The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme closes to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025.

The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme will close to English Producer Organisations on 31 December 2025. As an EU legacy scheme, the RPA will no longer support the scheme from this date.

A update was posted by the RPA to state the detail now included an;

Updated introduction to explain this guide only applies to Operational Programmes until 31 December 2025, and update on the 'Usage of capital items' section to clarify that repayments following asset sales apply even if a write down period extends beyond this date.

Full details can be found here: RPA PO Scheme Update