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Being a Resilient Farmer in Times of Change Chair Russell Carrington Panellists Charles Ellett The Ethical Dairy Sam Conway The Farming Community Network Holly Beckett Focussed Farmers Adrian Cullis Agricultural Christian

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Being a Resilient Farmer in Times of Change

Chair Russell Carrington Panellists Charles Ellett – The Ethical Dairy Sam Conway – The Farming Community Network Holly Beckett – Focussed Farmers Adrian Cullis – Agricultural Christian Fellowship

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The Farming Community Network (FCN)

  • Voluntary organisation and charity
  • Practical and pastoral support
  • National helpline
  • 03000 111999
  • Open 7am-11pm every day of the year
  • Over 400 volunteers throughout England &

Wales

  • “Walk with” anyone who seeks support
  • Founded in 1995
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FARM CRISIS NETWORK

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  • Responding to farmers already in crisis
  • Reactive support
  • Relatively unknown
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  • More proactive support
  • Raising awareness of dangers
  • Greater expertise
  • More awareness
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  • Wide range of expertise among volunteers
  • New brand
  • Well-respected agricultural charity
  • Working closely with Defra and multiple

agricultural stakeholders

  • Helping build personal and business resilience

within farming community

  • Encouraging farmers to embrace change
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What is FarmWell?

  • A one-stop online resources hub to help farmers keep themselves and

their business strong and resilient

  • Free to use and all information in one place
  • Has three clear aims:

Business Resilience

Keeping your business resilient through change Provide links to the most useful and user-friendly information sources across all farm business areas, where you can find the facts to help plan successfully and efficiently.

Personal Resilience

Helping you, your family and your staff to stay resilient through change Interesting articles, tips and programmes for keeping fit and healthy.

Support

Support and help if you need it Guidance on how you can access additional support and mentoring, both from a business and personal perspective, should the need arise.

  • Covers all agricultural sectors
  • Key sponsors already on board
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Business Resilience Case study A farming family runs a sheep and dairy

  • smallholding. The farm has recently been hit by

animal disease and low market prices and the family are looking to diversify the farm business by setting up a farm shop, café and ice-cream parlour, using the farm’s own organic milk.

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Business Resilience Case study

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Business Resilience Case study

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Business Resilience Case study

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An elderly husband and wife have been running the same dairy farm business for 45 years. In recent years, the wife has begun to show early signs of dementia. She struggles to remember things, has difficulty communicating and has become increasingly agitated. She keeps making mistakes

  • n the farm, but insists on carrying on as normal. The

husband is forced to pick up the pieces, as well as carrying

  • ut his own responsibilities – something that he is now

struggling with physically and mentally.

Personal Resilience Case study

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Personal Resilience Case study

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Personal Resilience Case study

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Personal Resilience Case study

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What is the next step?

  • Suite of FarmWell-branded material and information
  • References, videos and apps
  • “Farmer perspective”
  • Training programmes on managing stress
  • Mentor training programme
  • Details of external training events and farmer meetings
  • Local contact information
  • Wales-specific content
  • Dedicated site navigators

What would you like to see?

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“This programme will make you so focussed you will find yourself doing double the work, in half the time and still wonder how you have so much energy left.”

Aaron Hughes: Beef & Sheep farmer; Wales

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Active Listening

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“Paying attention to the present moment, in a particular way, without judgement”

Jon Kabbat-Zin

What is Mindfulness?

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Stress Starts in the Mind

THOUGHTS EMOTIONS PHYSIOLOGY BEHAVIOUR

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Simple Brain Training Meditation Process

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Neuroplasticity…

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Benefits of Meditation

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Benefits of Meditation

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Outside of Ag Industry

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Quantitative Results

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Self Discipline Purposeful Focus State of Mind Stress

Results of 8 Week Mindfulness Pilot

Pre Programme Post Programme 24% INCREASE 22% INCREASE 23% INCREASE 25% DECREASE

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Back to Camp…

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Achieving Your Goals Pointing your mind in the right direction

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Achieving Your Goals Pointing your mind in the right direction

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Do We Need Stress??

“I had no idea what stress was – I mistook it for adrenaline. By redefining my understanding of ‘focus’ I’ve been able to limit the ‘stress’ I was under.”

Aled Davies; Director of Pruex; Wales

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12 part Video Series

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Are You Up for it?

The only way to taste a tomato….

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Thank you

T: + 44 (0) 7815 917 352 E: holly@focussedfarmers.com

@focussedfarmers /focussedfarmers holly@beckettsfarm.co.uk

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Being a Resilient Farmer in Times of Change

Chair Russell Carrington Panellists Charles Ellett – The Ethical Dairy Sam Conway – The Farming Community Network Holly Beckett – Focussed Farmers Adrian Cullis – Agricultural Christian Fellowship