What is YFC?

What is YFC?

Young Farmers (YFC) is a rural youth organisation, for anyone aged between 10 and 26 years old.  Clubs and County Federations are affiliated to the National Federation of Young Famers' Clubs (NFYFC), which aims to support young people in agriculture and the countryside, has approx 25,000 members in over 650 clubs across England & Wales.

Members enjoy socialising and interacting with people of the same age; learning; achieving and having fun.  Despite the name, you definitely don't need to be a farmer to join! 

Clubs organise their own programme for their regular meetings, with activites including sports, crafts, skills development.  With such a broad range, clubs ensure the interests of all members are catered for.  Clubs' activities are complemented by those organised by Bucks YFC activities, such as competitions, training weekends and social/fundraising events.  There's also a number of competitions throughout the year, including public speaking, stock-judging, rural skills and drama, giving members the opportunitiy to compete against others from the same County or Area and, if successful, competing at National level against YFC members from across England & Wales.

The clubs, like the County Federation, operate within a democratic committee structure.  This provides opportunities for senior members to take on responsibility for the running of the clubs, looking after the interests of the members and be involved in decision-making within their club. At AGMs, members are elected into the club officer roles and are supported in these through training and leader guidance. For senior members these opportunities extend to County, Area and National officer roles.

See the About Bucks YFC page for more information on how you can get involved.