An open call for farmer safety, health and wellbeing projects was recently announced.

Successful projects under the call must cover one or more of the following themes:

– Farm safety

– Farmers’ physical health

– Farmers’ mental health and wellbeing

– Farmers’ physical and mental health checks

– Tractor driving awareness training for children 14 years of age and older

– Chainsaw training for farmers

– Farm safety, health and wellbeing events/engagement

Applications can be emailed to farmsafetycall@agriculture.gov.ie or sent by registered post to: Crop Policy, Evaluation and Certification Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Backweston Administration Building, Celbridge, Co. Kildare.

The closing date for applications is Monday, 19 May 2025.