Supporting Lincolnshire’s 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 hectares farmed
Why Worry? AV 65 hour working week 1 farmer takes his life every week and 11% no holidays 3% of farmers feel 10% no off farm activities life isn’t worth living Page 4 Farm Fatality rate 55% of farmers report concerns of 18 times other poor mental health industries
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) Page 5 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)
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 Page 6 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”
Our Neighbourhood Team Page 7
We’ve got it covered Outreach and Health Screening Clinics • Louth Livestock Market – March 2009 Page 8 • Newark Livestock Market -May 2010 • Spalding Auction- May 2013
We’ve got it covered Our caseload Reaching more than 140 agricultural and Page 9 farming families every year
We’ve got it covered Our volunteers • Caseworkers Page 10 • Helpliners • PR and Events
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Page 12 1 st April 18 – 31 st March 19 Source : LSRN
Our growing caseload Page 13 Source: LSRN
Making a difference Page 14
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 Page 15 “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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