The Yorkshire Rural Support Network is proud to launch a charity spotlight series, showcasing its members who provide vital support to our rural and agricultural communities.
The Network is funded and supported by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and is a partnership of farming organisations, charities and voluntary agencies that together promote and provide sources of help – whether practical, financial, medical or emotional.
In this post, we highlight Perennial which helps more people and professions than you might think.
Matt Knight, Perennial’s Head of Preventative Services, tells us more.
Personally, I have no specific farming connections, but for the last 10-plus years I’ve been supporting people with their financial, physical and mental wellbeing, and while some people have specific needs or intricacies, everyone ultimately wants to feel safe, secure, in-control and with have enough knowledge and support to make positive decisions for themselves and their families.
Perennial has, for over 180 years, supported people that work with plants, flowers, grass and trees, all hallmarks of the British rural environment.
Perennial offers support in a variety of ways, including a dedicated helpline specifically for people in the horticultural community along with a region-specific casework and money and debt teams.
Perennial also offer expert knowledge in regional signposting, getting people the right support in the right places plus exclusive free access to both a Health & Wellbeing app and a Financial Wellbeing platform tailored to the user.
For much more, please visit the website or call us and find out in what ways we can support you and your family.
Focus on pensions
This Spring we’re focussing on the burning issue of retirement and pensions, reminding everyone that ‘Your Pension Is Your Future’.
We’ve partnered with the Money & Pensions Service to produce a wealth of easy-to-understand content, signposting to key helplines and three exclusive, free webinars held through April and May – recordings are available via our YouTube channel and social media.
So whether you are approaching retirement or just starting out, employed or self-employed, feeling positive or feeling anxious about your retirement, now is the time to take some action.
Find out more via our website or follow us on our social channels.
To find out more about Perennial and to benefit from the various ways they can help, please visit www.perennial.org.uk
