THE PRINCE of Wales will visit a family farm to highlight the importance of mental health support across the farming community.
William, who is patron of charity We Are Farming Minds, will visit Herefordshire next Thursday, Kensington Palace said.
He will meet John Bowler who runs a 190-acre farm, having unexpectedly taken over from his late father in 2012 at the age of 19.
William will sit down with Mr Bowler, his wife Laura, and Sam Stables, founder of We Are Farming Minds, to discuss the importance of supporting farmers with their mental health.
The prince will join daily farm tasks including pruning apple trees, building new fencing and feeding sheep.
William became patron of Herefordshire-based We Are Farming Minds in March last year.
Sam Hall, of the Press Association writes:
The charity provides fully funded counselling, a 24/7 support line, training and social events designed to raise awareness of the importance of mental health.
The organisation, founded by Sam and Emily Stables, was established to break the stigma surrounding mental health in the farming community.
The visit comes after tractors lined the streets outside a farming conference in Oxford on Thursday as the Environment Secretary insisted “that’s it” for changes to the Government’s inheritance tax for farming businesses.
Farmers who say an unaffordable inheritance tax bill will mean they have to sell up called on Emma Reynolds to “come out and talk to us” after she said she had “no idea” what they want.
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