David and Margaret Rankin Fund (Skills and Training)

The David and Margaret Rankin Fund provides grants for individuals and groups to empower young people to realise their potential, pursue their aspirations, and further their skills and training which supports their journey into business or employment. Priority is given to projects that help and empower young people, activities that support the development of knowledge or skills, and activity that encourages young people into farming. Examples of supported activities include business training for young people, mentoring programmes, courses for industry-specific certificates of competency, and travel expenses to support work experience. Grants for individuals will normally be up to £1,000 over one year, while grants for groups will normally be up to £5,000 over one year. Grants may be a single award, or a series of awards paid annually for up to three years and dependent on progress.