1st Feb 2010
YFC CLUBS SIGN UP FOR RURAL APPRENTICE AND HAVE PLANS TO WORK HARD AT THE BVG
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12 May 2010
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Bronte Vintage Gathering Hailed a Huge success
The Bronte Vintage Gathering held in Cullingworth last weekend has been hailed a resounding success by organisers. Thousands of public enjoyed the event which raised funds for Sue Ryder Care – Manorlands Hospice.
Visitors were entertained by a huge array of vintage exhibits, shows and attractions including debut performances at the event from the North West Lawn Mower Association who raced at speeds over 35 miles per hour on an hourly basis throughout the weekend. As yet the amount raised for Manorlands over the weekend has not been calculated though it is hoped that it may be in the region of £15-20, 000 which would take the amount raised by the Bronte Vintage Gathering team over the £235,000 mark since the first gathering in 1999.
Over 400 exhibits of vintage machinery were on display and paraded throughout the weekend. The highlight for vintage machinery enthusiasts was perhaps a flypast by a World War Two Hurricane.
Worth Valley Young Farmers Club again made a large impact on the show this year with their Local Food, Farming and the Countryside exhibition where they showed young people the journey that food makes from field to fork with help from some livestock provided by members. They performed cookery demonstrations and passed on one of Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food’s recipes using local food. Keelham Hall Farm Shop were also heavily involved and did regular butchery demonstrations and let children make their own sausages throughout the weekend. In addition the Young Farmers brought in a range of popular attractions included Sheep racing, Mascot Football a Scrapheap Challenge competition and the return of a live professional wrestling show on the Saturday evening.
Also on Saturday evening a large crowd was entertained by the U2 tribute band NU2 supported by DJ Abdul.
Chairman of the Bronte Vintage Gathering Committee Tom Jowett was delighted with how the event had proceeded. “The weather whilst quite cold did at least stay fair this year and this as well as our new attractions helped us bring in the highest number of visitors in many years and raise a large amount for such a worth cause in the process. “
Sue Ryder Care Fundraiser Andrew Wood was also delighted with the amount raised which will help to provide services at Manorlands including a sixteen bed in patient ward, a day therapy unit and a community team. “We owe a massive thank you to the Bronte Vintage Gathering Committee, the many groups involved and the army of volunteers who gave up their time over the weekend and helped the event to run so smoothly.
The Bronte Vintage Gathering team now turn their attention to their Harness Racing event which is to be held on the same field at Haworth Road, Cullingworth. The event offers the only annual opportunity to bet on live racing in the Bradford district and will start at 2pm on Sunday 4th July.
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For further information contact: Andrew Wood on 01535 640432 andrew.wood@suerydercare.org
Notes for Editors
- Sue Ryder Care has 17 centres around the UK;
· Sue Ryder Care – Manorlands Hospice is based at Oxenhope, Keighley. The hospice provides specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses from Airedale, Craven Bradford and Wharfedale;
· Manorlands Hospice relies on voluntary contributions for the majority of its income and never charges patients for any of the care they receive. The hospice will cost £2.1 million to run in 2010.
4th May 2010
BRONTE VINTAGE GATHERING TO BE ‘A CUT ABOVE’
Professional lawn mower racing comes to West Yorkshire for the first time ever this coming weekend as part of the 12th Bronte Vintage Gathering which held as usual in aid of Sue Ryder Care - Manorlands Hospice. Organisers are hoping that this new and exciting spectacle will help bring in a record number of visitors to the popular country show.
The show venue at Haworth Road, Cullingworth is one of a series of venues that the North West Lawn Mower Racing Association are appearing at this year in the north and Manorlands Fundraiser Andrew Wood explained how he is very excited about the racing which takes place on both days of the event. “The team come with ride on lawnmowers which travel up to 35 miles an hour, pit lanes, and a start gantry, just like on the Formula One grand prix.”
Also new for 2010 is Zorbing where people get strapped into huge transparent spheres and roll around. Returning by popular demand is the Young Farmers Section, Bunton’s interactive machinery display and of course the hundreds of vintage exhibits, from traction engines to classic cars which forms the backbone of the event.
Chairman of the Bronte Vintage Gathering Committee Tom Jowett is delighted with how the event has come together this year and is keen to stress that over the last decade the event has become a country show for all to enjoy. “The event is no longer just for fanatics of vintage machinery and we really have something for everyone, it’s a true family event with fairground, musical entertainment, a children’s entertainer a craft fair and a licensed bar.
The gates are open from 11 am until 4:30 pm on Saturday and 10 am 4:30 pm on Sunday. As usual all proceeds from the Bronte Vintage Gathering will go to Sue Ryder Care Manorlands Hospice. Last year the team of volunteer organisers donated £15,000 from the event taking the total amount raised in the event’s history over the £200,000 mark.
On the Saturday evening there is free live entertainment in the licensed beer tent from ‘Johnny and the poor boys’ supported by DJ Abs. Prior to this there is a live wrestling show at 7pm from the Pro rebel wrestling group, tickets for this are £6 for adults and £4 for concessions with all proceeds going to Manorlands. To book tickets for the wrestling or for more information about any part of the event visit www.bronte-vintage-gathering.co.uk or contact the organisers on 01535 275535 or Manorlands fundraising office on 01535 640430.
Notes for Editors
- Sue Ryder Care has 17 centres around the UK;
· Sue Ryder Care – Manorlands Hospice is based at Oxenhope, Keighley. The hospice provides specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses from Airedale, Craven Bradford and Wharfedale;
· Manorlands Hospice relies on voluntary contributions for the majority of its income and never charges patients for any of the care they receive. The hospice will cost £2.0 million to run in 2009.
1st May 2010
YOUNG FARMERS TO PROMOTE LOCAL FOOD TO TOWNIES
Worth Valley Young Farmers Club hold are holding their Local Food and Farming exhibition on 8 and 9 May and have sent out twelve thousand free tickets to schools to encourage children to come along. The exhibition which takes place at the Bronte Vintage Gathering on Haworth Road, Cullingworth and will take people on a journey from field to fork to show them where their food comes from and encourage them to buy local food.
The event largely follows the format of the 2009 event which proved a huge success and taught hundreds of young people where the food they eat comes from. A variety of livestock will be on show and visitors will be given vegetable plants to grow themselves and be able to milk ‘Daisy Duke’, the club’s own cow. A butchery demonstration will also be given by the head butcher at Keelham Hall Farm Shop who will also be helping children to make their own Sausages with ‘Mr Sausage’ the mascot.
A cookery demonstration will also be provided by some of the club’s members as part of the Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food Bradford ‘Pass it on’ project.
This focus of this year’s exhibition will be local food and during the weekend members will be compiling databases of people who produce, sell, serve and want to eat it. This information will be fed into a local food one stop shop web site which will be run by South Pennine Prospects who support the event through their Leader Fund. Keighley Area Committee are also supporting the event.
Chairman of the club’s local food working party Sophie Ogden explained why members of Worth Valley and other local Young Farmers clubs are putting on the event. “Even though most of our members are not from farming families they are passionate about educating young people about where their food comes from, especially local food. Supporting local food networks is hugely important for the local economy, environmentally and for community cohesion and we hope that lots of people come along for a fun and enlightening day out in the countryside.”
Any clubs interested in attending the event or joining Young Farmers should log onto the club’s web site www.worthvalley.org and leave an enquiry.
For More information contact Andrew Wood on 01535 640432.
Notes for Editors
- YFC is a nationwide youth organisation for people aged 10-26 years
- There are 49 clubs in Yorkshire with over 1700 members
- Clubs arrange a weekly programme of events for members including talks, visits and social activities.
- As well as weekly meetings members can also participate in sports, drama, quizzes, public speaking, community & conservation projects
- Membership is open to everyone, whether they have an agricultural background or not.
- Worth Valley YFC is based in Haworth in West Yorkshire
- The Club is open to members aged between 10 and 26 of either sex and any background
6th April 2010
Young Farmers to pass on the local food message with help of Jamie, Lamby and Beefy.
Worth Valley Member Ella Bunton gets advice on cooking local fillet steak from Soraya Overend of Jamie’s Ministry of Food with help from Lamby and Beefy.
Forty five members of Worth Valley Young Farmers Club are taking part in the Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food ‘Pass it on’ with their own local food slant. The members aged between ten and twenty-six brought with them locally produced fillet steak and other local ingredients to Bradford’s Ministry of Food Head quarters on John Street, Bradford.
Jamie Olivers Ministry of Food was originally started in Rotherham and he invited Bradford Council leader Kris Hopkins to check out the scheme on his Channel 4 TV series last year. Councilor Hopkins brought it to Bradford where it teaches approximately 85 young people each week how to cook and pass the recipe onto family and friends. Worth Valley YFC Club Chairman Thomas Ogden was very impressed with the set up and explained how he was pleased that the team were able to apply a local food slant to the programme as he explained. “We are doing a big project this year entitled ‘Why local food matters’ which is supported by the South Pennines Leader Fund. We want to show people the journey that food makes from field to fork and being able to cook and enjoy locally produced food is an important part of this.”
Aside from members passing the technique onto their families and friends the next stage is that they will pass their new found knowledge to visitors to their Local Food and Farming Exhibition which is held at the Bronte Vintage Gathering on the 8th and 9th May and the Yorkshire Young Farmers County Show at Pateley Bridge on 6th June.
Also in attendance were Lamby and Beefy, the Club’s local food mascots and they will be used throughout the summer to get young people interested in the local food message.
Anyone interested in joining Worth Valley YFC should visit our website: www.worthvalley.org for further details or contact Tom Ogden, Club Chairman on 07966625363.
Further information from Andrew Wood on Andrew.wood@suerydercare.org
1st Feb 2010
YFC CLUBS SIGN UP FOR RURAL APPRENTICE AND HAVE PLANS TO WORK HARD AT THE BVG
Members from three local YFC clubs receive their £50 investment fund from Foresters, Front, Daisy Hammond (Worth Valley), Centre Joe Mitchell (Lothersdale) and rear Charlotte Ormondroyd (Aire Valley).
Local Young Farmers Clubs have signed up to a fundraising challenge akin to the BBC’s The Apprentice where they will be putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test against clubs from throughout the country to raise vital funds for healthcare charity, Sue Ryder Care.
The Rural Apprentice Challenge, originally inspired by the amount of fundraising that Worth Valley YFC has done of recent years for Sue Ryder Care is organised by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NYFC) and challenges clubs to raise hundreds of pounds for Sue Ryder Care from an initial investment of £50 provided by Foresters, an international financial services organisation. Members from Aire Valley, Worth Valley and Silsden with Skipton have also been involved in the promotional DVD for the competition which is being used to encourage clubs to sign up all over England and Wales. This can be viewed at www. www.nfyfc.org.uk/ruralapprentice .
Clubs from across the district are already planning a range of activities some of which which take place at the Bronte Vintage Gathering held at Cullingworth on 8th and 9th May. Worth Valley YFC will again be holding their charity wrestling show and possibly a ‘Gran Prix’ whilst members of Aire Valley YFC are raising a pig which they will kill and sell as a hog roast on the Sunday of the gathering. All clubs throughout the country will have to be on top form to beat the winners of last years pilot competition held in Yorkshire, Aire Valley YFC.
All money raised from local Young Farmers’ Clubs fundraising efforts will go directly to support Sue Ryder Care – Manorlands Hospice which cares for over 600 people in the Bradford Keighley Airedale and the dales.
Over 50 YFC clubs from across England have expressed an interest in participation and clubs are still signing up to take part though Worth Valley and other local clubs, Aire Valley, Silsden with Skipton and Lothersdale can now start using their entrepreneurial skills to generate funds immediately. Andrew Wood, Fundraiser at Sue Ryder Care, said: “Skills developed whilst attending YFCs - such as teamwork, good communication and problem solving - should equip participating club members to really thrive on this challenge and accomplish great things. We know Young Farmers raise thousands of pounds each year for charities but get little credit for it and this competition is designed to celebrate their achievements.”
The NFYFC Rural Apprentice Challenge is running from November 2009 to October 2010. A special awards ceremony will take place at the end of the Challenge to recognise and reward the Young Farmers’ Clubs that took part.
Steve Dilworth, Foresters UK Membership Director, said: “Foresters is delighted to support the NFYFC Rural Apprentice Challenge in aid of Sue Ryder Care. Foresters is keen to support young people’s fundraising work in the community and we are looking forward to seeing some wonderful results in the coming months.”
For more information on the Rural Apprentice Challenge and the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs visit www.nfyfc.org.uk/ruralapprentice . For more information on Sue Ryder Care visit www.suerydercare.org. For more information on Foresters please visit www.foresters.co.uk .
About Sue Ryder Care (www.suerydercare.org)
· Sue Ryder Care supports people, their families and friends affected by conditions including Cancer, Stroke, Brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Neurone Disease
· Sue Ryder Care has 14 care centres across the UK and provides 4 million hours of care per year
Sue Ryder Care provides 1.4 million home visits per year to people in need
· Sue Ryder Care is one of the largest providers of specialist palliative and end of life care in the UK
· Sue Ryder Care provides over 100,000 days of long-term residential neurological care each year
· There are currently 6,000 volunteers supporting the charity’s work
About the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (www.nfyfc.org.uk)
· The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) is one of the largest rural youth organisations in the UK and heads a nationwide body of 650 Young Farmers’ Clubs (YFCs) throughout England and Wales dedicated to supporting young people in agriculture and the countryside.
· Led by young people, for young people, YFCs provide their 23,000 members aged 10 to 26 with a unique opportunity to develop skills, work with their local community, travel abroad, take part in a varied competitions programme and enjoy a dynamic social life.
3 About Foresters, (www.foresters.co.uk)
· Foresters is an international financial services organisation which has operated in the UK, US and Canada for 135 years. We are committed to understanding your financial needs and to offering products and membership benefits, which will assist you with your financial security and peace of mind.
· Last year our worldwide charity work involved nearly 1 million hours of community involvement, with Foresters members and employees assisting more than 400 charities. In the UK alone we raised £1.7m for worthwhile causes. We measure our success not only by financial strength, but also by the positive impact we have on our members’ communities.
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