Funding





Pathology Work


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. The Foundation manages assets which generate income. This resource is available to promote agriculture through a range of educational and research projects.

Individuals and organizations are invited to apply for consideration for funding to undertake studies or training in a wide range of arable crop projects relevant to the needs of farming in the East of England.


Grain Seiving

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

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

So far, funding has been allocated to THE ARABLE GROUP in support of its initiative to establish a series of Agronomy Centres to communicate research results to the industry. TMAF funds will help TAG with the running of the Morley Centre.

A further grant has been approved allowing TAG to pursue an innovative approach towards maintaining farm output while reducing inputs of energy, pesticides and applied nitrogen.

Educational Grants are available in support of further education studies in approved areas of arable crop production. Recent projects include:

  • Nathan Morris - Evaluation of a strip tillage system for growing sugar beet.



  • Jenna Stonard - The importance and distribution of species and races of Leptosphaeria that cause stem canker in winter oilseed rape.

Applications

Organisations and individuals who think they may be eligible for support are invited to submit brief details of themselves and their proposed project to the Foundation.

Details of the address for further information are given on the Home page.


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Legacies and Bequests

If you would like to support the work of the The Morley Agricultural Foundation you may wish to consider leaving the Foundation a gift in your Will. The Administrator of the Foundation will be pleased to discuss this with you.

It may be possible to amend your current Will to include the Foundation by executing a Codicil to it. Alternatively, you may wish to have a new Will prepared or to prepare a Will for the first time. If you are considering doing this, it is recommended that you consult a solicitor. Set out below is some wording that will assist your solicitor in putting into effect your wishes. If you wish to leave a sum of money (a pecuniary bequest or legacy) to the Foundation we suggest using the following form of words:

'I give [AMOUNT IN WORDS] £[ ] to the THE MORLEY AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION (Registered Charity Number: 1097174) ('the Foundation') for its general charitable purposes and I direct that the receipt of the administrator or duly authorised officer of the Foundation shall be sufficient discharge to my executors and trustees.'

The Board of Trustees request that you make any gift to the Foundation for its general charitable purposes. This is because it can quite often be difficult to employ money for a specific purpose, for instance, because the cost of deploying money in a certain way would outweigh the sum itself. That said, the Trustees would welcome you to leave a letter of wishes with your Will expressing your wish as to how the money could be used. The Trustees will then try to ensure that your gift is used in the way that you wish.

You may also consider leaving the Foundation part of the residue of your estate. This is known as a residuary bequest or legacy. Once again, the Board of Trustees would ask that you make any such legacy for the Foundation's general charitable purposes. If you show the above example wording to your solicitor he will be able to adapt this to provide for a residuary legacy.

Please note that the Board of Trustees or the Administrator of the Foundation cannot take any responsibility for the use by your solicitor of the suggested wording. You should consult a solicitor when preparing, amending or adding a codicil to your Will.

If you have any queries concerning leaving a legacy to the Foundation, please contact the Administrator (see Home page)






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