Free advice · Wales
Farming Connect Succession Pathway
Three-step help with farm succession: a succession review, a funded succession plan with a specialist solicitor, and funded legal advice to put it in place.
- From
- Farming Connect (Welsh Government)
- How much
- Succession plan 80% funded up to £1,600 (via the Advisory Service); further legal advice for family succession up to £1,000.
- Who can apply
- Farm businesses in Wales; the review must involve the farm owners who own the assets.
What you’ll need
- Farming Connect registration
How to apply
- Book a succession review online or through your regional Future Generations and Succession facilitator
- Apply for the succession plan and legal advice funding
Family succession meetings and a landowner/new entrant matching service are also offered.
Similar schemes
- Farm Liaison Service and RPW digital assistance Open all yearWelsh GovernmentFree Welsh Government help with scheme rules, RPW Online, the SFS Universal Dashboard, record keeping and other farming policy questions.
- Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) Open all yearFarm Safety FoundationFree farm safety and mental health resources and training aimed at farmers under 40.
- Farming Community Network support Open all yearFarming Community Network (FCN)Free, confidential help from about 400 volunteers on farm, business, family and health worries.
- Farming Connect Advisory Service Open all yearFarming Connect (Welsh Government)Subsidised independent business and technical advice from approved advisers, one-to-one or in small groups, including help with the SFS.
- Farming Connect Agrisgôp groups Open all yearFarming Connect (Welsh Government)Fully funded facilitated groups of 8 to 12 farmers or growers who meet over up to 18 months to develop ideas such as diversification projects.
- Farming Connect Mentoring Programme Open all yearFarming Connect (Welsh Government)Confidential peer mentoring from experienced farmers and foresters chosen from the Farming Connect mentor directory.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4. Always read the official page before you apply.