To help farmers who are thinking of opening for Open Farm Sunday for the first time this year, organiser, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), is holding a free webinar to offer ideas, information and tips for those inviting the public onto their farms.
The twenty minute webinar will take place on Tuesday 31st January 2017 at 1pm and is part of a series of free webinars being run by LEAF for Open Farm Sunday, for both new and experienced Open Farm Sunday host farmers. Future webinars will cover topics including health and safety, activities and publicity.
The OFS Bitesize webinars are broadcast live, allowing farmers from across the country to log in and follow the presentations, ask questions and have them answered in real time. These instructional twenty minute webinars offer an interactive way of preparing to host an Open Farm Sunday event. Presenters from LEAF, the team of OFS Regional Co-ordinators and experienced host farmers will contribute their wealth of knowledge and experience to the sessions. All OFS Bitesize webinars will start at 1pm, and shortly afterwards will be made available via the Open Farm Sunday website for farmers to view on demand.
The full list of upcoming webinars is:
Wednesday 11th January – Organisation and Planning: Top tips
Tuesday 31st January – First time OFS hosts: Information and support for people opening for the first time this year
Friday 10th February – Publicity: The communications toolkit
Tuesday 28th February – Focus on Scotland: Specific information and top tips for Scottish Open Farm Sunday host farmers
Friday 10th March – Making it Memorable: Activity ideas and resources
Thursday 23rd March – Focus on Wales: Specific information and top tips for Welsh Open Farm Sunday host farmers
Tuesday 4th April – Health and Safety essentials
Tuesday 11th May – Getting your messages across
Thursday 1st June – Media update and last minute Q&A
* All webinars will start at 1pm
To find out more and to register for any webinars visit: https://farmsunday.org/open-my-farm/bitesize-webinars
Annabel Shackleton, LEAF’s Open Farm Sunday Manager said, “We’re delighted to be offering these new free webinars for farmers. There is so much inspiration and experience amongst our co-ordinators and experienced host farmers, so these webinars offer a great platform to share this expertise and provide an easy and interactive way for farmers to engage with the OFS team directly and get a head start on their planning to ensure maximum success for Open Farm Sunday 2017. We’d like to invite everyone, whether they have opened before or are thinking about opening for the first time on 11th June 2017, to join us for our OFS Bitesize webinars.”
Registrations for LEAF Open Farm Sunday on 11th June 2017 are open.
