YFC Wales: Bringing Young Farmers Across Wales Together

At BCC IT we are extremely proud to have a close relationship with several charities.  These charities all provide valuable services to their local communities, and often the wider population in general. We would like to do our bit to provide a little bit back, we are therefore excited to announce a sponsored walk on June 30th from Porthgain to Abereiddy and back. In the middle of the month, we had a charity draw to decide who the beneficiary of the sponsored walk will be. The winner of that draw was YFC Wales!

The Wales Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (Wales YFC or Cffi Cymru) is a voluntary youth organization operating bilingually throughout rural Wales. They provide opportunities for over 5,000 young people between the ages of 10 to 28 and the members are part of a network of 138 YFC clubs and twelve county federations. YFC Wales aims to support young individuals in becoming successful farmers, confident contributors and responsible citizens with multiple activities. These activities include competitions, rural affairs, courses and more. The competitions held include public speaking, stock judging, eisteddfod, sports, crafts and agricultural skills. These events provide invaluable opportunities for young farmers to showcase their talents, learn new skills, connect with peers, and create new connections.

They also hold many events for its members to participate in and for the public to come and spectate. these events include the YFC Eisteddfod which allows YFC members to perform in both English and Welsh in various competitions such as singing, recitation, sketches and mimes. The YFC Eisteddfod is the only bilingual Eisteddfod of its kind in Wales and it allows both English and Welsh speakers to showcase their skills and talents to the world. YFC also hold agricultural events for example the winter fair where they have two direct entry competitions. The baby beef and prime lamb producer competitions. These competitions are great opportunities for young farmers to show off their stockmanship skills and learn valuable information from their peers within the agricultural sector.

Alongside their many in-house competitions YFC Wales holds a prominent position at the Royal Welsh show. It’s a highlight of the year for many YFC members where the event is full of competitions such as shearing, dancing, stock judging, flower arranging and more. The YFC Centre becomes a hive of activity with members, supported and the public catching a glimpse and joining in on the action.

We’re very happy to be supporting Wales YFC with this charity walk and we’re looking forward to future charitable events for YFC and even more charities! If you would like to support us please have a look at the link below for our Just Giving page for the sponsored walk.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/BCCIT-YFC-Sponsored-Walk?utm_term=ZYzVymB3G