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Building Our Facilitation Network: Collaboration for a Greener Future

Join the White Peak Farmers Facilitation Group for their webinar on Collaboration for a Greener Future on Wednesday, September 15th from 8:00PM to 9:30PM.

About this event:

In this webinar, there will be a panel of experts, group facilitators, farmers and officials involved in Farmer Facilitation Groups. The aim of this event is to reflect on issues identified throughout the Networks for Nature webinar series and provide solutions and a clear path to aid future collaboration.

Panelists will consolidate their thoughts on these subjects and update on new developments in these areas, followed by an audience Q&A session. Attendees will be invited to submit questions for panelists before, as well as during, the event.

The Panelists:

Ellen Brown, Head of Environmental Land Management Policy (Spatial Prioritisation, Local Governance and Collaboration) at DEFRA.

Sarah Blatchford, Facilitation Fund Account Manager for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme Directorate, DEFRA

Brian MacDonald, Facilitation Fund Manager, Natural England

Caroline Hanks, Farm Environment Adviser and Group Facilitator for Herefordshire Meadows

Chloe Palmer, Farm Environment Advisor and Group Facilitator for Hope Valley Farmers, Bradfield Farmers and the Peak District Estates group

About the Organizer:

White Peak Farmers is a Facilitation Group consisting of farmers who work together to deliver environmental improvements in the White Peak area. The group is supported by Natural England’s Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund.

The Networks for Nature: Facilitating Collaborative Farming project is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund through the South West Peak Landscape Partnership.

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