FARMERS, rural businesses and communities in Hampshire are being invited to throw their hat in for a new round of rural enterprise funding.

Discussions are taking place for the next round of European Union Rural Development funding for 2014 to 2020.

Five Rural Local Action Groups in the Wessex area have allocated over £6.1m to 384 projects since April 2009, generating more than 265 new jobs and supported 775 rural businesses.