Farm and Fishing Support

Support provided:

• Assist farmers to gain off-farm employment and/or self employment.
• Assist farmers to optimise income from existing farm activities
• Increase the percentage of fishermen and farmers using fixed assets for non-fishing/non agricultural activities.
• Support farmers and fishermen to participate in group enterprise activities.
• Encourage farmers and fishermen to participate in supported employment

School’s Agriculture Programme

Our Farm & Fishing Family Suppor Officer Joe also regularly engages with the local secondary schools in Inishowen and teaches them a Agriculture module. This includes:

• Farm Safety
• Safe Tractor Driving
• Site visits
• Measuring fields
• And much more

The Rural Social Scheme:

The Rural Social Scheme is a programme to provide additional income for low income farmers/fisherpersons. Inishowen Development Partnership’s Rural Social Scheme has become widely renowned for its input to rural communities as well as the benefits to the participants. The vast majority of this work has been in the area of village enhancement project and environmental maintenance work, maintenance and caretaking of community, sports facilities, child care facilities and special needs facilities. Participants work 19.5 hours per week & these hours are based on a “farmer friendly schedule”.

• The Rural Social Scheme provides part time flexible employment opportunity to low income farmers or their spouses on community development projects.
• To provide services of benefit to rural communities by harnessing the skills and talents available among low-income farmers and fishermen.
• To provide income support for farmers and fishermen who are currently in receipt of long-term social welfare payments.
• Find out more about the scheme and if you would be eligible here: https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/farming-and-fishing/rural-social-scheme/

RSS workers in the community