Your local FCN team - Farming Community Network

FCN has staff members based across the UK, with volunteers in England and Wales conducting case work.

Wherever you live in England or Wales, our Helpline team can put you in touch with an FCN volunteer or other local farming support group. We also work collaboratively with other charities to ensure people get the most appropriate support.

For operational purposes, local volunteer groups are separated into five regions (four in England and one in Wales), each under the guidance of regional support staff. Groups are led by a Group Coordinator for day to day activities. Please see below for where FCN groups operate.

Local volunteers ‘walk with’ people as they make their way through problems and difficulties so that they don’t have to face them on their own. FCN does not provide advice but can help to guide people as they resolve their problems; with links to sources of professional advice, appropriate help can be brought in when required.

As part of our partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, we have a number of staff employed across the UK as FCN/Macmillan Programme Officers. As part of this partnership we are operating in Scotland and Northern Ireland to raise awareness of cancer and to address health inequalities in farming and rural communities.

FCN has volunteers throughout England and Wales. The below map shows where FCN volunteers operate. We also work closely with other rural support organisations, such as Lincolnshire Rural Support Network, Shropshire Rural Support Network, Yorkshire Ag Society, Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy and others.

Regional support staff

England

North:

Interim Regional Manager: Kate White (kate.white@fcn.org.uk)

Regional Support Officers: Kate White, Jackie Clegg

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Kate White

West Midlands:

Interim Regional Manager: Kate White (kate.white@fcn.org.uk)

Regional Support Officer: Graham Ashford

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Sam Evans

East Midlands:

Regional Manager: Mark Newman (markn@fcn.org.uk)

Regional Support Officer: Amy Everatt

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Sam Evans

South East:

Regional Manager: Mark Newman (markn@fcn.org.uk)

Regional Support Officers: Natalie Symonds, Laura Dyke Veltom

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Angharad Binder

South West:

Regional Manager: Stephen Dennis (stephen@fcn.org.uk)

Regional Support Officers: Richard Sampson, Charmain Dascombe, Roland Nancekivell

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Dave Gregory

Wales

Wales:

National Manager (Wales): Linda Jones (linda@fcn.org.uk)

Projects Officer: Rachael Aka

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: Rachael Aka

Scotland

Scotland:

National Manager – FCN Scotland: Sheena Horner (sheena@fcn.org.uk)

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officers: David Jamieson, Judith Crawford

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland:

National Manager – FCN Northern Ireland: Caitriona Crawford (caitriona@fcn.org.uk)

FCN/Macmillan Programme Officer: George Doherty

Group coordinators

North:

Cumbria – Josie Baxter

Lancashire – Jackie Clegg

Northumberland – Martyn Johnson

Yorkshire – Kate White

Cheshire – Jackie Clegg

Midlands:

Derbyshire – Miranda Sutton

Leicestershire & Rutland – Amy Everatt

Nottinghamshire – Amy Everatt

Staffordshire – Steve Jackson

Worcestershire – Margaret Herbert

Northamptonshire – Amy Everatt

Warwickshire – Carl Woodwards

South East:

Essex – Amy Everatt

Norfolk – Philip Talbot

Suffolk – Amy Everatt

Berkshire, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire (BOB) – Mark Thomas

Hampshire – Laura Veltom

Kent – Laura Veltom

Surrey / Sussex – Laura Veltom

Beds, Cambs & Hertfordshire – Amy Everatt

South West

Cornwall – Roland Nancekevill

Devon – Richard Sampson

Dorset – Barrie Cooper / Rebecca Hill

Somerset – Charmain Dascombe (taking referrals)

Wiltshire – Adrian Hares

Wales:

North Wales: Ynys Môn, Gwynedd, Conwy, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham (Richard Hughes)

Mid Wales: Powys (old counties of Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire) (Rachael Aka)

West Wales: Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire (Revd Dr Ian Morris)

South Wales: Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Bridgend, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Caerphilly, Newport, Cardiff (Rachael Aka)