The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2015 - Issue 41 | Page 11

Farm News

Friends for life with
NFYFC travel programme
»»The NFYFC Travel
programme is well underway,
with members embarking
on trips of a lifetime to
destinations all over the
world.
Staffordshire member Katie
Pollock knows all about it
after spending eight weeks in
Sydney and Australia last year.
She became great friends with
Tasmania Rural Youth President
Prue Dennis and was delighted
to catch up with her again when
Prue came to the UK recently
– including a trip to the Annual
Convention.
She said: “I got chatting to
Prue in Tasmania and noticed
that she was wearing a Joules
top – and from there we
realised that we both love
horses. It takes one thing in

common to make a friendship
and for us it was horses.”
Among the activities Katie
enjoyed in Australia was a
riding lesson with Olympic rider
Stewart Tinney, while Prue is
taking the opportunity to go
to the Badminton Horse Trials
while she is over here.
“I’d recommend it to others
100%,” said Katie. “If you go
with YFC Travel you save a ton
of money and you see a lot
more because you are staying
with people who can show you
so much.”
You don’t have to leave the
country for a chance to broaden
your horizons – being a host for
an exchangee coming here is
also a great way to learn about
rural youth overseas. Prue
Dennis is spending six weeks in

England and Northern Ireland
and loving every minute.
Prue also knows how much
fun it can be to act as a host –
Rural Youth clubs in Tasmania
are always looking forward to
welcoming foreign exchanges.
“We’ve only got around 250
members in the whole State
so you immediately know who
the exchangees are because
you’ve never seen them before.
Everybody gets involved and
we all have loads of fun.”
The new YFC Travel trips
for 2016 will be announced in
September so look out for info
on the website www.nfyfc.org.
uk/yfctravel and NFYFC’s social
media sites so you can book
your trip of a lifetime!
FANCY SKIING? The NFYFC
Youth Forum would like to invite

all YFC members aged 14-17 to
participate in the first NFYFC
under 18 ski trip. The ski trip
will be going to Austria to the
resort of Saalbach on Saturday
13th February to Sunday 21st
February 2016 during half term.
The cost of the NFYFC ski trip
is £799. This price includes coach
travel, full board accommodation,
lift passes and ski equipment
hire including helmets. The tour
will offer YFC members 4 hours
of ski tuition per day with fully
qualified staff.
If you have any questions,
please contact Jodie Green at
NFYFC on 02476 857222 or
email her at jodie.green@nfyfc.
org.uk

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