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Half time at the Curriculum Review

23 April 2025

Reflection on key announcements that impact the work of The Country Trust.

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Educational Access payments for farmers and land managers

19 February 2025

Current available information indicates that ED1 will become VED1

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Our Response

9 December 2024

Our response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review

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Defra announcement on Environmental Land Management schemes

28 May 2024

Educational Access (ED1) is said to be available ‘later this year' in SFI.

Policy
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40% of children either don’t know or don’t think that most of their food relies on soil

20 March 2024

Calling for urgent action to give children more soil-based learning in schools

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The National Education Nature Park

14 December 2023

Grant available to support learning about the natural world

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Environmental Land Management and the future of farm payments

5 April 2023

Payments are being rolled out under the heading of Environmental Land Management

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Update on ELMS

6 December 2022

Positive update but clarity and details required.

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Policy: Government Food Strategy - our response

14 June 2022

To achieve real change then children should get out of the classroom and explore

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Our response to the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy by Nina Bell

13 May 2022

Nina Bell attended the DfE's Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy Launch

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Update Educational Access Payments

7 April 2022

Availability and awareness of Educational Access Payments (ED1).

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Country Trust’s 2020-2021 snapshot

1 January 2022

Our ambition now is to provide for children at a totally different scale.

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