Making a difference in rural communities
CavanaghKelly are delighted to announce a new two-year charity partnership with Rural Support, the Cookstown based charity formed in 2002 to provide support at challenging times to farmers, their families and the rural community as a whole.
Rural Support’s trained volunteers and mentors provide support both face-to-face or via a confidential helpline. Assistance is available on business finance and debt, succession planning concerns, physical and mental health issues, farming paperwork, technical and enterprise issues and many other issues.CavanaghKelly Charity Partner
CavanaghKelly is one of Northern Ireland’s leading accountancy and business advisory practices, with offices in Dungannon, Belfast, Omagh and Enniskillen. With over 80 Advisors in Accounts,Tax, Restructuring, Corporate Finance, Forensics and Consultancy, the firm has a particular affiliation with Northern Ireland’s rural client base.
Our 3 Partners and staff are local to our offices and many of them are also from rural backgrounds; this means that our farming client base deal with advisors who genuinely understand and care about them and their specific needs.
Announcing the firm’s partnership with Rural Support, Gerard Gildernew, Partner in Cavanagh Kelly said:
“We recognise the essential service that Rural Support provides to these very important communities particularly in these challenging times; the charity continues to focus heavily on the rural and agri sector and as a result continues to face significant demands on the critical services it delivers presently; it is for these reasons that CavanaghKelly has chosen Rural Support as one of our two Charity Partners for 2016-17.”
Rural Support’s 2014/2015 Annual Report highlighted the number of farming families feeling financial pressures. In research conducted in September 2014, close to 90% of those surveyed felt there was a need for additional support in relation to farm debt. For 40% of callers in the previous year, farm finance was their main reason for getting in touch.
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Clodagh Crowe, Project Co-ordinator commented,
“Rural Support are delighted to have been chosen by CavanaghKelly as their corporate social responsibility partner. CavanaghKelly have a long standing history of supporting local charities and their generosity and commitment is much appreciated.”
As professionals in this field, CavanaghKelly will be working with Rural Support board and mentors to provide guidance and training around specialist financial areas. The financial pressures faced by farming families in the current challenging economic climate cannot be underestimated. If you do require assistance or are experiencing a challenging period, you are encouraged to contact Rural Support as early as possible so that options can be explored.
CavanaghKelly have long been supporters of quite a number of charitable organisations and community groups. Over the next two years, we want to be more targeted in our corporate social responsibility activities and have chosen Rural Support as 1 of our 2 named charities.
Contact Details:
Rural Support: Confidential helpline 0845 606 7 607 (Open 8am to 11pm, seven days a week; voicemail and support options available at all other times).
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