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How to access funding
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How to access funding
To assist with this process, there are dedicated EEDA facilitators to help you develop your project and guide you through the application process.
Each facilitator is responsible for advising on different areas of the programme. Their roles are to make the rural business community aware of RDPE, to clarify access criteria to potential customers, and to assist worthwhile projects through the application process towards building strategically important rural projects for the region. All applications will need to meet EEDA's quality standards by following the Excellence Framework approach. Your EEDA facilitator will guide you on what information is required and all applications will be appraised by an independent EEDA assessor before any funding decision is made.
EEDA will deliver RDPE funding in three ways:
- open application - where the idea for a project is from a single applicant or a collaborative group
- invitation to tender - where there is a clearly defined need for the region and a variety of potential partnerships or delivery bodies could undertake delivery
- commissioning - where there is a single clear industry lead body to undertake a particular area of work on behalf of the region.
More detailed information on the three funding routes can be found in the RDPE prospectus available to download on the key documents page.
You can also download a flowchart of the project application process (.pdf, 48kb) and a flowchart showing the approval process (.pdf, 40kb).
Who can apply for funding?
There is a wide range of organisations, individuals and businesses that are eligible to apply for funding. Examples may include:
- farm and forestry businesses
- rural businesses
- tourism enterprises based in rural areas
- existing micro-enterprises or persons wishing to set up a micro-enterprise
- charities and/or social enterprises.
EEDA facilitators
Chris Knock, rural development manager
chrisknock@eeda.org.uk
01223 484602
Lead subjects - livestock, deer, skills and local food
David Sillett, rural development manager
davidsillett@eeda.org.uk
01986 798277
Lead subjects - renewable energy, anaerobic digestion, managing water resources
Steven Smith, rural development manager
stevensmith@eeda.org.uk
01223 484645
Lead subjects - tourism, environment
Sara Hind, rural development manager
sarahind@eeda.org.uk
01223 202834
Oversees the Leader approach and Local Action Groups (LAGs)
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