Deadline: 7-Aug-24
The Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) is inviting proposals from groups and organisations that have the capability and vision, to develop and deliver projects which address farm safety, health and wellbeing challenges on Irish farms by supporting and promoting best practice and bringing about behavioural changes to minimise the risks to the safety, health, and wellbeing of everyone on farms, including farmers, workers, farm families and visitors, while also supporting those who have been impacted by fatal and non-fatal incidents.
Themes
- Theme 1 – Improving Farm Safety
- Groups who will engage in raising awareness and encourage best practice in farm safety may apply for funding under this theme. Proposals under this theme could include for example the development and distribution of promotional material, photographs and videos, social media campaigns, information packs, surveys, quizzes, competitions, art/illustration/animation, training, on-line publications and activities such as demonstrations, training and webinars.
- Possible topics could include:
- Health and safety on the farm – Understanding the legal obligations
- Managing hazards and risk on the Farm
- Farm vehicles and machinery
- Safety with livestock
- Farmyards and buildings – Construction and maintenance
- Farmyard layout and building design
- Slurry storage and handling
- The farm workshop – Machinery repairs and maintenance
- Electrical safety
- Forestry on the farm including chainsaw safety
- Working at height
- Safety when using chemicals
- Vulnerable persons – Older farmers and children
- Any other topic relevant to farm safety
- Theme 2 – Improving Farmers Physical Health
- This theme seeks to support farmers health and the health of farm workers and encourage greater awareness of the need for farmers to actively manage their health.
- Proposals submitted under theme could include measures that promote farmer physical health and also proposals which directly identify and work to address certain health issues among farmers and farm workers.
- Possible topics could include:
- Healthy eating
- Physical activity
- Manual handling and musculoskeletal health
- Minding your hearing
- Cancer prevention and early detection including protecting your skin
- Lungs and respiratory health including quit tobacco supports and information on vaping
- Zoonotic diseases
- First aid on farms
- Cardiovascular health
- Any other topic relevant to farmer physical health
- Theme 3 – Improving Farmers Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Groups who will engage in supporting farmers address mental health and wellbeing challenges may apply for funding under this theme. This theme aims to encourage suitable groups and/or organisations to submit proposals which address farmers mental health and wellbeing and contribute to improving the quality of life of farmers, their families and farm workers.
- Possible topics could include:
- Coping with stress
- Planning your work and managing your time
- Substance abuse among farmers, farm families and farm workers
- Gambling and addiction
- Help seeking for mental and physical health
- Suicide prevention
- Coping with bereavement, including by suicide
- Adapting to changes within and outside the farm gate
- Farm succession
- Preventative screening (HSE resources available)
- Any other topic relevant to farmer wellbeing
Criteria
- The target audience of the projects are farmers, farm families, farm workers, agricultural contractors and visitors to farms.
- Successful applicants will be required to ensure that all the necessary ethical, legal, data protection, environmental, health and safety, and regulatory requirements are complied with for the duration of the contract i.e. all applicable national and EU laws, regulations, and guidelines.
- An individual application may include proposals to address more than one theme or topic. The Department expects to award contracts under each of the themes and a number of topics under each theme. The number of contracts will be determined by the quality of the applications received and the available funding. If multiple proposals are received for individual topics, they will be ranked in accordance with their suitability. The number of contracts awarded for a topic may be limited.
- Note: Research projects are not eligible for funding under this Open Call for Proposalsfor Farm Safety, Health and Wellbeing Projects.
For more information, visit DAFM.