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A national charity providing professional support to the farming community across England and Wales.

24/7 helpline: 0800 188 4444

Founded in 1860 R.A.B.I has an unbroken history of providing long-term care and emergency help. The help is provided for retired farmers, farm workers and working farmers and their families who find themselves in financial difficulties.

02/11/2026

This Men’s Mental Health Month, Ted Howard-Jones from the Hawkstone Farmers Choir shares why conversations about mental health are so important in the farming industry.

Talking about how we’re feeling can help us take that first step towards support. Knowing where to turn matters, too.

If you or someone you know needs support, RABI’s free, confidential helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 0800 188 4444 to find out more about the professional support services available to farming people.

If you’d prefer support online, RABI Click & Chat also offers text-based counselling, peer support and practical wellbeing resources. You don’t have to wait until things feel overwhelming to reach out.

Explore Click & Chat:

• Adults aged 18+: https://www.qwell.io/rabi
• Young people aged 11–17: https://www.kooth.com/rabi

The Hawkstone Farmers Choir

30/10/2026

What’s been happening at RABI this autumn? 🍂

From providing £2 million in Emergency Drought Grants to reaching over 7,600 FarmersAid app downloads, there’s plenty to catch up on!

Discover how RABI is supporting farming people across England and Wales, and read some of the brilliant stories from our fundraisers, volunteers and committees, including a County Durham event that raised more than £54,000.

Our latest Supporter Update brings together the stories, achievements and people behind RABI's work over the past few months.

Catch up on the latest from RAB here: https://rabi.org.uk/about/supporter-update/

27/10/2026

You find someone collapsed beside electrical equipment on the farm. Would you know what to do next?

Your instinct may be to help immediately, but the danger could still be present. Keeping yourself safe matters too.

Swipe through for key reminders about responding safely to a suspected electric shock.

RABI’s free FarmersAid app provides step-by-step guidance for 10 of the most common serious on-farm accident scenarios, helping you respond while waiting for emergency services to arrive. It works offline, so guidance is available even without a signal.

Download FarmersAid today.
Apple Store: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-iOS
Google Store: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-Android

23/10/2026

At the RABI Awards 2026, we recognised individuals and volunteer teams whose fundraising, volunteering and wider contribution help us support farming people across England and Wales.

Congratulations to our 2026 award winners:
• Fundraiser of the Year: William Hyde
• Fundraising Team of the Year: County Durham Committee
• Volunteer of the Year: Alison Wilson
• Special Recognition Award: Damian Barson
• Outstanding Contribution to Farming: Jim McLaren MBE

We also recognised our Highly Commended recipients: Marie Stephenson, Charli Hicks supported by Charli’s Angels, the Warwickshire and Staffordshire Committees, Emma Robinson and Christine Bish.

From fundraising challenges and volunteering to long standing support for farming communities, each recipient has played a part in helping RABI reach and support farming people.

Thank you to everyone recognised this year for the time, energy and support you give to RABI and farming communities.

Alison Wilson Tessleymoor Farm NFU Mutual

22/10/2026

The 2027 RABI & Farmers Guardian Calendar is here!

Featuring fantastic photographs celebrating farming and the countryside across the seasons in both wall and desk formats.

Every calendar sold also helps support RABI’s work with farming people across England and Wales.

Whether it’s for your kitchen, farm office or as a gift, the calendar is a great way to enjoy scenes from farming and the countryside throughout 2027 while supporting RABI.

Order your calendar today: https://www.rabishop.org.uk/calendars/

20/10/2026

One farmer's story is helping others think differently about farm safety. Meet Callum Lindsay, winner of the Farm Safety Award at the 2026 British Farming Awards - a newly introduced award sponsored by RABI's FarmersAid and the Lawman family, in memory of Andrew Lawman.

In 2023, Callum, a farmer from the Isle of Arran, suffered serious head, neck and back injuries following a quad bike accident while moving sheep during severe flooding.

Since then, he's been determined to use his experience to help prevent others from going through something similar. Working alongside RSABI and the Farm Safety Foundation - Yellow Wellies,, Callum has shared his story through the campaign, raising awareness of the importance of wearing a helmet when riding quad bikes.

It's this commitment to helping others that saw Callum recognised with the Farm Safety Award at this year's British Farming Awards.

Callum's story is an important reminder of why farm safety conversations matter and how sharing personal experiences can help protect others in the farming community.

19/10/2026

A lot can change between the first job of the morning and the last job at night 🌅🌙

From early livestock checks to busy machinery work and jobs finishing after dark, different points in the farming day can bring different risks.

Professor Stuart Maitland Knibb, one of the rural medicine experts who helped shape the guidance in FarmersAid, takes us through 24 hours on a farm and highlights some of the moments where being prepared and knowing what to do could make an important difference.

Swipe through a day on the farm 👉

FarmersAid gives practical, step-by-step guidance for ten serious on-farm accident scenarios. It’s free to download and works offline, so the guidance is there when you need it.

Download FarmersAid on the Apple App Store: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-iOS
Download FarmersAid on Google Play: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-Android

15/10/2026

Congratulations to Callum Lindsay, winner of the Farm Safety Award at the 2026 British Farming Awards 🏆

RABI FarmersAid is proud to sponsor this award, recognising individuals and organisations making a difference to farm safety through innovation, advocacy and raising awareness.

The award is supported by the Lawman family in memory of Andrew Lawman, who lost his life in a farming incident in May 2023.

Thank you Callum Lindsay for your commitment to improving safety across the farming community.

14/10/2026

Win a Critical Care Kit worth £160!

Support preparedness on your farm with a kit containing a tourniquet, dressings, foil blankets and more.

Enter our monthly prize draw through the FarmersAid app:
- Open FarmersAid.
- Tap ‘Enter prize draw now’ on the home screen.
- Complete the demo.
- Enter your details and submit.

New to FarmersAid? Our free app provides step-by-step guidance for serious on-farm emergencies and works offline.

Download the app and enter.
Apple Store: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-iOS
Google Store: https://bit.ly/GetFarmersAid-Android

12/10/2026

Meet the winners of the 2027 RABI & Farmers Guardian Calendar!

Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s competition and shared photographs celebrating farming and the countryside.

We’re delighted to reveal the winning images that will feature in the 2027 RABI & Farmers Guardian Calendar.

The calendar will be available to order soon in both wall and desk calendar formats, with proceeds helping RABI provide practical, financial and emotional support to farming people across England and Wales.

Pre-order here: https://www.rabishop.org.uk/calendars/

Address

27 West Way
Oxford
OX20QH

Telephone

01865 724931

Website

http://www.rabi.org.uk/

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