For now, this is the new “YFC normal”!
Last month I wrote about the way we were starting to adapt to lockdown and how strange it felt, this month it seems to be the new normal, as we all adjust to the virtual life!
Young Farmers’ Clubs are no exception. It’s true many of our farming members continue their usual day-to-day routine, but the thing they are missing is the social interaction that being a YFC member gives them after work – but we’ve adapted!
I echo what I’ve already said: thank goodness for technology and as our members are used to snapchatting, following, liking, tweeting and hashtags we’ve all embraced it! Using our #LincsYFCstayingconnected we have had more quizzes, bingo, virtual meetings, live DJ sets, with more in the planning including a ‘You’ve Been Framed’, online auction and our County Rally.
It feels a bit surreal that today as I sit at my computer writing this, it’s the day before what would have been our County Rally – there is no way I would have had time to sit at my computer! The County Rally is usually our biggest day of the year, where our members compete against each other to win the Rally cup. It’s fiercely competitive, a bit wild and lots of fun. But we’re not letting it pass this year without doing something, so instead we’re doing Lincs YFC Online Rally 2020.
We selected 13 exhibition classes and as entries close tomorrow, my inbox is filling up with all the wonderful creations, photos and videos. I hope to be able to share some with you next month and the winner of the new Covid Cup (members’ idea, not mine!). In honour of the greatest YFC day of the year, I’ve added my favourite photo from last year’s rally. I’m already excited for 2021.
We’ve also had some members continuing to do great work in the community, supporting those suffering from the impact of Covid-19. Well done to Wragby YFC who have volunteered to help at their local food bank. On Tuesdays and Thursdays each week, some of our members are helping, it’s an initiative set up by brilliant local charity Wragby ChEF. The Food Bank is open at Wragby Methodist Chapel every Monday and Thursday 11am-2pm for drop-offs and collections.
Some of our Horncastle YFC members are helping at the Stanhope Hall in Horncastle with the ‘For the love of scrubs’ project. Making scrubs, headbands and scrub bags for those working in the NHS and other sectors of the care industry, what a great initiative.
Who knows what next month will bring but stay safe and look out for our pigs when you are out and about, they’ve been repainted to show our appreciation for the NHS.
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Grantham school joins Carol Service in celebration of town’s hospital![]()
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Pupils from St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy are taking part in the first Carol Service to celebrate the special relationship Grantham and District Hospital has with the town and surrounding communities.![]()
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The school children will join in the singing of favourite Christmas Carols as well as perform their own set musical piece at the Carol Service on Thursday 11th December at 7pm, in St Wulfram’s church, Grantham.![]()
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Deputy Head Teacher Olivia Mumford said: “The Carol Service is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to share the joy of music while showing appreciation for the incredible work done at Grantham and District Hospital. It’s a privilege to support such an important event in our town."![]()
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The Carol Service has been organised by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Charity, who work closely with staff at Grantham and District Hospital and provides those extras for staff and patients that NHS budgets are unable to fund. ![]()
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Further details on the Grantham NHS Carol Service can be found by visiting www.ulhcharity.org.uk/news/christmas-carols-at-grantham-st-wulfram-church-in-thanks-for-towns-sup...