FARM NEWS 7
• APR/MAY 2020
Ktwo – Awareness and
Support for Mental Health
Ktwo launch Spread The Load campaign to raise
awareness and support for mental health in farming.
KTWO are one of the biggest
British manufacturers of agricul-
tural muck spreaders and trailers
and have launched a campaign
to raise awareness of mental
health in farming and to provide
support to those who need it.
Their Spread The Load
campaign aims to encourage
and help individuals who are
feeling overwhelmed to feel
more comfortable in sharing
their feelings and to know where
to seek help.
‘’There are many pressures in
life and the farming industry, and
we want to use our platforms to
raise awareness and share the
support networks available. This
is a topic close to many of our
hearts and an especially difficult
time with the covid-19 pandemic,
so we wanted to launch the
campaign as quickly as we
could.’’ Explains Robbie Polson,
Ktwo Managing Director.
To start off the campaign,
Ktwo launched a dedicated page
on their website this month for
farmers and their families to
find support and advice during
difficult times. The page links
to many services and charities
such as The Farming Community
Network’s Farming Help and
YANA Rural Health Support
which offers a full directory of
support services.
“I applaud the Ktwo Spread
The Load initiative, the more
widely the Farming Help chari-
ties are known and what support
they can give people in agri-
culture, the better” States Nina
Clancy, CEO of RSABI supporting
people in Scottish Agriculture
who are also partners of the
campaign.
Ktwo are planning to further
develop the campaign across
their networks in the coming
months and are hoping to run a
roadshow across the UK in the
future to reach more people.
‘’We want to do our best
with our own networks to
help support mental health in
agriculture and give people
access to the services available
to them. If we can help even
just one person at a time of
need it will have been worth
it.’’ Says Robbie. Ktwo are also
supporting the Max Hunter Fund
within the Mintridge Foundation.
Max Hunter who sadly died by
suicide in August 2019 aged 28,
had an agricultural background
www.ktwo.co.uk/spreadtheload
and the Max Hunter Fund has
been created to encourage
everyone to acknowledge their
feelings and to seek help. The
Max Hunter Fund aims to visit
agricultural colleges with sport-
ing personalities to help young
people feel more comfortable
talking about mental health.
They are launching the
initiative with the 28 NOT OUT
event which was due to take
place over 28 hours from 8pm
on 9th July and included a
Tractor run. Due to COVID-19 it
is likely the event will change to
be solo challenges taken within
the 28 hour period to raise
funds. Ktwo will be supporting
the event but you can support
the campaign directly by texting
SPREADTHELOAD to 70085 to
donate £5 – Texts cost £5 plus
one standard rate message and
all donations go directly to the
Max Hunter Fund.
For more information on Ktwo’s
Spread The Load campaign, visit:
www.ktwo.co.uk/spreadtheload
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