The John Higgs Memorial Fund
John Higgs, founder of The Arkleton Trust, died in 1986. He worked in FAO with David Moore before becoming Secretary of The Duchy of Cornwall until his death. Arkleton is the name of his Scottish home which, in the early days, was used for seminars.
The John Higgs Fund seeks to identify groups doing specific development, community or educational [not within schools] work in rural areas, which are either struggling to start, having trouble in maintaining valuable activities, wishing to develop in new or unfamiliar areas, or seeking to evaluate their work. In addition, the fund tries to assist these groups to find the right person to help and guide their efforts.
From 2008 this fund is concentrating its efforts on working in an advisory capacity to the Arkleton Trust on its work in identifying how rural communities adapt to climate change and is therefore not taking external applications for funding.
Past John Higgs Memorial Fund Awards
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Recipient |
Project |
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1987 |
YHA |
Employ’ Errol John for 10 days to research ways in which the YHA could increase the participation of the ethnic minorities in outdoor activities and countryside recreation through youth hostelling |
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Dr Frank Rennie and Highlander |
To establish the charitable objects of the Highlander educational trust |
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1988 |
None |
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1989/90 |
James Derounian |
Finland - Northumberland Exchange |
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Mansfield Settlement |
Land use consultant project in the East End of London |
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Arthur Cillette Museum UNESCO |
Guiliano Cesarini - Rural World and Museum Iconography |
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Lesley Turner |
Durham Rural Community Council - Women’s conference |
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Sybil Crouch |
West Wales Arts - research into arts in rural areas |
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1991 |
Graham Stockham |
Withdrawn others listed in newsletter |
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1992 |
Giuliano Cesarini |
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James Derounian |
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Drennan Watson |
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Skye Forum |
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Arthur Elliot Fund |
Donation |
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Museum of English Rural Life, Reading |
Donation |
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1993 |
Jim Ledwith |
Assist his participation in a UK/Sweden rural community workers exchange |
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ORCC |
Care in the Community project |
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1994 |
Cromarty Study Centre |
Help to renovate two important buildings to create a centre for education and training opportunities in the highlands and islands |
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Jeanette Ralph |
Study problems of rural planning in Shropshire |
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Kiki Schwartz |
Assist her study of appropriate counselling services for farmers under stress |
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Upper Nithsdale Adult Centre for education |
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1995 |
Yorkshire Youth Television |
Trying to establish a video arts project for young people |
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Oxfordshire Federation of Young Farmers |
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Graeme Robertson |
Study travel |
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Habitat scotland |
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1996 |
Countryside Movement |
A contribution |
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Gloucestershire Rural Community Council |
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Elm Farm Research Centre |
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Oxford Brookes School of Planning |
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Highlands & Islands Forum |
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1997 |
East Anglian University |
Research project, Study on the Future Landscapes in the West Oxfordshire Region |
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Action with Communities in rural england |
Article in the Parliamentary Review: Capturing the Political High Ground |
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ORCC |
Volunteering in Rural Oxon Conference |
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1998 |
Oxfordshire Rural Education Initiative |
To help to bridge the gap between the vast amount of information on agriculture which is available for educational purposes but which has failed to ensure that farming features within the curriculum for many school children |
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Citizens Advice Bureau |
Mid-Devon CAB, Tiverton to enable the Bureau to train volunteers for their mobile CAB ‘Surgery’ which plans to visit local health and community centres. |
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ORCC |
Oxfordshire Rural Volunteer Award |
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Rural Stress Information Network |
Set up a data base |
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1999 |
Reading University |
Re-housing of Rural History Centre |
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The American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation |
Towards setting up a fund in the name of Philip M Raup. |
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Stephen Wright |
Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council Japan Study Tour |
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2000 |
The Archbishops’ Rural Commission on Rural Areas |
Contribution towards the funding of a Conference following the 10th anniversary of the publication of ‘Faith in the Countryside’. |
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2001 |
Jo Willett |
Dissertation - carry out research into the agricultural outputs in Kenya |
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Norfolk Rural Life Museum |
Have formed a partnership with The Village Museum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to work together on various projects. |
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2002 |
Hatherleigh Project |
Contribution |
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2003 |
Prof Baviskar |
Attend IRN conference in Inverness |
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Lauren Rickards |
Problematizing the Agricultural Field: Conceptions of Nature and Rurality in Agricultural Education – A Case Study Approach. |
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2004 |
Gordon Rural Action |
Portable printer |
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Castle of Mey Trust |
Facilitate printing of report for Arkleton Centre |
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Solway Heritage |
Facilitate one landscape architect to attend a stonewall building conference in Greece |
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Critical Mass Theatre |
Funded an advisor to travel to Uganda to do a feasibility study for future Ugandan/UK |
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2007 |
Yayasan Tadabaca |
Video showing adaptation by communities after the Yogyakarta and Central Java earthquakes of 2006 Please view the video made on the video pages |
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Trust Non Specified Fund Awards |
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1999 |
The Arkleton Centre |
Development of a new Journal of European Rural Policy Studies |
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October 1999 |
Conference on climate change |
Contribution to costs National Conference on Climate Change and Economic Development in the South West (of England). |
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2001 |
Hatherleigh Area Project |
Project to address the economic and social consequences of Foot & Mouth in West Devon |
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2004 |
Castle of Mey |
Contribution to costs |
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