A helping hand for farmers in need – The Yorkshire Post says

IT is important that profound political differences over Covid-19 strategy, both nationally and regionally, do not deflect attention away from the unprecedented work being undertaken by charities and others to support the most vulnerable in Yorkshire communities.
By YP Comment
Published 20th Oct 2020, 16:33 BST
The RABI has launched a new online service for farmers prone to mental health issues, financial worries or loneliness.The RABI has launched a new online service for farmers prone to mental health issues, financial worries or loneliness.
The RABI has launched a new online service for farmers prone to mental health issues, financial worries or loneliness.

Too many to list, their response – at a time when so many fundraising events have had to be cancelled – has been nothing short of phenomenal and the work being undertaken by RABI, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, is just the latest example.

As farmers in Yorkshire, and further afield, come to terms with the impact of day-to-day Covid challenges, and continuing uncertainty over Brexit, on their finances, it has launched an online wellbeing community and counselling initiative.

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A bespoke service, it will focus on those issues most relevant to the agricultural sector and, specifically, a susceptibility to mental health issues and loneliness which had come to the fore long before the Covid pandemic struck.

The RABI is launching a new support service for farmers.The RABI is launching a new support service for farmers.
The RABI is launching a new support service for farmers.

But what makes this initiative so noteworthy is the decision of the RABI to provide two distinct sites for those seeking advice – one for adults and the other tailor-made for young people aged between 11 and 17 years. In addition, all users can access one-to-one counselling.

Part of a five-year programme of support being developed by this esteemed organisation, it again highlights all the positive work being done to assist families from all walks of life, including farming, now suffering significant hardship. The support is there – and people should not be too proud to accept this helping hand.

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