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Amanda Hill, National Secretary, BFBA,
The Forge, Avenue B, 10th Street, NAC, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2LG. Telephone: 024 7669 6595
Fax: 024 7669 6708 Email BFBA HQ

BFBA Head Office
The Head Office of the Association is currently open five days a week 9am - 5pm and staffed by the National Administrator, Amanda Hill. The National Administrator along with the Executice Committee are willing to discuss any enquires/questions that arrive at Head Office. They are here to help the membership in any way they can.

Updated for 2012 - BFBA Membership Form
Available to download - click on the image above
or fill in the form on the Membership Page.

Updated Rules for BFBA
Please take a look at the rules and email BFBA HQ with any thoughts.

 

BFBA Live on Facebook
By Alex Mercer, AWCF

The British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association has launched its very own Facebook page. This new dimension for the Association was the idea of EC member Chris Linsnner. The reason for it is to encourage Farriers and Blacksmiths to interact, exchange views, thoughts and ideas to make our jobs/trade easier and more successful. This sort of open forum can only strengthen the trade and encourage younger farriers to take on new ideas/views from more experienced members of the BFBA, which in turn will only strengthen businesses within the equine industries and help keep British farriery the best in the world.
Another angle of the Facebook page is to give the opportunity for events such as competitions and seminars to be posted, made public and advertised for free.
We hope this will encourage members of the BFBA to attend and gain more CPD points.
BFBA's branches will be encouraged to develop their own pages and to use a link to the main page so that events from around the country can be posted, and this will allow branches to share ideas and put on new events, which may increase revenue and membership at Branch level. Photos can be added on the page of such events by anyone who is a friend of the page. As we all know, farriers do like to look at pictures of themselves!
The page will also benefit horse owners and equine-related businesses as they will have the opportunity to ask farriers questions in an open forum, so that farriers may respond so horse owners who can get many points of view if they have a farriery-related problem.
We strongly encourage our members to discuss Farriery/Blacksmithing related topics in the open forum discussions section of the page. It doesn’t matter how big or small your view is, it could be relevant and someone else could be having or had the same problem and may have a simple solution.
The page is primarily designed for Farriers/Blacksmiths by Farriers and Blacksmiths and we encourage all BFBA members to become a friend of the page and to use it as much as possible.
You can find the page on www.facebook.com by typing British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association in the search for box.

 

PRESIDENT'S PIECE - New President - Gary BurtonEvery BFBA President I have known has included at some point in his address the fact that time flies during the two years in office; it seems that I have only just written the first address and here I am writing the second one.more ...

BFBA Pre-Dip Course - 24 - 25 September 2011Book your place now on the next BFBA Pre-Dip Course.
Contact Amanda at HQ on the telephone number above or send an email. Booking form available to download.
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BFBA BRANCHESThe Association has many branches spread around the country. These branches hold a minimum of three meetings a year where Farriers/Blacksmiths can meet and discuss any problems they have faced in their local area.

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BFBA Rules of the Association - Last Revised May 2008
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Become a Member of BFBA -
Download a Membership form here or go to the Membership Form Page

BFBA NEWS AND EVENTS

News and events from NAFBAE Head Office

 

BFBA is the trade association for farriers, blacksmiths and agricultural engineers, working tirelessly for its members to support them in their craft. Whether trainee, apprentice, sole-trader or employer, BFBA helps protect the interests of the craft whilst demanding the highest standards. It does this by organising national and regional competitions, running educational and training courses as well as working closely with other industry bodies such as the WCF, WCB, the FRC and the FTA.

BFBA AGM - 28th May 2011

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BFBA Pre-Dip Days - 4-5 June 2011

Full report and details of the next events - read more here ....

9 May 2010 - NAFBAE AGM

The 106th AGM of NAFBAE on May 8, saw the Association’s members agree to a crisper trading name – the British Farriers and Blacksmiths Association (BFBA). President Craig D’Arcy said that it had been a tough year financially, but that with its new name and a hardworking Executive Committee – Gary Burton, Chris Linssner, Cliff Barnes and Huw Dyer – he felt there was lots to be positive about.

Craig said that after some years of uncertainty about the future of the Forge, it seems that the Association’s home is safe for the foreseeable future. He also reported that EC was optimistic about its next event, the National Farriery Championships, which will be held from July 8 to 11 as part of the Royal Festival of the Horse, when the Forge will find itself – literally – right in the middle of the event.

One of BFBA’s chief roles is a representative one. It represents its members’ interests on a range of committees and organisations including the Farriers Registration Council, the European Federation of Farrier Associations, Lantra, the CPD steering group, the British Equine Veterinary Assocation/NAFBAE joint committee, and the Training Advisory Committee, among others.

If any farrier wishes to join the Executive Committee, there are vacancies and they should contact Amanda Hill at the Forge, telephone 024 7669 6595.

 

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