The Rich Wigram New Zealand Farming Scholarship was set up in 2012 to enable young people over 18 to travel to the country for a one year work placement.
The scholarship was set up in memory of Rich Wigram who died in 2010 as a result of an accident on his farm in New Zealand at the age of 34. This charity is administered by his family and friends in both the UK and NZ.
The purpose of the charity is ’to further the education, knowledge and experience of farming students through a travel scholarship and work placement in the dairy industry in New Zealand, with a particular focus on industry best practice and environmental management.’
More information about the scholarship can be found here: www.richwigramnzscholarship.org