Fieldays Day 3; - Boost for rural mental health access - Rob Sharkie

About this episode

Dom interviews Rob Sharkie about a new mental health service for farmers and growers.

Dom talks with Rob Sharkie, Farmlands GM of Field and Technical Sales, about its new partnership with Rural Support Trust and digital wellbeing platform ignite to launch a free online mental health and wellbeing service for farmers and growers, how it can be accessed by people in rural communities and Rob's career in the agriculture industry. Tune in daily for the latest and greatest REX rural content on your favourite streaming platform, visit rexonline.co.nz and follow us on Instagram , Facebook and LinkedIn for more.

People in this episode

Host: Dom

Guest: Rob Sharkie

Topics covered

• mental health
• rural support
• agriculture
• wellbeing
• partnerships

Keywords

• mental health
• farmers
• Rural Support Trust
• Farmlands
• wellbeing service

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Farmlands, Rural Support Trust, ignite

Places: rural communities

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