NFU Mutual Barnstaple, Bideford and Halwill

02/11/2026

Join Holsworthy & Stratton NFU for a tour of Philip Warren Butchers in conjunction with their annual open meeting

📍 Unit 1, 1 Dunheved Court, 2 Pennygillam Way, Launceston PL15 7ED
📆 24th November
⏰ 6:30pm
RSVP - [email protected]

23/10/2026

Charity Quiz Night and AOM fundraising for North Devon Hospice
📆 10th November
⏰ 19:00
💰 £10pp (includes food)
📍 Bideford Rugby Football Club

Book your team by emailing [email protected]

01/10/2026

Tour of Besshill Farm Shop and Farm - Tuesday 6th October.🐄 🌾

The Barnstaple and Blackmoor Gate NFU have been invited to enjoy a tour of Besshill Farm Shop and Farm, by kind permission from the Mather family.

📍 Besshill Farm
⏰ Tour starts at 5pm
☕ Refreshments provided

If you can't make the start time, you're very welcome to join us later. Following the tour, refreshments will be available and we'll be holding our Annual Open Meeting.

Please RSVP to [email protected] with number of attendees.

We look forward to seeing you there!😁

09/09/2026

Happy Back British Farming Day! 🇬🇧 🌾

We're proud to support our farmers and agricultural businesses, recognising their hard work, dedication, and commitment to sustaining our countryside and producing the food that feeds the nation.

Today, we celebrate the vital role British farming plays in our communities and our everyday lives.🚜

Today is Back British Farming Day!

British farmers feed the nation, care for our countryside and strengthen our rural economy🌾🇬🇧 Let’s show our support by choosing British produce and championing the people behind our food🍴

Back British. Buy British. Support British farming.

How do you back British farming?

07/09/2026

Final chance to book your place on the IAE Tour.📣

Please see the post below for full details and booking information👇

IAE Factory Tour - Book Your Place Today!

Join us on the 9th of September for an exciting visit to the IAE1969 Factory in Stoke-on-Trent, home to the UK's leading and largest manufacturer of livestock handling and housing equipment.

What's included?
✅ Presentation from the IAE team
✅ Guided factory tour
✅ Showroom destinations

🚌 A coach will depart from Barnstaple and Halwill offices at 6:30am, with the return journey leaving Stafford at 2:45pm
☕ Lunch and refreshments included
👨‍👩‍👧 This is open to all members and family
📖 £40 per person

📅 To book or for any further information, please email [email protected].

04/09/2026

🌾🚜 That's a wrap on show season 2026! 🚜🌾

We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, enjoyed a refreshment, entered our competitions, or simply stopped for a chat throughout the summer. It's been wonderful meeting so many familiar and new faces across Devon and beyond.

We love being part of our local agricultural community and supporting the events that bring us all together. Thank you to the show organisers, volunteers, exhibitors, and visitors who made this season so memorable.

We look forward to seeing you all next year, if not before! 👋

31/08/2026

Have you booked your place on the IAE tour yet? 👀

Check out the post below for all the details 👇

IAE Factory Tour - Book Your Place Today!

Join us on the 9th of September for an exciting visit to the IAE1969 Factory in Stoke-on-Trent, home to the UK's leading and largest manufacturer of livestock handling and housing equipment.

What's included?
✅ Presentation from the IAE team
✅ Guided factory tour
✅ Showroom destinations

🚌 A coach will depart from Barnstaple and Halwill offices at 6:30am, with the return journey leaving Stafford at 2:45pm
☕ Lunch and refreshments included
👨‍👩‍👧 This is open to all members and family
📖 £40 per person

📅 To book or for any further information, please email [email protected].

26/08/2026

🚜🌾 We're at the Holsworthy & Stratton Show tomorrow! 🌾🚜

Come and say hello 👋 You'll find us at Pitch 158, opposite the main ring.

Enjoy some refreshments☕🍺 , and don't miss your chance to win a Gin Hamper!

We look forward to seeing you all!😄

Thank you to our Show Sponsor NFU Mutual.

22/08/2026

At NFU Mutual Barnstaple, Bideford & Halwill, we’re proud to have nominated ChemoHero to receive a £7,899 donation from NFU Mutual’s 2026 Agency Giving Fund. 💛

This donation will help ChemoHero to continue to gift their boxes of kindness to people at the start of their chemotherapy treatments, as well as providing Kindness Bags for cancer patients facing those unexpected trips into hospital.

Thank you ChemoHero for everything you are doing to support our community.🌟

Yesterday, Rob welcomed Mark and Ed to ChemoHero HQ to say a huge thank you to NFU Mutual for choosing ChemoHero as a beneficiary of the NFU Mutual Agency Giving Fund.

NFU Mutual supports local charities and communities across the country, and we are incredibly grateful to have received an amazing £7,899 donation.

This generous support will help us continue to gift our Boxes of Kindness to people at the start of their chemotherapy treatment, as well as provide our Kindness Bags for cancer patients facing those unexpected trips into hospital.

A huge thank you to Mark, Ed and everyone at NFU Mutual for supporting ChemoHero and helping us continue to spread a little kindness when it’s needed most. 🧡💙

20/08/2026

We are proud to have recently nominated Everything Ellie, to receive a £7,899 donation from NFU Mutual’s 2026 Agency Giving Fund. 💛

The donation will support the charity to keep Ellie's memory alive and make a difference to families when they need it most.

Thank you to Everything Ellie for everything you are doing to support our community.💗

A huge thank you to NFU Barnstaple, Bideford & Halwill for your incredibly kind donation to Everything Ellie once again. 💗

Last week, our trustee Justeen had the pleasure of meeting up with Barry & Maddi to receive this wonderful donation.

We are so grateful for your continued support of our charity and for helping us to keep Ellie’s memory alive and make a difference to families when they need it most. 💕✨

Thank you for thinking of Everything Ellie and for your ongoing generosity. It really does mean so much to us. 🥰