Chalk and Cheese continues to deliver the Leader+ Programme of grant funding in rural Dorset through the Local Action Group, and has now funded 57 major and 30 small, community led, innovative projects.

The Small Grant Fund is still open for applications, and we'd be very happy to hear about your project idea.

We have proudly supported a range of local food, culture and landscape projects so far. These include providing support to Fivepenny Farm to build a collaborative, low impact, small scale processing unit which will be used by over 40 producers to process meat, dairy, fruit & vegetables as well as herbs.

We've provided funds to establish the Dorset Centre for Rural Skills to promote sustainable building techniques and traditional skills across Dorset and the region.

A grant has helped West Dorset Food and Land
trust to supply local food school meals to schools in Bridport. Funding to Shillingstone has enabled the village to set up a community orchard.

We have helped Screen Bites to bring foody films and local products to hundreds of people in rural Dorset.

So many more brilliant projects to tell you about so please do have a look at our project report that will
soon be available here giving more details on all 57 projects, in their own words. Click here to view project brochure

If you'd like anymore information on any of our projects or would like to get involved in the next round of 'Leader' activity then please do contact us.

The Programme is kindly funded by the European Union, Defra, Dorset County Council and West, East and North Dorset District Councils - a big thank you to them all!