The Food4Growth project, will, alongside partner initiatives across Gwent, fund interventions and projects to sustain a resilient food sector that delivers for the local economy in a sustainable way.

Grant funding is available for projects that will result in an increase in production, processing, skills or support social and community initiatives to create a sustainable and circular food system in Caerphilly. 

Rural engagement and resilience programme

The Rural Engagement and Resilience Programme supports projects, and initiatives across Caerphilly’s rural communities or the rural sector.

The grant will fund projects that will enable rural communities to develop initiatives and projects that engage with local cultural heritage, build, and strengthen community links between urban and rural spaces, support place-based studies and explore new ways of providing support or services in areas less well served or connected. 

Projects that support wellbeing, community capacity and engagement should be developed in partnership with communities and following the Community Led Local Development approach.

Investments could include community written heritage books, cultural events, community energy studies, feasibility studies and revenue support for rural groups and projects.

Rural innovation and investment fund

Investment in a minimum of 10 rural businesses / initiatives that support the enhancement of Caerphilly's Rural Economy. 

Investments examples include marketing and staff investments to increase rural competitiveness, shorten supply chains and to introduce new products. 

Physical investments into equipment and machinery to diversify farm businesses, boost social enterprises and support businesses to invest in new products. 

Previous grant support has supported new food businesses, increased drink makers production, supported new manufacture of land-based products and supported rural businesses to increase productivity and competitiveness to overcome the barriers to operating in rural locations. 

The fund will target farm diversification directly and measures to boost alternative produce to combat global supply issues and reduce food miles. Measures to reduce the carbon intensity of agriculture will be trialled.

Contact

For further information, please email rdp@caerphilly.gov.uk