After the News International phone hacking scandal, members of the Farm along with Pete Wylie and Mick Jones of the Clash performed at an anti-The Sun concert at the Liverpool Olympia in September 2011.
In 2012, the Justice Collective recorded a new version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", a popular music ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell made famous by the Hollies.
The song was recorded with vocals including those of Melanie C, Robbie Williams and two original members of the Hollies, Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks, for various charities associated with the Hillsborough disaster.
[5] Vocalists[6] include Andy Brown (of Lawson), Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers), Paul Heaton (of the Beautiful South), Glenn Tilbrook (of Squeeze), John Power (of Cast and the La's), Robbie Williams (of Take That), Melanie C (of Spice Girls), Rebecca Ferguson, Holly Johnson (from Frankie Goes to Hollywood), Paloma Faith, Beverley Knight, Eliza Doolittle, Dave McCabe (of the Zutons), Peter Hooton (of the Farm), Ren Harvieu, Jon McClure (of Reverend and the Makers), Paul McCartney (of the Beatles), Shane MacGowan (of the Pogues), Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks (both of the Hollies), Hollie Cook (from the Slits), LIPA Gospel Choir, Clay Crosse, Alan Hansen, Peter Reid, comedian John Bishop, writer Neil Fitzmaurice and footballer Kenny Dalglish.
The new track featured a backing choir of schoolboy footballers from the Premier League and German Bundesliga plus a number of music acts including Clean Bandit, Engelbert Humperdinck, the Proclaimers, Gorgon City, Suzi Quatro, Jona Lewie, Alexandra Burke, Julian Lennon, Paul Potts, Jane McDonald, David Gray, Gabrielle, Mick Jones, Tommy Scott, Holly Johnson, and many more.