Trust raises over £550k for UK's rural charities

THE NFU Mutual Charitable Trust has announced its first round of donations for 2025, totalling more than £550,000 and giving support to 14 rural causes across the UK.

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This is the first of two rounds of funding which will be delivered across the year. The Trust expects overall donations to reach at least £1m by the end of 2025.

The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust is one of the main ways the UK's leading rural insurer NFU Mutual provides charitable donations. Its work forms part of NFU Mutual's £4 million charitable giving pledge to support its members and their communities during 2025.

NFU Mutual is supported by the trust's panel of trustees, who provide their expertise to help ensure that farming and rural communities across all areas of the UK are represented and considered.

The organisations set to benefit from the donations are:

Addington Fund;

Farms For City Children;

Farmstrong Scotland;

The Farming Community Network (FCN);

Gareth Raw Rees Memorial Scholarship;

NFU Education;

Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust;