Black Mountains Land Use Partnership - Investing in Skills Proof of Concept Options Paper

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The Black Mountains Land Use Partnership (the Partnership), by way of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, has been awarded a Sustainable Management Scheme grant as part of Welsh Government Rural Communities-Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Union. This award allows the Partnership to implement a series of landscape-scale projects focused on three key themes: bracken management, peatland management and visitor management. Each theme has multiple project elements associated with it.The Partnership wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to create a proof of concept document which outlines future options for revitalising rural skills and hill farming specific to the Black Mountains area. The contractor must be willing to work closely with graziers, landowners and other Partners throughout the project’s length.The successful contractor will produce a detailed report highlighting forward thinking options that could be implemented in the Black Mountains. The completed proof of concept will aid the Partnership in identifying where scholarships should be focused through the rural skills element of the Sustainable Management Scheme grant.