Local Mental Health Charity Launches New Project to Support Monmouthshire Rural Workers
This week finally saw the chance for Mind Monmouthshire to publicly launch its National Lottery Community Funded Rural Workers Project. Due to Covid19 restrictions a live launch had been delayed although work started on the project in July 2021.
Raglan Farm Park, kindly provided this opportunity for Mind Monmouthshire to bring people together at the farm park where they openly thanked the National Lottery Community Fund for their investment into Monmouthshire along with thanking the partners who helped and supported the funding bid, including new partners who are supporting the project also.
This investment brings increased support for rural workers here in Monmouthshire, connecting with individuals working in the rural community and supporting them to get the right help at the time they need it.
Operations Manager Bernadette Kelly said:
“Huge thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for providing this much needed funding which has led to increased support for rural workers here in Monmouthshire. We would also like to thank all the partner agencies which helped and supported this bid, including the NFU, Monmouthshire Livestock Market, GAVO, Capsel, Gwent Police, Farming Community Network, Monmouthshire County Council, and Bridges Monmouth.
Today has been brilliant with all the partners and people in attendance showing support and having a great day. Its been a long time coming and just a brilliant get together.
Now we are asking everyone to help spread the word so people know where they can turn for help”.
The service is available to anyone in Monmouthshire with links to the rural community, either through the farming network, along with the wider rural community of forestry workers, animal welfare, animal transportation, feedstuffs and rural water management. The National Lottery Community Funded Rural Workers Support project provides staff to go out and meet with individuals on a regular basis to try to identify firstly what the problems are, and then how to start to get help addressing these.
The Project will provide a ‘listening ear’, a chance to talk about a situation, put things into perspective and ease feelings of stress and isolation. Often, these conversations start to identify areas that an individual would like support with. The Rural Workers Project staff can help identify strategies and connections to sort the problems.
The team are able to help make applications for benefits or financial support through DWP, organise medical/social assistance and generally pull together support services. It could be guidance on the range of work-related grant applications and links with farming support services or advocacy and advice services that a person needs.
Trying to navigate through the variety of help available can be daunting …. But assistance is available. Sometimes, someone to make that call with you can be enough to get things started.
This is a confidential service aimed at promoting good mental health and helping individuals deal with life’s problems and challenges before they feel too great. No one should be struggling with their mental health alone and feel their situation is hopeless.
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