RSABI receives £2,000 raised by AIC Scotland agri-supply Members
From left: Sarah Bell (AIC Scotland Chair), Jimmy McLean (RSABI Chair), Harry Seran (RSABI Finance and Digital Manager), and Ian Muirhead (AIC Scotland Policy Manager).
Agri-supply businesses in Scotland and their trade association the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) have donated £2,000 to farming charity RSABI, supporting people involved in Scottish agriculture.
The funds were raised by AIC Scotland Member businesses at its annual dinner last November, where a fundraising raffle was held.
RSABI provides practical, emotional, and financial support to people involved in the Scottish agricultural industry who are struggling.
AIC Scotland Policy Manager Ian Muirhead said: “On behalf of AIC Scotland Members, I am pleased to present this donation to RSABI.
“The charity does exceptional work to support those in the Scottish agricultural industry, which is why AIC Scotland became a Corporate Member of RSABI’s Supporter Scheme in June last year. We look forward to working with RSABI in the year ahead.”
Jimmy McLean, RSABI Chair, said: “We’re very grateful to AIC and their Member businesses for choosing to raise funds for RSABI. It’s a fantastic sum and will help us to provide vital support to people in Scottish agriculture.
“For example, £2,000 could pay for 45 hours of counselling for farmers or crofters making a huge difference to the lives and mental wellbeing of those in need of such support.
“We were also delighted to welcome AIC to our Supporter Scheme last summer as a corporate member. Our Supporters’ Scheme is a vital source of income for us and in our 125th anniversary year we are aiming to attract 125 new individuals and supporters to the schemes.”
The support RSABI offers ranges from emotional, to practical and financial and includes Help for Heating and re-training grants. The free, confidential support service is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, by calling 0808 1234 555 or using the webchat service on the RSABI website.
AIC is marking 20 years as the leading voice of the UK agri-supply industry, working in support of modern, sustainable, commercial agriculture. Visit AIC's 20th Anniversary webpage to find out more.
Notes for editors
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) is the UK’s leading trade association, representing agricultural supply chain sectors including arable marketing, crop protection, agronomy, feed, fertiliser, and seed.
Formed in 2003, AIC has over 230 members in the agri-supply trade which are responsible for £9 billion of annual farm trade.
AIC is marking 20 years as the leading voice of the UK agri-supply industry, working in support of modern, sustainable, commercial agriculture. Visit the website to find out more.
Political lobbying and policy influencing is a major part of its work, as well as supporting members with technical information.
AIC Services, which is the professional services arm of the AIC, manages a range of services, including Assurance Schemes recognised by UK government as essential tools to underpin feed and food safety alongside fertiliser security. These include:
- Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC)
- Feed Materials Assurance Scheme (FEMAS)
- Universal Feed Assurance Scheme (UFAS)
- European Seed Treatment Assurance (ESTA)
- Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme (FIAS)
- Feed Adviser Register (FAR)
- Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
- Forage Assurance Scheme (FAA)
- AIC Services Palm Oil Credit Scheme (APOCS)
Visit the AIC website to find out more.
Further information from RSABI
- RSABI is a registered Scottish charity - No. SC009828
- RSABI provides emotional, practical, and financial support to people involved in Scottish agriculture. Support is provided in confidence.
- RSABI has a Freephone helpline supported by RHASS which is open 365 days, 24 hours a day – 0808 1234 555
- RSABI is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Find out more here: https://rsabi.org.uk/viewItem.php?id=2957
- RSABI runs a supporters’ scheme offering individual, business, and corporate membership. Information on joining the Supporter Scheme can be found here: https://www.rsabi.org.uk/Our-Supporter-Scheme
- RSABI has an online shop offering a range of items for sale rsabi.org.uk
- RSABI’s Registered Office is at The Rural Centre, West Mains of Ingliston, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8L
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Oli Hill
As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.