New project helps farmers plan ahead and stay resilient through change
1st October 2020
A new project led by national rural support charity The Farming Community Network (FCN) will help farmers in England and Wales plan ahead for the future.
Research to explore farmers’ experiences of isolation, loneliness & mental health issues
21st September 2020
New research led by the University of Exeter and national rural charity The Farming Community Network (FCN) aims to explore how social isolation, loneliness and mental health issues within the farming community are experienced and managed – and how to improve support available.
UK fertiliser mine set for world’s deepest marathon to raise funds for mental health
16th September 2020
A team of marathon runners will use the deep mine at Boulby on the North Yorks Moors as they attempt to set a record for the deepest marathon on record and raise funds for three charities devoted to mental health issues.
AB Agri ‘Chicken Run’ and ‘Drink for Dairy’ delivers for the industry
7th September 2020
Teams across AB Agri, Britain’s leading manufacturer of ruminant, pig and poultry animal feed have come together to help the agricultural industry and vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis, in a novel way.
Steve Trostler Memorial Tractor Run
2nd September 2020
Local agricultural machinery dealership, Ben Burgess Coates, is getting ready for its second tractor run, raising money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance once again.
Be part of nature recovery and join big wildflower planting push
28th August 2020
Grants of up to £5,000 will be available to help create vital new wildflower havens for bees and other pollinators.
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust donates a further £118,500 to support rural charities
12th August 2020
The funding boost will help deliver a range of initiatives, such as relieving rural poverty, supporting helplines offering emotional and practical advice, providing affordable housing for farming families and helping to sustain food and farming education.
Sunflower field opening raises thousands for Cornish mental health unit
10th August 2020
£4216 has been raised Sowenna, the inpatient mental health treatment unit at Bodmin for young people aged between 13 and 18, when the gates to a field of more than 275,000 sunflowers were opened to the public.
Win a luxurious hide chair and raise money for R.A.B.I
3rd August 2020
Hayley Hanson, the brains behind the eponymous luxury leather brand Hayley Hanson, has set her sights on raising £5,000 for The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (R.A.B.I) by raffling off a one-of-a-kind hide chair worth £2,000.
Jeremy Clarkson helps “heartbroken” child whose farm stall was robbed
22nd July 2020
Countless well-wishers including Oxfordshire farmer Jeremy Clarkson have come to the aid of a little boy who was left heartbroken after his honesty shop was raided by thieves.
9 in 10 anticipate increased need for farming charities over next five years
24th June 2020
Over 90% of contributors anticipate a greater need for farming support organisations over the next five years, a new survey conducted by The Farming Community Network (FCN) has shown.
Farmer takes on ‘push up challenge’ for charity
24th June 2020
Welsh sheep and beef farmer, Gareth Wyn Jones, will complete the ’25 push ups, 25 days’ challenge to help raise awareness of mental health issues in farming.
