Listener Advisory Note : This episode contains a mention of suicide, please listen with care.  

Mary-Jane Lawrie is joined by Jim Chapman, farmer and farm safety ambassador.  Jim talks openly about the farm accident that changed his life when he lost his arm in a PTO shaft.  He talks about the impact that had on him, and how he got through the dark times.  He tells us how important the support he received from friends, family and young farmers was to him.  He went on to do a Nuffield scholarship on farm safety and is now an ambassador for the Farm Safety Foundation.    

If you’d like to get in touch or find out more about the topics we mentioned you can find links in the show notes.  This episode was presented by Mary-Jane Lawrie, produced by Kerry Hammond and edited by Cameron Waugh, in association with the Scottish Government. 

Resources 

Farm Safety Foundation / Yellow Wellies - YellowWellies.org 

Farm-Emergency-Plan-Template_1020.pdf (yellowwellies.org) 

LittleBookOfMindingYourHead_10YearEdition_0424.pdf (yellowwellies.org) 

Farmstrong-Scotland-Leaflet-Five-Steps-to-Wellbeing-FINAL.pdf (farmstrongscotland.org.uk) 

Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK 

Hear our other Farm Safety episode with Stephanie Berkeley from Yellow Wellies

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