North Pennine Dales LEADER
The North Pennine Dales area covers covers Teesdale, Weardale, South Tynedale, rural mid-Durham and rural Gateshead.
Who is eligible?
If you or your organisation falls into one of the categories below, you may be eligible to apply for funding.
- Farmers
- Growers
- Private businesses
- Public organisations
- Voluntary organisations
- Groups of businesses
- Charities
- Someone who wants to start a business
- Private forest holders
- Forestry contractors
If you or your organisation is not in this list, and you feel that you may be eligible, please contact us, or download
North Pennine Dales LEADER Handbook for Applicant (PDF, 801.0kb)
for more information.
What can the funding pay for?
Example of items that the funding may be available for:
- Farming equipment and machinery
- Construction of improvement to buildings
- Equipment and machinery to increase forestry productivity
- Intangible investments (e.g. specialist computer software)
- Patents, licenses, copyrights, trademarks
- General costs, such as architect, engineer or consultant fees
- Marketing and promotion development
Contact us to see whether your project is eligible for funding or download
North Pennine Dales LEADER Handbook for Applicant (PDF, 801.0kb)
for a full list of projects, and the priorities they come under.
Which areas qualify for funding?
To check if you are in an area that is eligible for funding:
- view the
North Pennine Dales LEADER map (PDF, 4.5mb)
- check your postcode using the governments MAGIC postcode checker (we recommend you view or download our
MAGIC postcode checker user guide (PDF, 1.9mb)
which will help you use the site)
- contact us with your postcode and we will check for you
Funding priorities
In addition to being in a qualifying area, your project must fall under one of the priorities below:
- increasing farm productivity - now closed to new applications
- supporting farm diversification
- starting or developing a rural micro or small business
- supporting rural tourism
- supporting services in rural areas
- developing or maintaining a cultural or heritage project - now closed to new applications
How to apply?
Visit our How to apply for LEADER funding page or contact us for advice - you should be able to give us more detail about your project.
In partnership with
- European agricultural Fund for rural development
- Leader
- North Pennines Dales LEADER
- North Pennines Dales LEADER
- 03000 266 895
