Farmer Network and YFC have been told to vacate their offices at the closure-hit Newton Rigg Campus, near Penrith
Homeless: Young Farmers Club and the Farmer Network have to vacate offices by the summer
TWO Cumbrian organisations are now faced with being made homeless when the Newton Rigg campus closes this summer.
Both the Farmer Network and Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers Club have been told by owners York-based Askham Bryan they must vacate offices they have on the Penrith campus no later than July31.
Farmer Network managing director Adam Day said: “Very sadly, the demise of Newton Rigg College seems inevitable. Penrith is an ideal central base for the Farmer Network, and we would like to ensure that we have good access for those members who need to visit the office for meetings and to benefit from other types of support that we offer.”Cumbria YFC County chairman Neil Curr commented that: “As a community, Cumbria YFC is absolutely devastated at the closure of Newton Rigg. The college has been the starting point for many of our young farmers’ careers in agriculture and farming. It is extremely hard to accept that the decision to close Newton Rigg has been taken by those outside of the county, with seemingly little knowledge or understanding of the needs of the young people of Cumbria”.