Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
So how many members do you have up to date ?
BFU signs up 25 new members in a week.
- Thread starter Humble Village Farmer
- Start date
- Location
- Hereford
Good comments made by you @gone up the hill , it's very difficult when it's a fledgling organisation to get going , however, in just over 12mths the BFU have succeeded in negotiating various things on behalf of all farming sectors . This has happened by farmers giving up valuable time .
A full page advert was taken out in the FW ,paid for by the steering committee members own money ( no cost to BFU) , leaflets designed and printed , paid for by individual members ( no cost to BFU )
Steering committee members have travelled to various parts of the country at their own expense (ie no cost to BFU )
I agree subscriptions are too low at £10 and this ,at sometime , will need reviewing as the workload increases and expenses incurred .
I am at a loss to understand how many are sitting back and criticising the BFU when it's got as far as it has with limited funds .
All sectors of the Ag industry will gain from the work the BFU have achieved with little funds ..... £10 ...surely this isn't going to break the bank of anyone's pocket but a hundred tenners is a grand and that will help publicity vastly .
In Hereford we have put leaflets in various outlets in recent weeks but unfortunately a ' known member of a different ' farming union has been and removed them ......that's the sort of childish things that happen !
Please chip in your tenner and join up and help out !
- Location
- Hereford
I will be honest and say I don't know but I know we passed the 500 mark quite some time ago so I imagine we are on the way to a 1000, however I encourage you to join up as that will be one more member
- Location
- Essex
Can't help thinking the dead tractor is the main reason NFU have lost so many members.
tullah
Member
- Location
- Linconshire
Are there any car stickers to print out?
All my extended family will gladly have one.
- Location
- Hereford
Will look into it
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Where does that figure come from? I’ve never seen any membership figures, other than those put up in various posts on here which usually seem to have been conjured up from thin air.
Like much on social media, those spurious numbers are then taken as gospel by the next poster, in this case @Clive extrapolating to suggest the NFU won’t exist in 3 years time…
But yes, I would be surprised if the NFU hadn’t lost a good few members in the last 2 years, if only it was those in this echo chamber that claim to have resigned.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
That’s the second time I’ve seen you post that. At the time placing that advert (& an FG advert that never happened) was being discussed, several ‘normal’ members posted to say they were chipping in extra to help pay for it. I do hope the others that posted that followed through as well.
It would be nice if it were noted that it wasn’t just steering group members that paid for it.
That really is poor form imo.
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
What about creating a just giving page which states BFU's short term aims,grievances and ultimate objectives.
Make sure the general public know how the money will be used and why it had
to be set up .If you did this i would happily donate more than a tenner and i have
a feeling others would do so too.
Make sure the general public know how the money will be used and why it had
to be set up .If you did this i would happily donate more than a tenner and i have
a feeling others would do so too.
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- Location
- Hereford
Thankyou . If ' non committee ' members made a donation then that's good news ...very good news! . Hopefully we can get clarification on it .That’s the second time I’ve seen you post that. At the time placing that advert (& an FG advert that never happened) was being discussed, several ‘normal’ members posted to say they were chipping in extra to help pay for it. I do hope the others that posted that followed through as well.
It would be nice if it were noted that it wasn’t just steering group members that paid for it.
That really is poor form imo.
Yes it's the second time I've posted it ...no apology for that as It appears to have not been noted by all that the steering committee are getting the advertising out and I feel that a lot has been, and is being, done . There are very active non committee members getting on board now and that's great news .
....at no point do I wish to give out misleading information
I hope you get what I'm trying to say ....
We are careful with our limited funds !
- Location
- Hereford
Good idea ... Will pass it on to the SG .
We are looking at a donations link on our website as a few would like to donate
- Location
- Cirencester
I offered to pay for one but at the time it was felt the money would be better spent elsewhere. But gladly pay for a full page if needed, anything to help get the word out.That’s the second time I’ve seen you post that. At the time placing that advert (& an FG advert that never happened) was being discussed, several ‘normal’ members posted to say they were chipping in extra to help pay for it. I do hope the others that posted that followed through as well.
It would be nice if it were noted that it wasn’t just steering group members that paid for it.
That really is poor form imo.
I'm not asking you to disclose figures Clive... you must have a typo in the last message BTW.
i don’t know how may nfu members there are, i do know im one of them however
- Location
- Somerset
This needs to be advertised and communicated much better, ought to be on the leaflets too
- Location
- Hereford
Anyone wanting a BFU beanie or baseball cap Google Green Hare Designs and get your order in!
- Location
- Yorks
I don't know how many have left NFU. A poster on here this last week said their branch sec said 5,000 lost this last 12 months. Which would be closer to 10+% loss??Where do you get that 20% figure from? The only post I’ve seen purporting to put numbers on NFU membership is @warksfarmer ’s made up ones where, when questioned, he posts up an anti-NFU report from 2016.
I somehow doubt they’ve lost 20% of members this year, despite what the echo chamber might like to believe.
My word. Shame on whoever that was.
Was a mix of donations between steering committee members and normal members, but most (all??) SC members donated.That’s the second time I’ve seen you post that. At the time placing that advert (& an FG advert that never happened) was being discussed, several ‘normal’ members posted to say they were chipping in extra to help pay for it. I do hope the others that posted that followed through as well.
It would be nice if it were noted that it wasn’t just steering group members that paid for it.
That really is poor form imo.
At the time I was only person with access to PayPal account, so I was person who had sight of where donations were coming from.
Possibly even more numbers of donations from normal members iirc. Ranged from £5 to c. £300, with some offering £1,000, but we asked those to donate smaller amounts as we thought that was too much for individuals.
We'll reprimand Hfd Cattle for not paying attention
warksfarmer
Member
Where do you get that 20% figure from? The only post I’ve seen purporting to put numbers on NFU membership is @warksfarmer ’s made up ones where, when questioned, he posts up an anti-NFU report from 2016.
I somehow doubt they’ve lost 20% of members this year, despite what the echo chamber might like to believe.
Not a made up report at all.
But on another thread (not sure which one but I’m sure somebody will know) a group secretary had admitted 5000 members quit nationally over the last 12 or 18 months.
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
Why is everything such a big secret surely transparency is needed.
- Location
- Essex
Post 354
A question for Ollybloggs Oliver Harrison
It's worth remembering that not all options are applicable to all farms, very much depends what land use code your fields are, temporary grass=happy days, permenant pasture, not so much. Very true. The offer I was referring to is applicable to PP though.
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