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Farming Group

The first meeting of the Farming group was held at Colepike Home Farm on the 24th January. 

Initial discussions included:

• With rapidly increasing energy and water costs a discussion was had on ways to reduce these costs.  Initial ideas included gathering information about alternative energy technologies and to research successful projects.
• It was felt that it would be difficult to introduce a local brand for local produce but that it would be a good idea for the project to investigate this further.
• The group disscussed the training request form and initial training needs identified included computing and first aid

New volunteer group for the Parish

A new monthly, weekend volunteer group will be out and about every fourth Saturday in the month Starting on February 26th.  On the first outing we will be joining Durham Wildlife Trust volunteers for a joint day undertaking some woodland management at Malton Nature Reserve.  The second day will be supporting the Lanchester Partnership with their annual litter pick of the village.  If you'd like to get involved with either, or all, of these activities please get in touch with Sue via email or by telephone on 07585 001 355, it will be great to have you on board.  No experience is necessary as full training is given on the day.

The 1st Training session in recording wildlife sightings using MapInfo (a computer program designed for recording wildlife) was delivered on the 25th January.  Vital work is now underway inputing records about the wildlife of Lanchester and its distribution around the Parish.

		The European Agricultural fund for rural development : Europe investing in rural areas
Funding is being made available through the Rural Development Programme for England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union and, is managed by One NorthEast in the North East region