Find wellbeing support in your area

For many farming is an incredibly rewarding profession but it can also be incredibly challenging at times. Anyone can reach a point when pressures become too much and if that happens it is important to reach out for help.

Industry pressures

Stress and depression are common illnesses in the UK. People working in farming dealing with financial pressures, irregular weather patterns, and market and price volatility are as susceptible to stress as anyone else.

Common symptoms include low mood, anxiety and changes in appetite or sleep patterns. Often the first step in dealing with issues is to talk with somebody.

Find local help in your area or find out about help from national organisations.

(Call costs may vary.)

Cheshire • Cornwall • Cumbria • Derbyshire • Devon • Dorset • Durham • Gloucestershire • Herefordshire • Isle of Wight • Lancashire • Lincolnshire • Norfolk • Shropshire • Somerset • Suffolk • Staffordshire • Warwickshire • Wiltshire • Yorkshire • Cymru • National organisations

Local help in your area

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Cheshire

Wellbeing support

Cheshire Ag Chaplaincy

• 07967 559 594
• [email protected]

Available 24/7

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Cornwall

General advise and wellbeing support

FarmCornwall

• 01736 367589 or
• 07775 667825
• [email protected]

Wellbeing support & advise, and pop-up venues

Farming Health Hub

• farminghealth.co.uk/contact
• Facebook | Farming Health Hub

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Cumbria

Wellbeing support

Cumbria Ag Chaplaincy

• [email protected]
• @CumbriaAgChap

Farmer Network

• 01768 868615
• [email protected]

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Derbyshire

Wellbeing/Pastoral support

Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy

• 07710 088972 or 07593 380311
• [email protected] or [email protected] 

RAD (Rural Action Derbyshire)

• 01629 592970 
• [email protected] 
• ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk/contact

Wellbeing  and business support

Farming Life Centre

• 01692 810903
• [email protected]

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Devon

Hill Farmers support and advise

Dartmoor Hill Farm Project

• 01822 890913
• [email protected]

Business support for hill farmers

Exmoor Hill farming Network

• 01643 841455
• [email protected]

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Dorset

Wellbeing support

Sherborne Deanery Rural Chaplaincy

• 01935 873044
• [email protected] 

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Durham

Business and wellbeing support

UTASS (Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services)

• 01833 641010
• 07917 304685 (out of hours contact)
• [email protected]

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Gloucestershire

General/wellbeing support

Gloucestershire Farming Friends

• 07435 509950
• [email protected]
• Facebook | Gloucestershire Farming Friends

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Herefordshire

Business, information & support network

Herefordshire Rural Hub

• 01432 268428
• [email protected]

Mental Wellbeing support

We Are farming Minds

• 08088 020070 (call)
• 07786 203130 (text)
• [email protected]

24/7 support

Pastoral Support

Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy

• 07973 361055
• 07531 676832

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Isle of Wight

Business support

Wight Rural Hub

• 01983 296244
• [email protected]

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Lancashire

Health & Wellbeing drop-in clinics

Field Nurse

• [email protected] 

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Lincolnshire

Health and wellbeing support & drop in clinics

LRSN (Lincolnshire Rural Support Network)

• 0800 138 1710
• [email protected]

8am– 8pm 365 days a year

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Norfolk

Mental Wellbeing support

YANA (You Are Not Alone)

• 0300 323 0400
• [email protected]

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Shropshire

Wellbeing support

Shropshire Rural Support

• 0300 123 2825
• [email protected]

Not time bound

Pastoral Support

Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy

• 07531 676832
• 07973 361055

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Somerset

Pop-up living room talking hubs

Farmerados

• Farmerados.org/contact

Raising awareness

SMHAG (Somerset Mental Health in Agriculture)

• 07590 684888
• [email protected]

Business support for hill farmers

Exmoor Hill farming Network

• 01643 841455
• [email protected]

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Suffolk

Pastoral Community Support

Lightwave rural and agricultural chaplaincy

• 07413 683368
• [email protected]
• 24/7 support

Mental Wellbeing support

YANA (You Are Not Alone)

• 0300 323 0400
• [email protected]

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Staffordshire

Wellbeing support, business support

Farming Life Centre

• 01692 810903
• [email protected]

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Warwickshire

Business and rural support – free membership

Warwickshire Rural Hub

• 07780 159291
• [email protected]

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Wiltshire

Wellbeing support

Sherborne Deanery Rural Chaplaincy

• 01935 873044
• [email protected] 

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Yorkshire

Business support and events

Yorkshire Agricultural Society

• 01423 541000

Wellbeing support

Farmer Network

• 01768 868615
• [email protected]

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Cymru

Mental Wellbeing support

DPJ Foundation

• 0800 5874 262 (call)
• 07860048799 (text)
• [email protected]

Available 24/7

Wellbeing support

Tir Dewi

• 0800 121 4722
• [email protected]
• 7am – 10pm 365 days a year

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National

General support and advise

Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RABI)

• 0800 188 4444
• [email protected]
• Support for young people: kooth.com/rabi
• Support for adults: qwell.io/rabi

Wellbeing support

Farming Help (FCN, Addington Fund, Forage Aid)

• 0300 0111 999
• [email protected]

7am-11pm 365 days a year

The Man Down Project

• Facebook community
• [email protected]

Accidental Counsellors

• accidentalcounsellors.co.uk

Disaster Relief – Housing

Addington Fund

• 01926 620135
• [email protected]

Disaster Relief – livestock support

Forage Aid

• 01926 620135
• [email protected]

Wellbeing support

Gay Farmer Helpline

• 07837 931894
• [email protected]

General support

Agricultural Chaplains Association

• 01935 488564
• 07966 754110
• [email protected]

Rural community support

ACRE (Action with Communities in Rural England)

• 01285 653477
• [email protected]

Mental health and farm safety training 16-40 years

Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies)

• [email protected]

General support and advise for gamekeepers

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust

• 0300 123 3088
• 01677 470180
• [email protected]

Horticulture wellbeing support

Perennial

• 0800 093 8543
• [email protected]

9am-4.30pm Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday (excluding bank holidays)

10am-4.30pm Wednesday

Wellbeing in agriculture

Just Talk Agri

• Just Talk Agriculture | Facebook
• 07494 045975

Under 35s mental wellbeing support

Papyrus HOPELINE

24/7 support

• 08000 684141
• [email protected]
• 07860 039 967

Mental Wellbeing Support

Samaritans

24/7 support

• Freephone 116123
• [email protected]
• Online or face-to-face chat: samaritans.org/contact-samaritan

Mind

• 9am-6pm Monday – Friday (except bank holidays)
• 0300 123 3393
• [email protected] 

Shout

• 24/7 Text service
• Text “shout” to 85258

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