A secure area to pop your ft up, offload, and have a chat.
Lister have teamed up with dad or mum firm Wahl to create a pop-up barbershop at The Royal
Highland Present to assist elevate consciousness round psychological well being in agriculture.
Take a load off. A secure area to pop your ft up, offload, and have a chat. Psychological well being within the
agricultural trade is one thing that doesn’t get talked about sufficient. With 92% of UK farmers
beneath the age of 40 rating their psychological well being as being poor, it’s a hidden drawback that we have to
discuss.
The pop-up barbershop might be open from Friday the 23rd to Sunday the 25th close to the Shearing
Pavilion at The Royal Highland Present. Offering guests with the chance to get a recent hair lower by
an expert barber, the marketing campaign might be elevating cash for The DPJ Basis and the RSABI,
each psychological well being charities throughout the agricultural trade.
Attracting over 190,000 guests every year, this yr’s Royal Highland Present might be internet hosting the
Shearing World Championships, seeing shearers and fanatics travelling from all world wide
to help the competitors. Creating this secure area on the occasion is essential for individuals who could need to
take a second to calm down and simply chat in a secure area.
Martin Sales space, Head of Gross sales and Industrial at Lister, stated, “Partnering up with Wahl and providing a
service, similar to barbering, that may typically be tough to rearrange when travelling and dealing
lengthy hours is a crucial step in our mission to supporting psychological well being inside agriculture. It’s
very important to lift consciousness on this subject the trade is going through and guarantee people who work within the
rural neighborhood get entry to the help and assets accessible.”
Lloyd Rees, shearer and Lister ambassador, stated, “Many individuals working in farming and agriculture
typically really feel remoted and distanced from the broader communities. This could have a huge impact on their
psychological well being, and with out the right assets and help handy, can typically spiral into
one thing greater”.
Kate Miles, Charity Supervisor of the DPJ Basis, stated, “We’re actually happy and grateful that
Lister have taken the lead with the Take a Load Off initiative to supply a possibility to advertise
good psychological well being in agriculture, the ability of taking time and speaking. The eyes of the shearing
world might be on the Golden Shears so it’s an excellent probability to lift consciousness.”
