The NFYFC Annual Meeting of Clubs is to be held at on Sunday 26 April 2026 commencing at 10.30 hrs
The meeting will be held at: Elephant & Castle Hotel, Broad Street, Newtown, Montgomeryshire SY16 2BQ [what3words///bridges.toasted.roughness]
The final agenda and supporting papers are available to view and download below.
The meeting will be live streamed and the link to the stream will be posted on this page close to the date of the meeting.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact James Eckley at the YFC Centre.
YFC AGRI will be hosting a AGRI Forum following the Annual Meeting of Clubs and in the same venue from 2-3pm.
Join this discussion event, with the theme Proud to Farm, and hear from a panel of industry guests including NFU Cymru President Abi Reader, NAAC CEO Jill Hewitt and RABI’s Head of External Affairs Sandy Kapila. The discussion will be chaired by YFC AGRI Chair Nathan Greenwood.
On the day of the meeting, voter links will be sent by email/text/WhatsApp directly to those entitled to vote.
The following are allocated one vote on behalf of the YFC club (2 votes/club), county federation (1 vote), area committee (1 vote) and members of the NFYFC Council (1 vote per Council representative):
Note: Voting links will be sent to each Club Chair and Club Secretary as recorded on the SILO membership portal – County Offices are responsible for recording the Club Chair and Club Secretary.
County Offices are reminded to ensure officers are coded on the SILO system no later than 12 noon, Friday 10 April 2026 – thank you.
Note: The NFYFC is responsible for recording these officials on the SILO portal. No actions required by County Offices.
It is these people only that will receive the voter emails/text/WhatsApp messages.
Voting will be held using an online election system. At the start of voting, eligible voting members will receive a voting link via the following mediums:
The member’s voting link is personalised to them and can only be used once.
Voting will only be open for a short time, and so members are strongly advised to attend either the meeting in-person or view the live stream, so that they are aware of when the voting opens for each motion.
Proposers and Seconders of Motions (and Amendments) and those speaking to Motions/Amendments are reminded that the following time limits are laid down and will be adhered to:
Any member may move, with debate, that the question be now put and, if the Motion be seconded and carried by a majority, the Motion or amendment before the meeting shall, after the Move of the Motion has been offered the right to reply, be at once put.
Motions/amendments shall be sent to the Executive Council by the date advised by that Council and must be moved by a Young Farmers’ Club, or a County Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs or the Executive Council of the National Federation. Only those three sectors of the organisation may put forward a Motion and, where a Club sends forward such a Motion, the Club is responsible for finding another Club or a County Federation to act as seconder. Therefore, the meeting cannot accept any business that is not published on the agenda.
This trophy is awarded to the YFC member (member defined as a member aged 10 to 28 yrs of age) making the greatest contribution to the democratic proceedings of the NFYFC ACM.
It should be noted that this trophy is not awarded in the same way as a Public Speaking Competition – it is awarded to the member that makes a significant or memorable contribution to the AMC meeting. This could simply be two of three words of humour at just the right moment, or a contribution that significantly turns around a debate. Therefore, the timing stated above are not used to bring a penalty for those that speak for just a few seconds or those that may speak for longer than stated above.
In exceptional circumstances (for example, all speakers being 28 years of age or over) over-age members or speakers from the top table will be considered as recipients for the trophy.
