The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) provides welfare advice, care and financial provision to farmers, farm managers, agricultural workers and their dependants, who are on low incomes and have less than £10,000 in savings, according to the following criteria:
- The retired applicants must normally be aged at least 65 and have worked full-time on the land for a minimum of 10 years. These qualifications can be waived where an applicant has had to cease working due to illness or disability, or has served in the Women’s Land Army
- Those applicants who are working must be experiencing exceptionally difficult circumstances of a temporary nature.
Applicants should show what other sources of funding have been sought and secured. Before financial assistance is granted, a RABI Welfare Officer will visit to ensure there is genuine need, as well as providing advice on entitlement to state benefits.
PLEASE NOTE: grant support does not include compensating for business debts.
Initial applications, which may be made at any time, should be made in writing to RABI. A RABI Welfare Officer will then assess each case and complete the relevant forms, which includes an assessment of other support an applicant may need. The Institution meets approximately every six weeks to consider applications.