News on HS2 in Bucks & Oxfordshire

Today saw more projects awarded funding as part of the HS2 Community and Business Funds. To date, over £1.9m of funding has been awarded across the Phase One route.

In Buckinghamshire, Road Farm Countryways CIC has received over £74,000 from the Community and Environment Fund to refurbish an existing run down barn in the farmyard to provide a large accessible changing room and toilet facility for the users of the service and groups who visit the farm.

Road Farm Countryways CIC is a Care Farming Community Interest Company based in Great Missenden that provides opportunities for young adults with learning difficulties and physical disabilities through Care Farming (therapeutic use of farming practices) and visits for schools, scouts, guides and youth and community groups.

The funding will also allow the group to help to re-roof a traditional long, low farm building (currently with no roof) with traditional clay roof tiles and building work also includes timber cladding and mending brick and flint work. It will also help to restore a traditional old building on the farm which can then be used as a training and workshop facility.

You can find out more about Road Farm Countryways by visiting www.roadfarmcountryways.com

The community and business funds are administered and managed by independent community charity, Groundwork UK. For more information on Groundwork and the funds themselves click here.

You can also see an interactive map showing all of the projects awarded funding so far by clicking here.