The need for independent unbiased research does not diminish even with the prospect of fewer acres being farmed and with fewer people employed. New, well proven techniques are needed to enable farmers to cope with new crops, new economic conditions and the implications of extensive new environmental regulation. In particular, TMAF funds research into arable crops and related education projects in East Anglia.

Funding
Currently, The Morley Agricultural Foundation provides funding in two main areas:

• Direct Grants towards projects in agreed areas of arable farming research.

• Educational Grants in support of further education studies in approved areas of arable crop production.

Legacies and Bequests
Farming needs the support of an independent research sector. At present, one of the best placed organizations to fund research in this field is TMAF. Leaving a bequest to TMAF would be following an estimable and historical tradition, in which the pioneering names of "Turnip" Townsend and Coke of Norfolk are prominent.

Both the late John Mann and Roger Harrison bequeathed Trust funds for the benefit of agricultural research, and these two Trusts liaise very closely with the TMAF board and have one Trustee in common. Personal legacies of this type can give an opportunity to remember the donor and to reflect his/her particular wishes as to the use of the funds.

Government support could be attracted as bequests to charity are extremely tax efficient. A £10,000 gift could attract tax savings of £4,000 to further assist the ideals of the foundation.

Contact
If you have any questions about the Foundation, the grants available and making bequests,
please contact:

The Administrator,
The Morley Agricultural Foundation,
The Old Rectory,
Deopham Road,
Morley St Botolph,
Wymondham,
Norfolk NR18 9DB

Tel: 01953 713203
Fax: 01953 713234
Email: richard.osborne@tmaf.co.uk

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