Attfield Brooks Apprenticeships

A Liveryman as your Apprentice Master

Each year the Company binds a small number of apprentices to a Liveryman. It is a mentoring relationship first — and a way into the Livery and the City for people at the start of a career in farming.

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Ages: 18 to 24 at binding
Runs until: Age 26
Mentor: A Liveryman of the Company
Applying: Through the Clerk

What an apprentice gets

A structured mentoring scheme
Exposure to the Livery, the City of London and its networks
An annual luncheon with your Apprentice Master
A possible contribution towards travel, and towards educational travel
A simpler and cheaper route into the Livery, up to the age of 40
Continuing involvement with the Company afterwards

What is asked in return

To be aged 18 to 24 at binding; the apprenticeship ends at 26
A commitment to engage with your mentor
To learn something of the art of farming
To attend a livery luncheon each year with your Master
To write a 250-word update once a year

Taking it further

Applying

There is no application form. Speak to the Clerk, who will explain how binding works and what the Company looks for.

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Giving and legacies

Every award on this page is paid for by the Company’s endowments and the generosity of its members. A gift now, or a legacy later, widens what we can offer.

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Our other funds

Up to £16,000 The Henman Nuffield Scholarship Each year the Company sponsors a Nuffield Farming Scholar — funding someone to travel overseas, research a subject of their choosing, and return with what they have learned. Who it is for Up to £750 Jubilee Scholarships Awards of up to £750 towards the cost of a training course, for members of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs. Who it is for Thirteen Recognition of Achievement – College Prizes Each year the Company awards a Recognition of Achievement in Education prize to one student at each of thirteen agricultural colleges. Who it is for