Communities & Farming
Worried? Troubled? Stressed?
It can help to talk. We're here to listen.
Telephone 0845 094 8286 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
You can contact us by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you don’t want to telephone.
Rural Stress Helpline is a national confidential listening and signposting service for rural people run by the ARC. It operates from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday with an answerphone facility.
People call Rural Stress Helpline for all kinds of reasons which include depression, business or financial difficulties, bereavement, relationship difficulties, mental illness, loneliness and isolation.
Where possible, and with permission from the caller, we introduce callers to organisations that provide sustained practical and emotional support. This can be from a local source if it meets the caller’s needs.
We can also provide ongoing support, if necessary, until the difficulty is resolved or other help is in place.
If you need help outside of these times, or prefer not to use the telephone, please try the resources below:
Rural Stress Helpline website at http://www.ruralstresshelpline.co.uk has links to several help organisations plus general information about emotional wellbeing.
Farm Crisis Network provides specialist pastoral and practical support for farmers and their families:
Call the FCN confidential helpline 7am to 11pm every day: 0845 367 9990 or visit the FCN website.
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support 24 hours a day, every day.
Call 08457 90 90 90 or visit the Samaritans website.
