Changes to LEADER fund to ringfence islands

The next LEADER programme will have new requirements for areas that includes islands.

The next LEADER programme will have new requirements for any group delivering its rural development funding in an area that includes islands, such as Bere Island (pictured).

The next LEADER programme will not have a dedicated sub-group as sought by offshore island communities.

But it will have new requirements for any group delivering its rural development funding in an area that includes islands.