Rural Payments and Services

To provide you with more information, we are inviting you to sign up to the Rural Payments and Inspections Division’s new Facebook page. We hope to engage with you - our rural stakeholders - better. Please sign up now and press ‘like’ to follow us - Rural Matters Scotland.

Our page is full of interesting rural topics, scheme information, CAP updates and fun rural facts, all celebrating Scottish produce. We will post videos/interviews with our Chief Agricultural Officer and others within the Rural Payments and Inspections Division (RPID), and footage out and about on farms across Scotland.

We will also post photos from various events to keep you informed of Ministerial events and what is happening across different RPID area offices. We hope you will get to know RPID better and will understand the diverse careers we have, so we will post a monthly ‘a wee chat with…’ different RPID staff members. Our ‘wee chats’ will also feature interviews from others involved in the rural industry (such as farmers, crofters and rural groups) talking about their role and how they try to make a difference.

We also have a new refreshed Flickr page full of photos from various rural events, that you may find interesting too. And a YouTube account for videos we will post on Facebook.

We hope these new channels will be forums that you will enjoy and would like to get involved with.

Please email us at RPIDRovingReporter@scotland.gsi.gov.uk – with your ideas for content for the channels and suggestions for farms or events to visit. Perhaps you would like us to interview you or visit your farm to take photos or do a video ‘down on the farm’? We want you to tell us what is happening in your area!