National Welly Week ( 11 - 18th October 2008)

An organisation which could be close to all of our hearts. the RABI dos not just support farmers but people in the farming community and that could be any one of us locals in years to come. We don't see much about these organisations but they are there with financial help when people really need them and usually able to make decisions very quickly and effectively, with many cases handled by sensitive volunteers

RABI helps people in the farming community who are suffering from illness, bereavement or crisis in their lives. For example, during the flood and FMD movement restrictions of 2007 we helped hundreds of working farmers and farming families in addition to our long-term beneficiaries.

Give it some welly!
Have fun and show your support for the farming community
What is welly week?
Welly Week is an exciting fundraising campaign for farming’s national charity, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
Welly Week asks you to take part in any activity involving wearing wellies between Saturday 11th–Saturday 18th October 2008.
By using this opportunity to raise funds you are supporting people from the farming community who are experiencing hardship or distress through no fault of their own.
RABI NATIONAL WELLY WEEK -Get Involved!
Saturday 11th–Saturday 18th October 2008

We were helped as a family during the 2001 Foot & Mouth Crisis and now I feel I can help give something back, so I have decided to wear my wellies for a week and ask for sponsorship, I hope many more of you will be able to do something and have fun in your wellies, I will of course be approaching our local schools to organise some events.