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The Clyde Higgs Scholars Workshop reunites past and present scholars funded by Elizabeth Creak Trust. This two day workshop focuses on collaboration and strengthening relationships in the sector.
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We help institutions in the industry to work collaboratively by understanding their mission and objectives, sharing best practice, encouraging collaboration and funding positions that encourage innovation and collaboration.
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About the Trust
Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust is a grant giving body that invests in people who will advance healthy, fair and sustainable UK food production. Grants finance projects that help farmers innovate to survive and thrive while scholarships support and encourage individuals to innovate sustainable practices in farming.
Alumni benefit from an increased network and career opportunities through connections and collaboration and from a bi-annual conference.
How we started
It all started with the vision of the late Elizabeth Creak. A widely respected and enterprising dairy farmer who brought many creative ideas to the world of farming, she inherited the business established by her uncle Clyde Higgs who was himself a renowned innovator, as well as a BBC commentator on agriculture. Elizabeth bequeathed funds to the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust to encourage and support innovation in farming.
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Recent Projects
We enable innovation and continuous learning in farming by; funding scholarships and research, facilitating connections between alumni, encouraging collaboration and creating connections between institutions. See below for details of some of our most recent work.
Elizabeth Creak Distinguished Guest Lecture 2024
The 2024 Distinguished Guest Lecture at the University of Warwick…...
The Elizabeth Creak Horticultural Technology Centre
The Elizabeth Creak Horticultural Technology Centre (ECHTC) at the University…...
Elizabeth Creak Building at Harper Adams University
With its eye-catching design, living exterior walls and superb facilities…...
Alliston Centre at Royal Agricultural University
The Alliston Centre is a state of the art incubation…...
Renovation of Victorian Greenhouse
In June 2017 Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust made a donation…...