Future Roots has received a grant of £4,000 from the Ernest Cook Trust, one of the UK’s leading educational charities.
Ernest Cook Trust
Rooted in the conservation and management of the countryside, the Ernest Cook Trust actively encourages children and young people to learn from the land through hands-on educational opportunities on its estates (including the Trent Estate in Dorset) and by offering grants. The Trust was founded by the philanthropist Ernest Cook in 1952 and each year, as a result of his foresight and passion for the countryside and the arts, the current Trustees are able to distribute around £1.6m in educational grants to benefit children and young people.
Rural skills and crafts
Our Future Farmers vocational training programme aims to provide a solid grounding in all of the skills required for a career in agriculture, horticulture or related disciplines. Because it aims to fully prepare young people for their countryside careers, we wanted them to be able to learn more about traditional rural skills including hedgelaying and dry stone walling.
Support from the Ernest Cook Trust allows us to provide these opportunities to everyone taking the Future Farmers course in 2013-14. Over the year we will be working with professional rural craftspeople here at Rylands Farm and making visits to others sites around Dorset. These activities will form accredited units under the young people’s City & Guilds award.
We will keep you updated of these exciting activities over the coming months.
