Introducing Animal Health and Welfare grants

Now that the Annual Health and Welfare Review is open, I’d like to share more about the next step on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway: Animal Health and Welfare grants.
Fran heads up policy development for multiple components of Defra's Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, leading teams which are focused on grants, payment-by-results and labelling. Her team also specialises in providing advice on farm animal welfare and co-designing with industry.
Now that the Annual Health and Welfare Review is open, I’d like to share more about the next step on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway: Animal Health and Welfare grants.
Today, we published our initial priorities for the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. They represent some of the best opportunities for improving animal health and welfare we have across each livestock sector. In this post, I’ll share those priorities.
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On this blog, we explain the reforms to agricultural policy in England.
We share what we’re working on, what we’re learning and how you can get involved.
GOV.UK is the place to find official guidance and information.
Funding for farmers, growers and land managers sets out every payment on offer with links to learn more.
It features payments for:
Equipment, technology and infrastructure
Improving animal health and welfare
Supporting parks, AONBs and Broads
Managing habitats, woodlands, flood risk and water pollution.
Restoring landscapes and ecosystems at scale
These leaflets set out the offer for:
Arable and horticulture farmers
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in England will be replaced with delinked payments in 2024.
Basic Payment recipients in England can get free business advice from independent providers.