This course is suitable for both new entrant AND experienced crofters.

Have you been asking yourself:-

• How can I prepare for changes in agricultural policy?
• How can I make my croft more sustainable:- economically & environmentally?
• What can I learn from others to adapt my crofting practice - for climate change, biodiversity, and more?
• What resources are available to support me?

Answers to these and other questions in our in-person, interactive two day training course.

Applecross Community Hall; Friday 31st January & Saturday 1st February 2025.
Members:- £50; Non-members:- £80

This includes morning & afternoon refreshments, lunch and croft visits.

The course will be co-designed with participants choosing modules from the following topics:

(i) Land Management; (ii) Animal Management; (iii) Horticulture/Silviculture/Agro-forestry; (iv) Economic Sustainability.

For more information on the course content, please click here.

Once you sign up for the course, you will have the option of completing a survey to indicate your preferences for the topics delivered.
We cannot guarantee that you will get all your preferences, depending on who else signs up, but we will do our best.

With grateful thanks to Applecross Community Company for their support in delivering this event!

NB. If cost is a barrier to you attending this course, please contact us.

Please direct any enquiries to celia@crofting.org

*Reduced price accommodation at Hartfield House is available for anyone wishing to stay over the duration of the event. (book soon - numbers are limited)* Please direct any enquiries to hq@crofting.org.

We are delivering this course in other locations throughout the crofting counties between now and the end of March 2025.

Other venues/dates are:- Portgower Hall, Helmsdale (January 17^th/18^th),  An Crùbh, Isle of Skye (14th/15th February); Carloway Community Centre (22nd/23rd February); Isle of Mull (28th February & 1st March) Venue TBC; Ollaberry Hall, Shetland (March 7^th/8^th) and St Mary's Church Hall, Griminish, Benbecula (March 14th/15th).

This workshop is 75% subsidised through the SRDP Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund (KTIF), funded by Scottish Government.