Who are the Fens Adventurers?
The Fens Adventurers are a Local Action Group (LAG), a partnership of local entrepreneurs and professionals representing interests in farming, rural business, and tourism as well as other specialties
relevant to the Cambridgeshire & West Norfolk Fens. The partnership was set up in late 2007 in response to calls from the EU for LAGs to form across all member states and bid for funds to
deliver parts of their national rural development programmes through the ‘Leader’ approach.
Named after the original “Adventurers”, the 17th century entrepreneurs who invested in the drainage of the Fens by contracting the Dutch engineer Vermuyden to create today’s fertile farmland,
the Fens Adventurers LAG submitted their Local Development Strategy (LDS) to the East of England Development Agency in March 2008 and were successful in obtaining £4million to deliver this
strategy from 2009-13 within a defined geographic area within the Cambridgeshire & West Norfolk Fens.
Download the
Fens Adventurers LDS and a map of the Fens Adventurers area.
What are the Fens Adventurers Priorities?
The Fens Adventurers LDS focussed on channelling this money through four priorities, whilst also considering how the money could be used to address national priorities of responding to environmental concerns and increasing public access to the countryside. For more information on the Fens Adventurers plans please click on the relevant priority below:
| Investing in sustainable food and farming: | Supporting and growing rural businesses: | Attracting more day and overnight visitors: | Addressing gaps in basic services: |
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| Collaberative ventures which add value. Diversification to increase the farm income. Supporting modernisation and collaberative reservoirs. | Micro enterprise development which creates jobs. Enhancing existing businesses that generate wider economic benefits. | Investment in graded accommmodation and attractions which address gaps. Bringing in over-night visitors to capture their spend in the local area. | Sustainable investments which address gaps in basic services and improve the quality of life of communities |
| Responding to environmental concerns Access to the countryside |
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