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Northland Rural Support Trust is keen to recruit more AgFacilitators to help provide support services to rural communities.
Trust chair Michelle Ruddell (pictured) who, with husband Troy, runs a large-scale dairy farm west of Whangarei, started as an AgFacilitator working directly with communities in need. Ruddell says the trust is about “our people helping our own communities”.
“We walk the talk,” she says. “We know the region like the back of our hand; we know where to reach out, we know what expertise might be needed and we genuinely want to see the people in our communities thrive.
“As a trust, we place importance on training our AgFacilitators so they are prepared with the knowledge they need, from mental health and wellbeing to understanding the boundaries of the role, to uncovering knowledge gaps and sourcing the information or support required.
We also have peer supervision in place as it’s really important our team can debrief in a safe place.” Ruddell says a good AgFacilitator has probably got rural and farming experience and an idea of rural support, professionals and advice services.
Info: Phone 0800 787 254 or visit www.rural-support.org.nz/Regions/North-Island/Northland
