TWO farming 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 July 31. 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.”
Farming organisations told to quit Newton Rigg search for new homes
Joanne Mills and Adam Day
Two farming organisations are desperately seeking new homes after they have to leave Newton Rigg by the end of July.
The Farmer Network and Cumbria Young Farmers Club have been told by the campus owner Askham Bryan that they must vacate their offices no later than July 31.
York-based Askham Bryan has put the campus, near Penrith, on the market this week.
The Farmer Network, invited by the college to base itself on campus in 2013, is a not-for-profit support organisation for the farming communities of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales.
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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 devastat
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OUTSIDE Newton Rigg College, Cumbria YFC chief officer Joanne Mills and Farmer Network managing director Adam Day BUSINESSES and charities that shared the site of Newton Rigg College in Cumbria are on the hunt for new homes after it was confirmed that the college will close this July. The fate of Newton Rigg, at Penrith, has been in the balance since York-based owners Askham Bryan College announced closure plans last year. With news that the campus and an associated farm were being put on the market from Tuesday, May 4, the other organisations located on the site are now faced with the prospect of becoming homeless.