End of year report 2022-2023

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Business Name, Town	Total Project Value	Grant Awarded	Project Start Date	Project End Date	Project Description
Business Name, Town Mosedale End Farm, Mosedale, Cumbria.	Total Project Value £25,283.23	Grant Awarded £11,704.54	Project Start Date 7/1/2022	Project End Date 2/28/2024	Project Description Repair a traditional barn’s wooden floor to that more hay can be made, improving hay meadows and biodiversity and reducing plastic wrapping needed for bales. Good for habitats and lowering carbon footprint. Restoration of traditional boundaries to maintain the farm’s historic features. Fencing off river banksto exclude stock and allow edges to naturally regenerate making the area more resistant to flooding and improving habitat.
Business Name, Town West Cumbria Rivers Trust, Keswick, Cumbria.	Total Project Value £8.948.87	Grant Awarded £8,411.32	Project Start Date 7/27/2022	Project End Date 3/31/2024	Project Description Bengarth sustainable water supply: To provide a piped water supply and water troughs within 12 fields.
Business Name, Town Ewelock Bank Farm, Greenholme, Cumbria.	Total Project Value £3,629.00	Grant Awarded £1,773.00	Project Start Date 6/30/2022	Project End Date 3/31/2024	Project Description Enhancment of work to improve habitats for bees, bats and owls by providing boxes and hives for them to live, breed and overwinter in.
Business Name, Town Ullswater Catchment CIC,Penrith, Cumbria.	Total Project Value £23,319.36	Grant Awarded £23,319.36	Project Start Date 9/22/2021	Project End Date 5/5/2022	Project Description Ullswater wildlife corridor establishment and rush mower: Working with local farmers around Ullswater to improve habitats. Creating shelter belts, planting native trees and shrubs. Purchasing a flail mower for the local farmers to use to shred rush and improve habitats.
Business Name, Town Federation of Cumbria Commoners, Ashbank Farm, Gamblesby, Cumbria.	Total Project Value £67,600.00	Grant Awarded £66,365.80	Project Start Date 8/16/2022	Project End Date 3/31/2023	Project Description The Lakelands Shepherds’ Guide has, for the last century been updated every 20 years, the last update being in 2005. The objective is to update the Lakeland Shepherds’ Guide and produce it in traditional book form, and also a digitized version, tht can be made more broadly available on a new website giving general information on hill farming, commoning, sheep breeds and their contribution to the Lake District WHS. The updated version of the Shepherds’ Guide will also provide an analysis of the changes in hill farming over the last 20 years.
Business Name, Town Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Cumbria	Total Project Value £2,000.00	Grant Awarded £2,000.00	Project Start Date 3/3/2022	Project End Date 4/8/2022	Project Description FFCC: Development of a Farming Smarter Toolkit which amis to support upland livestock farm businesses.

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