Burwarton & District Agricultural Society

Burwarton & District Agricultural Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 518459).

The Society exists for the general encouragement and promotion of agriculture for public benefit, with particular attention to Burwarton and the surrounding district. It began when the Burwarton & District Farmers Club held its first show in a field just north of the village. It runs a charitable grant scheme to assist projects furthering its objects, and its annual giving was £3,479.

Priority Areas

The Society makes grants to assist projects furthering its objects. These cover improving livestock and breeding and preventing or eradicating animal and plant diseases; agricultural and rural-industry science and research; crop development; agricultural machinery and equipment; and demonstrations of modern agricultural methods. It also promotes agricultural education and training, encourages Young Farmers Clubs and agriculture-related activities by other youth organisations, and supports rural crafts and industries of interest to the farming community. Its objects also include cooperation between farmers and other land users, with special reference to conservation, and between rural and urban communities. The grant scheme is framed around projects advancing these agricultural and rural objects.

Themes

• Livestock and breeding
• Agricultural science
• Crops and plant health
• Agricultural machinery
• Agricultural demonstrations
• Agricultural education
• Young farmers

Geographic Focus

Priority: Burwarton and the surrounding district.

Applications should be made in writing to the Secretary of the Society at the Show Office, Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 6QJ, for projects furthering any of the Society’s stated objects.

Deadlines: Applications are due by 14 February.

Application windows:

• Charitable Grants: Applications are made by 14 February.