Friday’s guest blog comes from Dr. Jude McCann, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland charity, ‘Rural Support’ and Nuffield 2017 Scholar. Jude outlines below how Rural Support assists and guides the agricultural community in Northern Ireland through challenging times and how he hopes his ongoing Nuffield research will help to highlight and address the issue of mental
“I had the farm and the family I’d always wanted but something was not right. I was not happy,” explained David… Over the years, David’s problems worsened and he felt he had ‘hit the bottom and crashed’ after a string of unfortunate circumstances befell his farm. He described a difficult time when his ewes were
Today’s guest blog comes from Paul Burrows, Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I) Chief Executive. Paul outlines how a charity that has been around since 1860 is continuing to support the farming community in England and Wales and how they are working closely with other key organisations compassionately and discreetly to tackle the issue of mental
The last blog post today comes from Joanna Foubister, Campaign Manager for the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs “Are Ewe Okay? campaign. This particular initiative, launched in May 2016 is run by SAYFC in partnership with the Scottish Association for Mental Health and aims to break the stigma surrounding mental wellbeing for young farmers
Today’s next blog comes from Kate Dale, Yorkshire Support Network Coordinator who demonstrates the practical support one region is offering to the various challenges facing farming and rural communities in Yorkshire … The Yorkshire Rural Support Network is part of the Charitable Activities of The Yorkshire Agricultural Society and sits at The Regional Agricultural Centre
On Valentine’s Day, when many of us are celebrating with hearts and flowers, one woman’s story highlights the devastation that losing a loved one to suicide really brings and the inspiration that has driven her to set up a foundation in his memory to support people in rural communities with poor mental health, especially men
Today’s Mind Your Head blog from The Farming Community Network (FCN) is about Stephen, a beef farmer struggling to come to terms with the end of his marriage. This story is based on true events, however the names of the individuals have been changed in order to protect their identity. Stephen ran a 200-acre beef
For today’s blog, we have invited Aarun Naik, Nuffield Scholar and qualified and practicing counsellor & psychotherapist to outline the challenges facing our farmers and the lessons we can learn from his study of how the industry in the Southern Hemisphere is prioritising and tackling the issue… It seems like the topic of mental health
Today marks the start of Mind Your Head, our brand new campaign focusing on mental wellbeing in the farming industry. Gina Fusco, Chair of Trustees of the Foundation, outlines the background to focusing on mental health and why this is so important in the context of farm safety… Whilst UK farmers are renowned for the