Scotland: National Rural Network
Connecting Rural Scotland - Promoting Rural Growth

The Scottish Government has announced the timetable for the remaining Rural Priorities Assessment Committee (RPAC) rounds in 2010. Rural Priorities is part of the £1.6 billion Scotland Rural Development Programme.

The timetable for the remaining rounds this year is as follows:

Summer RPAC

• Submit deadline (4pm) - 1st June
• Commit deadline (4pm) - 5th July

• RPACs - 16th - 27th August

Over £200,000 has been awarded to five projects in the most recent round of funding from Rural Dumfries and Galloway LEADER. Projects include creating a local provenance tree nursery in Wigtownshire, and developing community engagement with the RSPB Nature Reserves in the region.

Dumfries and Galloway LEADER is delighted to have been able to support the projects benefitting communities the length and breadth of the regional all contributing towards revitalising our rural communities.

In this article you can find out about the Community Development Coach, D&G Cricket Development project which was part funded by LEADER.