Ruralink Veteran

21/01/2023

Off to on Thursday with for The Rural List and Green Drinks. See you there.

11/01/2023

Rural Business Career Transition Course 19-30 June 2023
For any member of the military community seeking a leadership career in rural business. Operations, strategy, logistics, project management ... yes
Rank unimportant - attitude, ambition and intent vital.
If this is you - or some-one you know, please get in touch.

Ruralink works with the land-based sector to develop accessible pathways to a new career on the land.

22/07/2022

“GREAT” to see you friends at Farm ED talking about our course. We’re looking forward to the next module next week.

The GREAT Project and The Rural Facilitator Course 🌱

Please note: You DON’T have to be based in Gloucestershire to attend ‘The Rural Facilitator Course’ taking place 26/27 July & 30/31 August.

Every year, considerable third sector money is spent on community and environmental schemes, many of which deliver real improvements in environment, habitat and local community. However, far too many do not fully achieve their goals or achieve only short-term successes. In many cases this has been attributed to a lack of training in the facilitator. This course incrementally builds the skills and confidence of delegates to deliver at the Individual, Team and Project level.

FarmED, FWAG SouthWest & Ruralink Veteran are all partners of The Great Project stands for Gloucestershire Regenerative Environment and Agriculture Transition. It’s a three-year project, funded by Thirty Percy, to boost the transition to farming methods that restore the soil, water and air. We want to join the dots between farmers, advisors, growers, mentors and their communities to facilitate this change that is so sorely needed for a resilient future for farms, nature and the earth.

Read more about the course and buy tickets at https://ruralink.org.uk/facilitator

10/07/2022

AGRICARBON looking for field operators nationwide. Active, outdoor role collecting soil samples from farms. Drive and maintain your own Kuboto 4x4, working semi-autonomously. Several ex-forces already recruited. More here:

Ruralink works with the military community and the land-based sector to develop accessible pathways to a new career on the land.

25/06/2022

Spending advocating for ex-Forces at The Grainstore Show hosted by Western Arable.

06/06/2022

New info on course content and dates at Ruralink.org.uk/facilitator

10/05/2022

Module B - Team Skills - today on our course. Another fantastic development opportunity delivered in concert with .

18/04/2022

Very happy to announce the RURAL FACILITATOR COURSE

Designed for anyone and everyone who works with a professional or volunteer team to deliver a project in the countryside.

Developed by Tess Matson in collaboration with the GREAT Project, this course is delivered over three incremental modules to give delegates the Individual, Team and Project level inter-personal skills and knowledge needed to work effectively as a facilitator on rural community projects.

The final exercise is based on a bottom-up community climate-change initiative called “Integrated Local Delivery” (ILD) and the key note will be delivered by its author and leading practitioner, Jenny Phelps MBE.

Suitable for:
Professional farm advisors
Volunteer community coordinators
Team leaders
Small project facilitators

Delivered in-person at venues within Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire-based delegates can apply to the GREAT Project for a discounted rate. (Follow link embedded in GREAT logo.)

Ex-military tend to have the latent skills to be excellent facilitators; this course will hone these existing skills and provide a civilian framework for those transitioning to follow-on careers.

There are five places remaining the FREE pilot course. Dates for the first two paid courses are also now live via our partners at The GREAT Project, direct via Eventbrite or by following the links at Ruralink.org.uk/facilitator.

09/01/2022

NEW volunteer experience days added in January and February. See Environment career page for more.

Ruralink works with the military community and the land-based sector to develop accessible pathways to a new career on the land.