NFU Mutual Agents and their staff recently nominated four local charities to receive a donation of more than £6,500 each from their national £1.92million ‘Agency Giving Fund’.
Now in its fifth year, this fund was launched to help local frontline charities across the country. To ensure these donations reach all corners of the UK and are directed to where they’re needed most, all 280 offices, have been given the opportunity to nominate local charities to receive a share of the fund.
For Derbyshire, the Ashbourne office nominated Derbyshire Mind, the Bakewell office nominated both the Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy and Farming Life Centre, and the Chapel-en-le-Firth office nominated Blythe House Hospice.
Securing the future for Mindful Crafts
This donation will help Derbyshire Mind secure the future and expand their most popular session, Mindful Crafts. Mindful Crafts is an arts-based therapy session and has been running for 5 years. For some time, it has been oversubscribed and reluctantly they have had to turn people away. Derbyshire Mind have wanted to increase capacity for some time. The donation will allow them to run an extra fortnightly session, doubling the number of people they are able to support.
Supporting our County’s Farming and Rural Communities
The donation has enabled Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy to continue their excellent work across our county. From family visits, getting to know the locals, going with farmers on hospital visits, to providing more hands-on help in times of trouble, the support the DRC gives is tireless.
Roaming Car Service
Blythe House Hospice expressed deep gratitude to NFU Mutual for providing ongoing funding for the operation of their Roaming Car Service vehicle. The Roaming Car Service provides urgent overnight care to patients across North Derbyshire who wish to remain at home at the end of their lives.
In addition to the Agency Giving Fund donation, a number of the Derbyshire Peaks team took part in the 2024 Chatsworth 10k raising a further £500.
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