Expression of Interest Window Dates August 2020

Glastir Advanced contracts whose initial period ends on 31 December 2020 will be offered contract renewals to commence on 1 January 2021.

Glastir Organic contracts whose initial period ends on 31 December 2020 and Glastir Advanced and Commons contracts where their contract renewal period is due to end on 31 December will also be offered an annual extension to commence on 1 January 2021.

It is anticipated these contracts will be offered in due course.

The contract will be offered via RPW Online. You will then need to accept this contract via RPW online within 21 days of the contract offer.
Your current Glastir contract will end if you do not accept the extended contract by the deadline.

The renewed contracts do not have a Capital Works element, and certain options have been removed/added or upgraded to meet the current legal framework as set out in the Welsh Government Rural Communities - RDP 2014 - 2020.

Glastir Small Grants (GSG) - Water is a programme of capital works available to farmers to carry out projects to improve water quality and reduce flooding.

This window has a budget of £3 million and applications must be submitted via RPW Online.

Successful applicants will need to complete the capital works and submit the final claim by 31 March 2021.

Please contact your local FUW County Staff for assistance with your application.

Further information can be found here.

Claims along with supporting invoices and an accountants letter - in respect of contracts with a start date of 29 May - will need to be submitted by the 25 September 2020 via your RPW Online account.

Due to the covid pandemic, RPW have confirmed that the deadline for Glastir Small Grants: Landscape and Pollinators capital works has been extended to 30 September 2020 so that work can be conducted in September after the hedge cutting closed period.

The next funding application window for training opens on 7 September. Those registering for the first time during this window to apply for funded training or to update their account should contact Farming Connect before 5pm on 26 October.
Despite restrictions and the uncertainty around when face to face training will resume, Farming Connect Development Officers have continued to work, assisting those wishing to apply.