YOUNG FARMERS
Thousands of miles covered for charity
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OUNG farmers across the county, including from Eccleshall, have been putting their best feet forward to raise funds. Members of the Staffordshire County Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (SCFYFC) have, between them, covered more than 1,300 miles across the beautiful countryside in the county. The campaign, which was launched by the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (NFYFC), Give it Some YFC Welly Relay has helped to raise over £1,000 to help to continue to deliver the muchneeded service to young people in the rural communities across Staffordshire. A spokesman for SCFYFC said: The County Federations funding was affected during the
last membership year following the cancellation of all its spring and summer fundraising events. Despite continuing to deliver services to members in a virtual manner, including two Virtual Rally s and a Virtual County Show, the impact of the pandemic has been greatly felt, with only 33 per cent of members re-joined for the current membership year. With face to face events and activities still on hold this fundraising effort has been very important to bring members together. Staffordshire YFC took on the challenge and planned to cover 500 miles from April 1 to April 30, a target which they smashed in the first week. The total miles covered was 1,318 and clubs who covered 35
miles or more are set to benefit from this fundraising campaign. The members in Staffordshire covered the miles by walking, biking, horse riding and one member, Henry Walker of Ashley YFC, even took to the water and clocked up nautical miles on his sailing boat. Local beauty spots including Dimmingsdale near Alton, the canal at Weston and Marshes Hill in Brown Edge provided some great viewpoints, frosty mornings, perfect sunsets and sunny daytime strolls. Anyone interested in supporting Staffordshire YFC and their Give it Some YFC Welly campaign can visit the JustGiving page as there is still time left to donate. www.justgiving.com/fundraisin g/staffordshire-yfc.
