How We Help

RABI provides care and support for farmers, farm workers, farm managers and their dependents. Many of those we support are retired people who are struggling to get by on low incomes. We also help people of any age in times of crisis and those who are disabled ranging from young children to people over 100 yeatrs old.

This is achieved in three ways:

Welfare and Wellbeing

RABI's professionally qualified welfare team are fully trained in all the complexities of the state benefits system.
Working sensitively and in complete confidence, our welfare officers help people to help themselves, by claiming pension credits and other state entitlements.

Continuous Care

Grants and Awards are made every six weeks by RABI's dedicated grants committee, although urgent cases can be 'fast-tracked'.
RABI beneficiaries can receive:

• Quarterly and seasonal grants
• TV licence fees (under 75s) and telephone rental costs
• Hampers or flowers for Christmas and birthdays
• Holidays.

Special Situations

Money is given to provide for particular needs:

• Replacement televisions, washing machines, fridges and
  other white goods
• Beds and other essential household items
• Electrically powered mobility vehicles.

Case Study

Every parent’s nightmare

“One night, we received the call you dread: ‘Your son has been involved in a car crash’.
“The accident has left him unable to walk and the wheelchair supplied by the NHS was nowhere near robust enough to cope with the conditions on the farm. RABI paid for a heavy-duty electric wheelchair and now that he has mastered the controls, he is much more independent and can even do some small tasks around the farm.”
Each year RABI pays out over £250,000 for disability aids and essential household equipment