At a regional level, the review means implementing new structures and moving from our historic seven regions into four.聽We are busily putting all those mechanisms into place as soon possible with minimal disruption, working with our fantastic team of regional and national colleagues, alongside county and regional farming NFU representatives.
Establishing the new regional hubs
The changes include some alterations to operational and governance structures as well as the physical, such as the closing of our regional offices by the end of October this year.
We are also incorporating new scale and geographies and establishing our new NFU regional 鈥榟ubs鈥� to make for a more agile and flexible working processes across larger patches, to optimise our work and services for you and in the most cost efficient, positive, and relevant ways too.
Just as with all our farms and localities, no two regions are or can be the same, and this is true historically having been established over time and decades in various ways.
It is the same now that all regions, as we progress the review, are in slightly different scenarios, but ultimately will be more similar and consistent for the future, with the ambition to work ever closer together where it can help us all.
Coming together
All our new or 鈥榮hadow鈥� regional boards have been together during this time to support the review delivery, as new regional teams come together and work in partnership on behalf of members, operations, and governance.
As we merge effort and resource, new elections for the regional board chairs will also take place.
Your new regional boards are made up of your county chairs, the Council delegates of each county too, sector boards, working group and forum representatives 鈥� collaborating as Team NFU for you, and on your behalf.
Providing the best for the farming community
Change is never easy or comfortable of course; however, it is always necessary and without it in all of our respective worlds we know we can鈥檛 improve, develop, and ensure maximum productivity in a landscape (business, and societal) that doesn鈥檛 stand still for anyone.
The great thing is we have the best teams of elected farming members working alongside brilliant employees at all levels of the NFU to ensure excellent service to you 鈥� do look out for more news of your regions as the year unfolds.
