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MAKING YOUR FARM A SAFER PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE. IN FACT, A TIDY UP OF THE YARD CAN REAP REAL BENEFITS IN TERMS OF SAVING TIME, SAVING COSTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAVING LIVES… • Regularly walk around your farm and assess the potential dangers. • If you want to...

AS WE’VE SEEN TODAY, MAKING YOUR FARM A SAFER PLACE TO WORK AND LIVE DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A FORTUNE. IN AN INDUSTRY THAT, THIS YEAR, RECORDED ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF FATAL INJURIES, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IT HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT TO RETHINK RISK AND PUT SAFETY FIRST. As the UK’s...

… BUT NOT DOING IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE! Many farmers are happy to invest in their land, livestock and machinery but as we know, they are often reluctant to invest in themselves and their safety: Farming has the poorest safety record of any occupation in the UK & Ireland with far too many...

WORK-RELATED FATIGUE CAN BE VERY BAD FOR YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR HEALTH AND NOWHERE IS THIS MORE RELEVANT THAN IN FARMING! In a recent UK-wide study of 95 farmers we carried out in partnership with our funder NFU Mutual back in April 2021, 69% of respondents identified tiredness as a major risk to...

LONG HOURS, INTENSE PHYSICAL LABOUR, LOW PAY AND AT THE MERCY OF THE ELEMENTS, WHO’D BE A FARMER TODAY? WELL NEARLY HALF A MILLION WORKERS IT SEEMS. YET, FOR A WORKFORCE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A MERE 1% OF GB’S WORKING POPULATION, THE INDUSTRY ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF ALL WORKPLACE FATAL...

RETHINK RISK OVER THE YEARS, OUR FARM SAFETY WEEK AND MIND YOUR HEAD CAMPAIGNS HAVE BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH IMPACTFUL SOCIAL MEDIA FILMS THAT GAIN HIGH LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT. This year’s 2021 Mind Your Head video “The Living Years” had 614,000 views on social media and our 2020 Farm Safety Week...

In a year where the number of people killed on farms in Great Britain has almost doubled compared to the previous year, we need to take a more serious approach to a more serious issue… Why are farmers continuing to ignore the issue of safety? Why are twice as many over 60s having life-ending...

The Farming Forum backs call for farmers to rethink risk. TFF is supporting this year’s Farm Safety Week (19-23 July) organised by leading farming charity the Farm Safety Foundation encouraging the farming community to rethink risk so we can finally start to reduce the number of life-changing...

Haha glad you’re not hating - we’re all about sharing the love 💛 and thanks for pointing this out.. will keep a tighter reign on takeovers in future. Vickie is just lovely - her story features tomorrow as we finish up the week and she’s so authentic and genuine. We’re lucky to have people like...

Thanks so much for sharing folks - means alot

Hi Eden.Agri.AD - Thanks for your nice comments about the work we're doing. But just to make sure you know we are not linked to either TFF or the NFU - As an independent charity, we have our own board of trustees and report to the Charity Commission. I wish we had the luxury of a 'press office'...

Hi there - Sorry just getting to this now as we've been pretty busy this week but just thought we would let you know that the Farm Safety Foundation (or Yellow Wellies as many know us) has nothing to do with the NFU or TFF! We are a small independent charity with a team of two! Hope this helps

This seems to be a very mature and responsible solution to the issue. The fact is that you should never carry a child as a passenger. It is illegal and reduces the drivers ability to control the ATV. There's an HSE information sheet which would be a really good read for anyone in any doubt as to...