National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs

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NFYFC president May 2011-2012

Matt Baker

Matt was born in Durham and grew up on his family's sheep farm. His love of the countryside and animals made him the natural choice for fronting such shows as Secret Britain, One Man and His Dog, Animal Rescue and a BBC NE natural history series.

He is currently one of the main presenters of Countryfile, shown every Sunday on BBC1.

A former Blue Peter presenter, Matt has won two BAFTAs for Best Children's presenter. He is the regular co-host of The One Show and was also a finalist of Strictly Come Dancing 2010 and took part in the 2011 live tour.

As a boy, Matt was a British gymnastic and sports acrobatics champion, later joining the BBC Grandstand team as a world gymnastics presenter and commentator. He is also a hang-gliding world record holder. Matt is a regular BBC commentator for a host of sporting events including the Olympics.

Matt is a big supporter of YFC and has helped with judging and other events and competitions. His mum, Janice, is Durham YFC's county organiser.

You can read the news of Matt's election at the 2011 AGM in Blackpool by clicking this link.

 

NFYFC chairman of council (October 2010-2011)


James Chapman

Pailton and Warwickshire YFC's James Chapman has been elected to the chairmanship of NFYFC having served two terms as vice chairman.

James has been a club, county and area chairman before first being elected as vice chairman of the NFYFC council in 2008.

James, 28, was brought up on a council dairy farm which diversified into workshops and storage.
 
A self-employed farm worker, James lost his arm in a farming accident in 2005 and since then has helped raise money for the charities that assisted him after his accident, including the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI). Last year he aslo helped with the Health & Safety Executive's award-winning Make the Promise campaign aimed at cutting the high number of deaths and accidents in the agicultural industry.
 
James is very proud of being a member of the Warwickshire Federation and is looking forward to a thrid term in office as a chance to give something back to the organisation he feels he has benefitted from so much.

His focus for his year as chairman will be broadening understanding of the democratic structure of the organisation; raising awareness externally of the huge amount of fundraising done by YFCs for other charities, and continuing his health and safety awareness work.
 
 

NFYFC vice chairman of council


Mark Williams

Former Wales YFC chairman Mark Williams will serve as vice chairman of the national council for a second year.

Mark, a 35-year-old farm manager from Gwent, has also held office as Gwent county chairman and rally chairman.

His aim for the coming year is to support James during his chairmanship, use his skills and experience to help NFYFC meet its goals and build on its previous successes, help develop initiatives to increase membership of YFCs across England and Wales, and explore innovative and exciting new opportiunities to help retain the skills and knowledge of older members.

 

NFYFC vice chairwoman of council


Milly Wastie

Grendon and Northamptonshire YFC's Milly is the East Midlands regional officer for RABI. She is also the East Midlands area chairwoman, NFYFC's agriculture & rural affairs steering group (ARAC) chairwoman and press officer for Grendon YFC.

During the year Milly aims to help encourage new entrants into agriculture, champion the ARAC manifesto, promote opportunities for young people, and raise awareness of rural issues such as rural isolation.




NFYFC council steering groups


Agriculture & rural affairs

Chairwoman: Milly Wastie (Northamptonshire YFC)
Vice chairwoman: Helen Reeve (Norfolk YFC)

Competitions

Chairwoman: Alex Mackellar (Staffordshire YFC)
Vice chairwoman: Claire Worden (Cornwall YFC)

Events

Chairwoman: Hollie Harris (East Riding of Yorkshire YFC)
Vice chairman: Gareth Laking (Lincolnshire YFC)

Personal development

Chairwoman: Claire Swinburne (Durham YFC)
Vice chairman: Bob Dronfield (Derbyshire YFC)

Youth forum

Leader: Aled Jones (Brecknock YFC)


Matt Baker's blog