Case studies

Here you can view case studies from the Southern Oxfordshire LEADER project.

Creation of Shotover Brewery
shotover brewery A grant of £20,425 towards the creation of a commercial microbrewery in a redundant agricultural building. To enable the making, packaging and selling of a locally produced branded beer.
Construction of cold store for fruit and vegetables, Rectory Farm
Rectory Farm To aid the efficiency of the farm holding by providing a new fit for purpose cold store to remove field heat and to cold store fruits and field vegetables.A grant of £13,599 was provided.
Radley Lakes
Radley Lakes New Life for Radley Lake will open up and improve Thrupp Lake an unusual and unique rural location to visit. With the help of Leader funding the project will enhance this wetland, its scenic value, and its wildlife.
Pennyhooks Farm Craft Barn
Pennyhooks craft barn A grant of £36,000 to build craft workshops & a small farm shop to be rented to the Pennyhooks Project for the creation of training & jobs for the current students with autism.
Kindling and firewood production, Oxford Wood Recycling Ltd
wood recycling A grant of £24,441 to enable kindling and firewood to be manufactured from the clean waste wood that is currently collected. This additional income will make the social enterprise viable in the longer-term and offer additional work opportunuties.
Fox & Hounds Uffington
Fox & Hounds Uffington A grant of £20,000 to create two double letting rooms, one of which will have disabled facilities, each with an en-suite shower room, within an existing old storage building.
Cold Store for Poultry, Peach Croft Farm
Peach Croft Farm To insulate and install chilling equipment in part of a large portal building to increase the amount of refrigerated storage available to Peach Croft Poultry Ltd during its seasonal peak, whilst enabling the use of the building as a general store for other parts of the year.
Park Farm Featherdown Farm Days
To convert a barn, and install six tent bases and associated drainage works as part of a joint business farm diversification and tourism venture.
Lily's Farm Shop & Tearoom
Lily's tea room A grant of £31,045 to establish a farm shop and tea room in Dorchester on Thames.
Monument Park Homeworkers Hub
homeworkers hub Create a dedicated business space to act as a local hub to support homeworkers.
Folly Tower, Faringdon
folly tower To regenerate Folly Tower to encourage the public to visit the building.
Sherwood Farm, Farm Yard Waste Efficiency
To improve the handling of animal waste slurries and the efficiency of how nutrients are used.
The Oxford Bread Group
The project is to invest in equipment to provide the required capacity for the processing of specialist grain into flour for "artisan" bread and the production of straw for thatching.
Farmer Gow's - firewood direct
Farmer Gows This project involved the purchase of a new firewood processor and a hydraulic chain timber deck.
Dews Meadow Farm home delivery service
Dews Meadow Farm The project was to perchase a home delivery service vehicle with sing writing for Dews Meadow Farm.
TRACTOR
TRACTOR image TRACTOR (Training Rural and Agricultural Communities Towards Optimising Resources) is a pilot project designed by the Environmental Information Exchange to help organisations reduce the costs of energy, waste, water and transport used.
Upton village hall improvements
Upton Village Hall The project is to extend and improve Upton Village Hall by lengthening the existing hall by 15 ft. The project will provide a store room for equipment belonging to the hall and organisations using it and create a small meeting room.
Brightwell cum Sotwell Community Shop
Brightwell store open The development of a community run shop in Brightwell cum Sotwell.
Tortoise in Love
KBS Film A community film initiative which aims to bring the local community together, encourage volunteering and build local skills.
Step Farm, Faringdon
Step Farm This project helps to increase the energy efficiency of a new milking parlour and to provide facilities for educational visits.
Children's Food Festival
Chilren's food festival The fesival was held at the Northmoor Trust for Countryside Conservation farm at Wittenham Clumps, it attracted 14,500 visitors.