These meetings follow the application checks and are the dates when projects will be reviewed and assessed.

An application and all of the supporting evidence must be submitted at least two weeks before the meeting when you want it to be assessed. You should also be available within those two weeks in case any last-minute details are needed.

• Thursday 21 July 2011

Do contact Emily Preston to dicsuss how you can become involved.

Although any project must be your idea and you will be responsible for making it happen, the whole purpose of the LAG and LEADER team is to help you. Everything that we do is free of charge, and we can discuss with you your ideas, how they might fit into the funding guidelines and we will guide you through the whole application process.

Our aim is to make sure that the projects in our area succeed in getting the funding that they are entitled to and, more importantly, make a difference to your business or community.

Do call us sooner rather than later! Our contact details are here

For any help with your grant application, your first call should be to the leader team, who will be there to guide you. As well as talking to you on the telephone or face-to-face, they also arrange workshops where necessary and have commissioned an online training course that they can give you around-the-clock access to. Just ask what they feel you need to know and they will endeavour to recommend the best training for you.