Mr John Gardner

RABI – the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution – is farming’s oldest and largest charity. We’ve been serving the farming community since 1860.

We offer financial support, practical care and guidance to farming people of all ages, including farmers, farmworkers and dependants.

Although a lot of the help we provide is financial, we do much more than send out cheques in the post. We strive to build personal relationships and will tailor our support to suit you. If we can’t directly provide what you need, we’ll do our best to liaise with other organisations and agencies on your behalf.

We’re here for the small things as well as the big and treat every application for support on its own merits, working with compassion and discretion.

It’s our vision that no member of the farming community should ever have to face adversity alone.

To find out more about what we can do for you please call our Freephone helpline 0808 281 9490. You’ll speak to a friendly member of the team in our Oxford office and your call will be 100% confidential.

Your ‘Hospice at Home’ for patients and their families facing incurable illnesses

We are a local Charity founded in 1997 with the purpose of caring for patients with illnesses which do not respond to curative treatment and who wish to be nursed at home.  Our Nursing Services are managed through a team of Registered General Nurses specialising in palliative care supported by Health Care Assistants. We care for the patient and their family, in their own homes throughout the period of their illness.

Our service covers Shipston, Wellesbourne, Kineton and the surrounding villages and  is completely free of charge.

We depend on the ongoing generosity of our supporters and donors to ensure that this free community service, continues to provide high quality nursing care to families facing terminal illness, with the required expertise and support.

We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support we receive from the community we serve.