The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announces a competitive public procurement procedure under the 2020 Rural Innovation and Development Fund for a Social Farming Network.
Social farming is the practice of offering, on a voluntary basis, farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services. These operations are run in a number of settings ranging from working family farms, local community initiatives through to more institutional frameworks.
Total funding of 400,000 for 2020 is being made available for the provision of supports for a National Social Farming Network. This RFT relates to the engagement of services for the development and implementation of a tailored work programme in support of social farming at national level.
Social farming is the practice of offering, on a voluntary basis, farming and horticultural participation in a farming environment as a choice to people who avail of a range of therapeutic day support services. These operations are run in a number of settings ranging from working family farms, local community initiatives through to more institutional frameworks.
Total funding of 400,000 for 2020 is being made available for the provision of supports for a National Social Farming Network. This RFT relates to the engagement of services for the development and implementation of a tailored work programme in support of social farming at national level.