The winner of Young Farmers Initiative of the Year was the Scottish Association of Young Farmers and RSABI.

Anna McDiarmid from the SAYFC said: “We are absolutely delighted, I don’t think we saw this coming at all, so it was a really lovely surprise. I think it’s really exciting to be the champion for rural mental health, it’s a really important issue at the moment.

“We want to share the message to keep talking, to one another, to friends and family.”

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Chief executive of RSABI Carol McLaren said: “We are absolutely thrilled that the Thrive app has been recognized in the way it has tonight. There were two other very strong contenders in the category, and congratulations to them as well. The app is very special, we have just finished a year-long pilot, and we are about to do something exciting with it after this trial year.

“We’ve had huge support from the young farmers.”