project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Safe Farm EIP Project
Safe Farm EIP Project
Objectives
The Safe Farm project aims to stimulate safer farm practice among farm families and foster cultural and behavioural change towards fam safety at farm level. It will develop, deliver, assess and evaluate a bespoke farm safety training programme (informed by a needs analysis) with a long-term objective of promoting sustainable safety standards on farms and the possibility of future acceptance as an industry best practice standard. The bottom-up participatory approach is a unique and innovative element of this project, led by a multi-actor Operational Group representing farmers, academics, consultants and practitioners in the dairy and health and safety industries.
Objectives
The Safe Farm project aims to stimulate safer farm practice among farm families and foster cultural and behavioural change towards fam safety at farm level. It will develop, deliver, assess and evaluate a bespoke farm safety training programme (informed by a needs analysis) with a long-term objective of promoting sustainable safety standards on farms and the possibility of future acceptance as an industry best practice standard. The bottom-up participatory approach is a unique and innovative element of this project, led by a multi-actor Operational Group representing farmers, academics, consultants and practitioners in the dairy and health and safety industries.
Activities
Activities include:
- Gather insights on farmer behaviour and attitudes to safety, approaches to reducing risks and ultimately improving safety on farms - saving lives, reducing injuries and trauma;
- Assess the needs of farmers relating to health and safety training.
- Develop a training programme informed by the learning from other sectors, the needs analysis and insights of farmers;
- Recruit farmers, deliver and assess training;
- Revise the training following evaluation and feedback with a view to possible future accreditation and roll-out across the wider farming population; and
- Disseminate the learning to increase awareness of risks and reduce the likelihood of an accident at farm level.
Activities
Activities include:
- Gather insights on farmer behaviour and attitudes to safety, approaches to reducing risks and ultimately improving safety on farms - saving lives, reducing injuries and trauma;
- Assess the needs of farmers relating to health and safety training.
- Develop a training programme informed by the learning from other sectors, the needs analysis and insights of farmers;
- Recruit farmers, deliver and assess training;
- Revise the training following evaluation and feedback with a view to possible future accreditation and roll-out across the wider farming population; and
- Disseminate the learning to increase awareness of risks and reduce the likelihood of an accident at farm level.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014IE06RDNP001 Ireland - Rural Development Programme (National)
Emplacement
- Main geographical location
- South-West (IE)
- Other geographical location
- Mid-West
€ 199614.8
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
1 Practice Abstracts
The Safe Farm project aims to stimulate safer farm practice among farm families and foster cultural and behavioural change towards fam safety at farm level. The beneficiaries of the project can be defined as direct (within the project delivery period) and indirect (beyond the project period).
The direct beneficiaries include:
- 200 farmers who participate in the training programme. Farmers who engage in the programme will benefit by improving their awareness of risks, their knowledge of their obligations as farmers and/or employers and encouraging them to take action to improve health and safety;
- Wider farm families and employees of the 200 farmers who participate in training; &
- Members of Operational Group will learn from the delivery of the project. The indirect beneficiaries include:
- All farmers in Dairygold (who may benefit from the learning from the project and further roll out after this project);
- All farmers who may benefit from the roll-out of the training programme developed in this project, if other entities fund such roll-out;
- Reducing the stress and trauma for farmers and their families in dealing with the aftermath of accidents;
- Other training deliverers will benefit from the resource material developed as part of this project;
- Wider industry can learn from the experiences of this project
- Health and Safety Authority and policy makers will learn from the experiences of the project, providing insights for future actions in this area and roll-out to the wider farming public; &
- Dairygold Cooperative will benefit from the development of specific targeted training programmes, becoming an industry leader in farm health and safety.
- 200 farmers who participate in the training programme. Farmers who engage in the programme will benefit by improving their awareness of risks, their knowledge of their obligations as farmers and/or employers and encouraging them to take action to improve health and safety;
- Wider farm families and employees of the 200 farmers who participate in training; &
- Members of Operational Group will learn from the delivery of the project. The indirect beneficiaries include:
- All farmers in Dairygold (who may benefit from the learning from the project and further roll out after this project);
- All farmers who may benefit from the roll-out of the training programme developed in this project, if other entities fund such roll-out;
- Reducing the stress and trauma for farmers and their families in dealing with the aftermath of accidents;
- Other training deliverers will benefit from the resource material developed as part of this project;
- Wider industry can learn from the experiences of this project
- Health and Safety Authority and policy makers will learn from the experiences of the project, providing insights for future actions in this area and roll-out to the wider farming public; &
- Dairygold Cooperative will benefit from the development of specific targeted training programmes, becoming an industry leader in farm health and safety.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Joseph Kirk
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Andrew Reilly
Project partner
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Anne Markey
Project partner
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Aoife Ladd
Project partner
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Billy Cronin
Project partner
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John O’Gorman
Project partner
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Orlaith Tynan
Project partner
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Pat Clancy
Project partner
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Patrick Shine
Project partner
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Sinéad Flannery
Project partner