About Bedfordshire Young Farmers
Bedfordshire Young Farmers can help you expand on the skills you currently have and teach you new ones. It lets you learn about rural affairs and lead an active social life while continuing your studies or full time work. Some of our members are from farming families but the rest of our community consists of people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Our members are enthusaiastic young people between the ages of 10 & 26 who are interested in being involved in a wide range of activities such as drama, singing, event organising, flower arranging, cake making, welding etc - the list is endless! Throughout this website you will find information on the activities we undertake and discover that there really is something for everyone.
Each club has a regular weekly meeting night in which they will go on trips, hold presentations from speakers or prepare for upcoming competitions. Recent meetings held in Bedfordshire have included: farm visits; water sports; first aid training; treasure hunts; archery, self defence; salsa dancing and even cider making!
In addition to this, the county will hold a monthly meeting where similar activities will happen but anyone from our seven clubs can attend. This is a great place to meet people from the other side of the county and make new friends who share similar interests to you.
Your club may hold more that one meeting in some weeks in order to prepare you for a county competition, for example, the Rally – our main event of the year attended by over 4000 members of the public.
We also hold plenty of social events as well. Each club holds a big party each year which could be a Summer ball, Boxing Day bash or Easter get together, plus the county holds a new member’s week and county ball each year.
When you have been in a club for a few years and feel confident in your understanding of the way it runs you can apply for a role on the committee. This is a great opportunity to take on some additional responsiblity such as a Treasurer, Social Secretary or even Chairman. Going forward you can even move onto the county committee, eastern area or the national committee. It may sound like a lot of work but the important thing to remember is that you can really make a difference to the Young Farmers – the clubs are for young farmer’s, run by young farmers.
Training is also a big part of what we do and you can apply for funding to help cover the cost of trailer tests, first aid training etc and get bursaries towards overseas travel through our discovery program.
If you want to join please take a look around the rest of this site; visit us on social media and check out the map on the ‘Clubs’ page to find and contact your nearest community of young farmers. Your first meeting is free and they will provide you with all the paperwork to join.
From all the team at Bedfordshire Young Farmers we look forward to welcoming you!