A former young farmer from north Northumberland is planning a charity ball following her own battle with mental health when working in the agricultural industry.
Caitlin Riddell, from Wooler, is planning the Mind Your Head charity ball to raise awareness of the huge mental health crisis within agriculture and to tackle the stigma around it. It takes place on Saturday October 29 at the Showfield in Wooler and is aiming to raise funds for the Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies) which offers support to those who are struggling.
Caitlin, who has since studied and graduated at Harper Adams University, a specialist provider of higher education for the agricultural and rural sector, decided to set up the ball after having issues with her mental health in the farming industry. She said: "As an industry, agriculture has one of the highest rates of mental health problems and suicide, particularly in young men.
