Escrick Young Farmers - Working with the community
Young Farmers from Escrick have rolled up their sleeves to help their local community, by tidying the church yard and laying a gravel pedestrian entrance to the village green. This work was carried out on 9th April and 26th June in the village of Escrick and included 10 YFC members with ages varying from 16 to 26.
The project is part of a national initiative called the "Countryside Challenge", launched by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) in March 2016. Escrick YFC successfully applied to NFYFC for funding in April 2016 as the project qualified under the national federation’s work in Youth Social Action.
Laura Graham, Chairman said: The "Countryside Challenge" has provided the club with an opportunity to help the local community to undertake projects to tidy the village and make it safer whilst also teaching how to project manage, work as a team and all whilst having fun!
In December 2015, the NFYFC received funding from the Cabinet Office and Pears Foundation to progress the work of Youth Social Action. As such, the Federation is supporting YFCs across England with their community projects by providing tools, resources and training to get them started, as well as offering an amount of enabling money. The Federation is looking to support community projects like Escrick YFC’s until the summer of 2017.
For further information about the "Countryside Challenge", please visit www.nfyfc.org.uk/countrysidechallenge.
