Charity

After the disaster breakdown with the JF, Gary hooks the Strautmann onto the Valtra to tackle the rest of the 2nd cut!

A lot of our local fans will be aware of the catastrophic accident that occurred two months ago in Ballycastle involving a young farming family. Please take 15 minutes and watch this video put together with the help of the Reverend John Stanbridge, Nigel Kearney from Helping Hand and the Paramedics who attended the scene of the accident. This is a necessary cause and we are humbled to have been asked to be a part of it. If you feel able to give anything at all please follow the link above to the fundraiser's just giving page. You are also more than welcome to come and join in the 24 Hour Walk which takes place on the 25th and 26th July from 5pm to 5pm.

Thank you for watching.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hannahs-picu-fundraiser

Gary finally gets into the driver's seat of the Valtra! But how will it fair in comparison to the Fastrac 4220? Thanks to Alastair Dale Contracts for inviting us along to help with the long draw and for very kindly contributing to our charity efforts.

If any of our viewers would like to make a donation follow the link to RJ and KD McLean's fundraising page. https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=rjandkdmcleanfundraising&pageUrl=2 Thank you!

Last week the charity tractor visited Clarke's Machinery in Cavan for her first service very kindly provided by Valtra. When the guys went to pick her up to bring her back to GRASSMEN HQ Clarke's had their own idea about what she should do next!

The Valtra T234 charity tractor got its first run out yesterday at James Campbells with the Schuitemaker wagon!

Don't forget to donate at: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=rjandkdmcleanfundraising&pageUrl=2

Donkey sits down for a chat with the guys from W.A Livingstone and Sons about their upcoming annual tractor run on Saturday 28th December.

Last year in the region of 800 tractors attended and they hope to see more this time around. Its all for a very good cause so if you're able to make it please do. You're guaranteed a very warm welcome!

This is something a little different. We were delighted to have the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland at Grassmen HQ recently to carry out their first ever training day focused solely on rural scenarios.

What these guys do is simply amazing but the AANI is a charity and they rely on public donations to stay in the air. Hopefully this video will help you to realise just how vital they are to the rural community and if you are interested in finding out more or would like to give a donation then follow the link to visit their website. https://www.airambulanceni.org/

Watch the restoration of our TW-35 from start to finish with all work carried out by JB Bodyworks in Co. Antrim.

This tractor went on to be raffled off for Make A Wish contributing to a grand total of £250,000 raised towards the charity. Whether you're a Ford fan or not it's clear to see the effort that went into the restoration of this machine and the finished job is a real credit to Johnny and his team!

We catch up with the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance service where Glenn walks us around his helicopter...

Towards the end of last year Gary and Kirstie attended the Donnelly Group's Rock Up In Your Pick Up! An event for pick up enthusiasts all over the country.

They were raising money for the Northern Ireland Air Ambulance and it was here that we met Kerry Anderson, Head of Fundraising. After this conversation we developed a real fascination of this amazing charity and were keen to learn all we could. We will be doing more with these guys so keep an eye out on here and on our other social media platforms!

Last year we took part in the Dublin to Mayo Tractor run.

Alan caught up with the organisers to find out more details on this years run and how to enter their raffle to win a Massey 135!