🌿 Roots to Reckoning — Rural Resource Shop
Resources Built for
Rural Reality.
Practical guides, toolkits, training packs, and printable resources designed specifically for rural organisations, farming families, and the professionals who support them.
Rural Grief Champion Toolkit
Everything your newly trained Rural Grief Champion needs from day one — quick-reference card, conversation starters, rural signposting directory, self-care guide, and a 12-month action planner. The most complete rural wellbeing resource we produce.
- ✓Quick-reference laminated card (A5)
- ✓Conversation starter scripts for rural settings
- ✓Rural signposting directory (RABI, FCN, YANA, Samaritans)
- ✓Grief Champion self-care guide
- ✓12-month action planner and review template
3 resources are completely free. No registration required — download instantly and share with your team.
Rural Grief: A Practical Guide
For farmers, rural employers, and support workers
A comprehensive 48-page guide covering the five pillars of rural grief — animal and livestock loss, farm succession, rural isolation, financial distress, and the cultural barriers that prevent rural people from seeking help.
- →48 pages — plain language, rural-specific
- →Five-pillar framework explained in full
- →Practical tools for managers and employers
Rural Bereavement Policy Template
Ready-to-use Word document for rural organisations
A fully editable Word document template for a rural-specific bereavement and wellbeing policy. Covers animal loss, farm succession, seasonal workers, and rural isolation — everything a generic policy misses.
- →Fully editable Word document (.docx)
- →Covers animal loss and livestock bereavement
- →Farm succession and financial loss provisions
Rural Grief Champion Toolkit
Everything your Grief Champion needs on day one
A complete toolkit for newly trained Rural Grief Champions. Includes a quick-reference card, conversation starters, self-care guide, and 12-month action planner.
- →Quick-reference laminated card (A5)
- →Conversation starter scripts for rural settings
- →Rural signposting directory (RABI, FCN, YANA, Samaritans)
Rural Manager Awareness Pack
For line managers and farm supervisors
A self-contained awareness pack for rural managers who want to support bereaved team members but are unsure how. Includes a 30-minute self-guided learning module, a conversation guide, and a return-to-work template.
- →30-minute self-guided learning module (PDF)
- →Conversation guide for difficult discussions
- →Return-to-work support template
Animal & Livestock Loss Factsheet
Free download — share with your team
A one-page factsheet explaining why animal and livestock loss is a legitimate form of grief, how it presents differently in rural settings, and what employers and colleagues can do to help.
- →One-page A4 PDF — print-ready
- →Plain language, no jargon
- →Suitable for notice boards and staff rooms
Farm Succession & Grief Guide
For farming families navigating loss and transition
A sensitive and practical guide for farming families facing the grief that accompanies farm succession — the loss of identity, purpose, and generational legacy that no generic bereavement resource addresses.
- →32 pages — written for farming families
- →Covers identity loss, purpose loss, and legacy grief
- →Practical tools for family conversations
Rural Wellbeing Poster Pack
5 A3 posters for farm offices, canteens, and noticeboards
Five professionally designed A3 posters for display in farm offices, agricultural colleges, rural canteens, and noticeboards. Each poster carries a key rural wellbeing message and signposting information.
- →5 × A3 posters — high-resolution PDF
- →Professionally designed in WBA brand colours
- →Messages: Ask for Help / You Are Not Alone / Grief Is Not Weakness / Animal Loss Is Real Loss / It's OK to Not Be OK
Rural Wellbeing Standard Application Pack
Everything you need to start your accreditation journey
The official application pack for the Rural Wellbeing Standard. Includes the full 120-point self-assessment tool, guidance notes, evidence templates, and the application form.
- →120-point self-assessment tool (Excel + PDF)
- →Guidance notes for each of the five domains
- →Evidence template for each criterion
Seasonal Worker Wellbeing Pack
For agriculture employers with seasonal or migrant workers
A practical pack for farming and agriculture employers who want to ensure their seasonal and migrant workers receive appropriate wellbeing support — including bereavement support that transcends language and cultural barriers.
- →Employer guidance booklet (24 pages)
- →Multilingual signposting cards (6 languages)
- →Cultural sensitivity guidance for rural settings
Rural Wellbeing Audit Tool
A self-assessment for rural organisations
A free 27-question self-assessment tool that gives your rural organisation an instant wellbeing score across five domains. Takes 5 minutes and gives you a clear starting point for improvement.
- →27 questions across 5 domains
- →Instant score and tier indicator
- →Gap analysis summary
Veterinary & Livestock Professional Support Pack
For vets, vet nurses, and livestock workers
A specialist pack for veterinary and livestock professionals who experience secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and occupational grief as a regular part of their working lives.
- →Secondary traumatic stress explained
- →Compassion fatigue self-assessment
- →Practical self-care and recovery tools
Rural Grief Champion Training Programme
Full-day CPD-accredited training — coming soon
A full-day CPD-accredited Rural Grief Champion training programme delivered by WBA rural specialists. Available as in-person, virtual, or blended delivery for rural organisations of any size.
- →Full-day CPD-accredited programme
- →Rural-specific curriculum — not adapted from urban content
- →Certificate of completion included
“Rural-specific — not adapted from urban content. Every resource written for the realities of life on the land.”
Need Something Bespoke?
We create bespoke rural wellbeing resources for estates, agricultural colleges, rural charities, and large farming businesses. If you need a resource tailored to your organisation, sector, or region — get in touch.
Crisis Support
If You Need Help Right Now
If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. These services are free, confidential, and there for rural communities.
Farming Community Network (FCN)
0800 587 4935Practical and pastoral support for farmers and farming families — open 7am to 11pm, every day of the year.
RABI
0808 281 9490The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution — free, confidential support, counselling, and financial grants for the farming community.
Samaritans
116 123Free, confidential support for anyone in distress, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You don't have to be suicidal to call.
Vetlife Helpline
0303 040 2551Independent, confidential support for everyone in the veterinary community, available 24 hours a day, every day.
If life is in immediate danger, call 999. Roots to Reckoning provides education, advocacy, and signposting; it is not a crisis or clinical service. Content on this page discusses suicide and bereavement in line with Samaritans' media guidelines on safe messaging.