16-11-2022
MEDIA RELEASE SUPPLIED BY RURAL AID
With the ongoing flooding event currently impacting NSW, Rural Aid would like to take a moment to reach out to Community Recovery Teams and advise communities of their services.
Originally formed to provide farmers with hay through the Buy A Bale program, Rural Aid has now grown to incorporate:
Disaster Assistance: Respond & Recover
- Wellbeing & Counselling (see information about our intake line below)
- Financial Assistance
- Domestic Drinking Water & Domestic Water Tanks
- Fodder
- Farm Army www.farmarmy.com.au
- Other support – as identified
The attached flyers include the “Need a hand?” flyer that includes a QR code that takes farmers to our website to register.
Rural Aid is here to help farmers throughout the year and this includes in times of national, state or local storms and disasters. Rural Aid can provide support with confidential counselling, fodder, domestic water, financial assistance and also by providing access to volunteers through The Farm Army.
Register online at www.ruralaid.org.au or call 1300327624
Registered farmers also have access to our counselling intake line – 1300 175 594. This phone line is staffed by a Rural Aid counsellor between 9am and 5pm AEST, Monday to Friday. Farmers can call to have a chat and the team will work to connect them with an appropriate team member to assist them.
More information can be found on the Rural Aid website www.ruralaid.org.au.
RURAL AID FLYERS