- Location
- Somerset
Not having a go, I'm just curious as to what my money will be spent on...
GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for
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- Location
- Somerset
Yes ought to be a donation option or something, surprised there isn't one already?
- Location
- Yorks
BFU does sort of need that sort of membership fee. Or put it another way, of we had that much we could do soo much more. It would springboard us to having employed people, able to attend meetings with ministers etc.
Just speaking for myself here, I imagine at some point we'll say what we think different levels of membership fee could do for the organisation, and ask the membership where they want to be with it.
Argument for saying now's that time, but personally I think stay as we are for now. We need to attract members. Low cost does that, but so does results and evidence of active campaigning, representation and results (which we'd do quicker and better with more money).
Well just say if you want to donate you can.
- Location
- Yorks
A teeny weeny bit is spent on software, but it's next to nothing. We might need to spend a bit more on that as we progress.
We want exposure and members right now. That would be our greatest short term benefit. i.e. strength in numbers. Hence I would predict, at this stage, most of the membership income will be spent on advertising. Growing BFU is best spend of the cash ATM imho. Then do what we can as volunteers to influence and represent things.
When we've got more members, then we won't have to use it all on promotion, and can maybe employ someone on either contract basis or full time to do work for us.
It's all going in the right direction.
We used donations to fund the F Weekly advert. For two reasons. 1.) It was quite a bit of money to spend. 2.) It was a single issue (farm assurance), although we did have a poll result which said 95% of members wanted the GFC scrapping, so we had a good mandate.
^^^ Several people were volunteering to donate quite big sums of cash (£1,000 donations) to fund an ad. So we thought we'd ask for more donations, and hopefully lots of smaller amounts to spread the load and not take advantage of those overly generous pledges After we'd asked people to make their donations smaller (I know, strange request!) we had donations from £5 to £300, and funded the ad.
I'll add the donation button to the website.
Edit. When we've jumped in the car to have a meeting, no-one has claimed any expenses, or had a slap up meal paid for by members.
I pay for web domain, someone else paid for leaflets to be printed from their own pocket, someone else paid for Facebook ads, etc. This will change as we get more organised. Leaflets looks like being next thing for us at livestock marts, trade counters, shows, meetings, etc.
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- Location
- East Sussex
I predict in 12-18 months time, unless the NFU change tact it will come out in the wash. By then the person responsible will be out of the direct firing line and be sitting pretty on various food industry boards, and maybe the House of Lords.But you have to cancel the DD before they draw the sub
tullah
Member
- Location
- Linconshire
Surely the person responsible will not have the face to take either of those opportunities.
Nobody has more faces than a career politician
- Location
- People's Republic of South Yorkshire
So I will get more interest on my savings if I put more fertilizer on!
Farmers Who Don’t Curb Emissions May End Up Paying, Banker Says
Banks will eventually start to impose higher interest rates on farmers and rural businesses that aren’t achieving satisfactory greenhouse gas reductions, a senior Rabobank executive predicts.www.bloomberg.com
'Fibre February" there's a cheery future us all. Rather take a dose of posion
- Location
- West Midlands
I would be keen make a donation.
- Location
- Devon
- Location
- Cirencester
I guess it depends if he remembers being on the board or not!!
Is Tom there to represent the climate or intelligence?
Uk Agg is being done up like kippers by these people, it’s disgusting
- Location
- Devon
Well it's an interesting and diverse board.
I would/ should be pleased to see a farming rep on there. . . . . . .
How the hell Krebs is allowed to see the light of day, I'll never know
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Yes but not Tom Bradshaw given the way he lies all the time and quite clearly does not understand his brief on other boards such at RT that he sits on!
- Location
- Summer set
Quite frankly they can g f themselves.So I will get more interest on my savings if I put more fertilizer on!
Will probably use the bank of stuffing it in the matress instead.
- Location
- Somerset
Totally agree!
More than half of the farm in already - the rest will probably follow shortly!
Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published
Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...