Working together to achieve more
The Farming Help partnership is a collaboration between Addington Fund, The Farming Community Network and Forage Aid and is supported by The Royal Countryside Fund.
Each of these dedicated charities has carefully chosen remits and specialist areas of work so that the farming community benefits from a joined-up approach and a wide range of appropriate support.
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The Farming Community Network (FCN)
The Farming Community Network is a voluntary organisation and charity that supports farmers, farming families and people in rural communities through difficult times and periods of change. We help to build thriving communities, encourage resilience and help farming people to explore their options.
Forage Aid
Forage Aid is now part of Addington Fund and operates our disaster relief grants. Forage Aid helps farmers whose feed or bedding supply has been disrupted by extreme weather or an Act of God by sourcing and distributing feed and bedding with the help of donations from the farming community.
The Royal Countryside Fund
Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales as The Prince's Countryside Fund in 2010, The Royal Countryside Fund is a UK charity that helps rural communities work towards a more secure future by enabling family farms to thrive and building confident rural communities.
In order to create a real future for rural Britain, the The Royal Countryside Fund:
Invests at least £500,000 in grants for rural communities for projects providing community-led solutions each year.
Runs The Farm Resilience Programme, offering environmental and business skills training to family farms across the UK.
Provides emergency funding to tackle crises such as outbreaks of disease or extreme weather.
Undertakes research into problems faced by farming families and communities.
Runs schemes to help young people get into farming and strengthen support networks.
Brings together people and business to help tackle challenges such as climate change.
Other useful links
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RABI
RABI continues to work tirelessly to uplift and support farming people through practical, financial and emotional assistance, touching the lives of thousands of people every year.
At the core of RABI’s mission is the commitment to address the individual needs of farming people. They offer one-to-one, expert support, advice and guidance, tailored to every unique circumstance. Whether it’s giving expert advice on benefits potentially available to farming people or accessing mental health support, RABI offers a beacon of hope.
Their 24/7 freephone helpline 0800 188 4444 ensures we are available at any time of the day or year to give farming people the right type of support.
RSABI
By providing practical, emotional and financial support to those working within the Scottish agriculture industry, RSABI (founded as the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution) is on a mission to support and take care of as many farming people as possible.
Gamekeepers Welfare Trust
The Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust exists to support gamekeepers, stalkers and ghillies, and their dependants past and present.
Perennial
Perennial is the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping everyone who works in horticulture, and their families, when times get tough. Perennial provides free and confidential advice, support and financial assistance to people of all ages working in, or retired from horticulture. This help extends to spouses, partners and children.
If something is troubling you, the Samaritans are there to listen, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call their freephone line on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
Other charities, including regional support groups
The Royal Countryside Trust produced the National Directory of Farm and Rural Support Groups. On pages 10-27 of the 2020 issue, you’ll find a number of smaller, more regional charities, offering various support to the farming community.
