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Supporting Lincolnshire’s Agricultural and Rural Community To Live and Work Well
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The LRSN Story
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Supporting Lincolnshires Page 1 Agenda Item 6 Agricultural and Rural Community To Live and Work Well The LRSN Story Page 2 Our Rural Economy 2.5 bn 75,000 people employed Page 3 16,000 people directly employed 579,000
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Our Rural Economy
££2.5 bn 75,000 people employed 16,000 people directly employed 579,000 hectares farmed
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Why Worry?
AV 65 hour working week 11% no holidays 10% no off farm activities
1 farmer takes his life every week and 3% of farmers feel life isn’t worth living 55% of farmers report concerns of poor mental health Farm Fatality rate 18 times other industries
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What the Research Says
Support must be multi-dimensional reflecting the wide range of stressors (HSE 2005) A need to better broaden support to provide a more holistic aid package (Jude McCann Nuffield 2018) Mental health in farming must be tackled upstream and downstream (Arun Naik Nuffield 2019) Maintaining and increasing farmers’ inherent resilience requires their increased priority to their own mental health and well-being. (Jude Mc Cann Nuffield 2018) A need to increase co-ordination between farm support and other agencies (Worshipful Co of Farmers 2019)
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Farming’s future challenges
Brexit and reducing/changed support payments The weather – climate change and increased weather volatility Trading in a world market – tariffs, export markets and import standards Plant protection products – reduction in the numbers of tools in the box Animal disease – bovine TB, Avian influenza, ?? Farming’s public image, the rise of veganism and animal activists Protecting the environment – farming’s role and “public good”
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Our Neighbourhood Team
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We’ve got it covered
Outreach and Health Screening Clinics
- Louth Livestock
Market – March 2009
- Newark Livestock
Market -May 2010
- Spalding Auction-
May 2013
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We’ve got it covered
Our caseload Reaching more than 140 agricultural and farming families every year
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We’ve got it covered
Our volunteers
- Caseworkers
- Helpliners
- PR and Events
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1st April 18 – 31st March 19
Source: LSRN
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Our growing caseload
Source: LSRN
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Making a difference
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Going Forward
Increase mental health capacity – Board/Management/Volunteers Recruit mental health professional to new role – managing and co-ordinating all frontline and “downstream” services Restructure current PM role – focus on Governance, Strategy and Development of “upstream” services and projects Recruitment of 5 caseworker volunteers – 3 with mental health experience Staged Costed Plan Development of funding strategy to support staged plan
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