{"id":5731,"date":"2021-08-26T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sayfc.org\/strichen-worthy-winners-2\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T13:24:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T13:24:20","slug":"ssen-and-sayfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sayfc.org\/ssen-and-sayfc\/","title":{"rendered":"Invaluable advice given by SSEN & Shetland’s Aimee Budge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As farmers embark on a busy harvest season, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution is teaming up with the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) to raise awareness of the serious, potentially fatal, consequences of striking an overhead power line when out in the fields.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With so much of a farmer\u2019s attention focused on what is happening in front of the cab during harvest, it can be too easy to forget what\u2019s overhead and end up striking a power line or its wooden pole, and so SSEN has joined up with the SAYFC in an attempt to share their safety advice and prevent any such accidents.<\/p>\n

SSEN has worked with Aimee Budge<\/strong><\/a>, a farmer on Shetland and a safety mentor with the SAYFC, to produce a series of short videos, each of which offers up a bite-sized chunk of advice which they hope will resonate with farmers browsing their phones on a break from the harvest.<\/p>\n

Aimee said:
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u201cWhen my colleagues at the SAYFC asked for volunteers to work with SSEN Distribution I was really keen to help. I\u2019ve attended one of their farm safety seminars in the past and found it invaluable and so was only too glad to help with these videos.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The videos will be featuring across both partners\u2019 social media and is part of SSEN\u2019s new\u00a0safety campaign<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which launched in May.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the campaign, Jenny Campbell, Regional Manager from SAYFC, said:
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u201cHarvest season is such a busy time in the farming calendar, and it\u2019s so important that everyone stays safe as they work hard out in the fields. We\u2019re really pleased to be working alongside SSEN Distribution to share this important information, and we hope that this year\u2019s short, impactful, video format will help the safety message spread even further across our community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ian Crawley, SSEN\u2019s Network Operational Safety Manager, added:
\n<\/span><\/strong>\u201cWe want to support our farming communities and help them stay accident-free throughout the year, and with this partnership with the SAYFC we hope we\u2019ll be able to engage with even more farmers and their contractors as we head into what can be the busiest time for many in the industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

SSEN and the SAYFC are offering the following safety advice for everyone heading out into the field:<\/p>\n