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Resilience, rugby, recovery: Bobby Stevenson's story of selling his farm after mental ill health

Bobby Stevenson took the difficult decision to sell his family dairy farm after facing a mental health crisis.

Bobby, from Lendalfoot in South Ayrshire, tells Sarah Stephen about his journey back from both a stroke and mental ill health - and how talking and sharing openly about his issues has helped his recovery.

How’s It Going?

Take a moment for yourself: try Farmstrong Scotland’s How’s It Going? tool. Answer eight simple questions and get access to resources tailored to support you.

Farmstrong Scotland helps farmers, crofters and their families cope with the ups and downs of rural life by sharing practical ways to look after themselves and the people around them. It’s a peer-to-peer programme, shaped by scientific insight and real-life stories, so together we can share, learn and support each other’s wellbeing.

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Visit the Farmstrong Scotland website to find out more.

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You can also subscribe to our Spotify Playlist including hundreds of tunes, recommended by farmers and crofters across Scoland.

If you’re concerned about yourself or someone else, talk to someone.

Contact your doctor, RSABI’s 24-hour helpline: 0808 123 4555, Breathing Space: 0800 838 587, or Samaritans (24-hours): 116 123.

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The Gin Farmer: Jenny McKerr of the Wee Farm Distillery

Have you ever met a gin farmer? That's how Jenny McKerr of the Wee Farm Distillery introduces herself.This episode is Jenny's story of how she and her husband Stephen have spent the last 10 years buil...

3 Kesä 28min

Introducing our 'Foundations of Mental Strength' programme

This episode is packed with info about Farmstrong Scotland's 'Foundations of Mental Health' programme - a direct response to findings from our recent surveys.More than one in three respondents reporte...

13 Touko 35min

Dave and Sandy Hay: Curling and community at the Chuck Hay Memorial Bonspiel

Sarah finds warmth on ice - and plenty of competition! - at the annual farmer's curling competition at Perth's Dewar Centre.160 people from all over Scotland take part in the Chuck Hay Memorial Bonspi...

4 Helmi 34min

Tommy Dale: Compost, conservation and self care

Tommy Dale must have more hours in each day than the rest of us.He's run Forth Resource Management and Caledonian Horticulture since 2002, when he started both as an SRUC student project to recycle, c...

19 Tammi 34min

A change of pace: Willie Thomson and Anna Davies

This is a groundbreaking episode of Blether Together - as Sarah Stephen meets our first ever husband and wife duo – Willie Thomson and Anna Davies.Anna and Willie are tenants on a 250-acre arable farm...

7 Tammi 47min

Young Farmers and wellbeing: an SAYFC special episode

Being involved in Young Farmers - SAYFC - is fun, empowering, and a vital social connection for younger people across rural Scotland. In this special Blether Together, recorded with a live audience a...

3 Joulu 202530min

Life Beyond the Farm Gate: Robert Neill and John MacInnes

Firm friends Robert Neill and John MacInnes join Sarah Stephen to Blether Together about the joys and pressures of their working lives, whether running AgriScot, Robert’s newer role as NFUS Vice Presi...

5 Marras 202534min