With a focus on NFU regional board priorities, we鈥檝e got some great county level activity planned to supplement local branch activity in Surrey. This kicks off with meetings with Surrey police and member engagement on the Surrey Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) consultation.
Established by the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner, Ellie Vesey-Thompson, Surrey Police will be holding a rural crime forum on Monday 15 September at Busbridge Village Hall. This will be followed by a partnership meeting the following week to discuss the issues raised. Please do reach out for further information, sign up is via Eventbrite.
I鈥檝e already met with DPCC Ellie Vesey-Thompson and Chief Inspector Chris Tinney to feed in views voiced by members at recent branch meetings at the Oxted and Redhill branches. I also have a meeting planned with PCs from the Surrey Rural and Wildlife Crime Unit.
The Surrey LNRS public consultation runs until 25 September. The Surrey Nature Partnership are holding their own events to gain a depth of views.
皇家华人will be submitting a response to the consultation and if you would like to feed in your thoughts, please contact Polly Lawman at [email protected] and we will ensure these are fed into the consultation.
On Wednesday 10 September the industry celebrated Back British Farming Day, and this was our chance to champion farming at all levels.
It鈥檚 important that we use the momentum created by this event to continue raising the challenges the industry faces with key stakeholders. Continuing to write to and meeting with your MP is key if we are to get the changes we need.
Please reach out and get involved this winter and I look forward to meeting more of you as the winter meeting season progresses.