More Scots farmers seek charity help

6 December 1999



More Scots farmers seek charity help

THE Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Association (RSABI) has seen a sharp rise in the number of farmers in need of its help over the last decade, reports The Herald.

It supported 240 in the early part of the 1990s. Now some 600 beneficiaries are getting an average of £300 each.

The RSABI had an income of £398,639 last year. The bulk of that income came from an investment portfolio which yielded £283,000.

Voluntary donations totalled £108,221. The direct charitable expenditure to those in need amounted to £333,742.

• Minister told to tackle rural poverty, FWi, 13 September, 1999
• Young farming families suffering severe hardship, FWi, 31 December, 1998
• Rural poverty as bad as in inner cities, FWi, 06 October, 1998
  
• The Herald 06/12/99 page 19