Mental Health in Forestry: Breaking the Silence
NEW - Gone Foresting Episode
RFS brings together leading voices from across the sector to tackle one of forestry’s toughest topics: mental health.
Forestry is more than trees — it’s about the people who keep our woodlands thriving.
In this episode, RFS brings together leading voices from across the sector to tackle one of forestry’s toughest topics: mental health. We share raw, honest insights into the pressures of forestry work, the impact on wellbeing, and the importance of checking in on one another.
⚠️ This episode contains strong language and sensitive discussions around mental health and suicide. Listener discretion advised.
If you are struggling, please reach out to someone you trust, or one of the links below. If you are in crisis, please call 999.
- Stay Alive App: Essential suicide prevention for everyday life
- The DPJ Foundation: The mental health farming charity
- FISA Safety Library
- Samaritans: Providing emotional support to anyone (Call 116 123)
- Mind: The mental health charity (Call 0300 102 1234 Mon - Fri 9am - 6pm)
- Shout UK (Text SHOUT to 85258)
- PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide (Call Hopeline247: 0800 068 41 41)
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