Monthly Bulletin from CF in Yorkshire and Humber 4
The Monthly Bulletin from Conservative Future in Yorkshire and Humber
Monday April 27th 2009. Issue 4.
In this months update:
Overview by Regional Chairman| Spring Forum Low Down| Area Chairman News| Barnsley needs you!| New Websites Launched| Paired Seats| Regional Action Days| Upcoming Events| Website Links|
Welcome to the fourth edition of Conservative Future news in Yorkshire and Humber.
Overview by Regional Chairman
Well the Easter dust has settled and the holidays are once again a distant memory! I hope you have had the opportunity to put your feet up during the break and tuck into some good chocolate eggs!
Fresh from Spring forum I am shortly heading out to Syria for a 2 week break before making the big push with the Yorkshire team next month for the European Elections due to be held on June 4th. At Cheltenham I met up with CF National Chairman Michael Rock where we had a discussion on Yorkshire CF progress. Michael is very happy with the work we have been putting in together and would like me to pass on his thanks to all those members who have been helping to support the Yorkshire CF team and our local branches. It is our region which is leading the way and with your continud support we can make further advances and get Labour and the Liberals off the map in Yorkshire!
Looking ahead May is set to be a very busy month for Yorkshire as we gear up our local campaigns in support of the European Elections on June 4th. If you can find time to support our CF campaigns please do get in touch at chairman@yorkshirecf.com
It’s always great to hear from new people and I will respond directly to your emails. Yorkshire CF will also be fighting in support of our Mayoral candidate Jonathan Wood who is standing in Doncaster. We intend to hit our political opponents hard and show clearly how Yorkshire CF is well ahead of the pack!
Good luck to those of you who have exams coming up shortly. I wish you every success.
Philip Smith
Regional Chairman
Spring Forum Low Down!
Regional Chairman Philip Smith and South Yorkshire Area Chairman J ames Gould have returned fresh from Spring Forum which was held in Chelenham over the weekend. There was a fantastic atmosphere and it was great to heave David Cameron setting out further details of what an incoming Conservative Government would do in order to address the huge debt burden that Labour will be leaving us with to sort out. It seems that we are always destined to return to power to clear up Labours economic mess! We must not rest on our laurels however and continue to work hard to persuade the public that we are ready to take on the challenge of government as soon as Brown has the bottle to call the election.
Area Chairman News
Andrew Barrett for East Riding of Yorkshire and North East Linconshire
Fresh from the Easter break Hull CF has continued campaigning hard for our parliamentary candidates in Brigg and Goole and Cleethorpes. We are always looking for new members to join the campaign team and I would love to hear from anyone who would like to get more active with East Yorkshire CF!
You can email Andrew at andrew.barrett@yorkshirecf.com
Anna Appleton for North Yorkshire
I am currently supporting York Torys Action Days in York Outer where we spend the majority of campaigning with our fantastic parliamentary candidate Julian Sturdy. I would like to hear from anyone who can help with the establishment of a CF branch in either Harrogate or Selby.
You can contact Anna at anna.appleton@yorkshirecf.com
Dan Paterson for West Yorkshire
First of all, a belated Happy Easter to all of our members, I hope you had a good one. It is a fairly short update this month, I leave it to you to decide whether this is a good or bad thing…
Easter is of course fairly quiet CF wise as the great majority of our members go home for revision and essay writing, however… I am pleased to be able to say that we did get out and do some campaigning for Matthew Lobley, PPC for Leeds North East. We also made further improvements and updates to our website www.westyorkshirecf.co.uk although the site is still undergoing significant work we are gettting there and look forward to be able to present a fully functional website before too long.
If you would like to contact the West Yorkshire exec about getting involved, who your local PPC is or future events you can do so atdan.paterson@yorkshirecf.com
James Gould for South Yorkshire
This month I attended Spring Forum with RC Philip Smith. It was a fantastic weekend and I enjoyed having discussions with our parliamentary candidate for Pensitone and Stocksbridge Spencer Pitfield and Lynda Donaldson for Rother Valley. It was also my first opportunity to meet CF National Chairman Michael Rock who has provided strong support to Philip and the Yorkshire team.
I am currently working on strengthening our new CF branch in Barnsley. If you would like to join the teams please get in contact with me or alternatively you can communicate directly with the CF branch chairman Jonathan on facebook.
You can contact James at james.gould@yorkshirecf.com
Chris Wales Graduate Officer
Chris is still undertaking work on ways in which he would like to get graduate members involved with the party.
Contact Chris at chris.wales@yorkshirecf.com
Barnsley CF needs you!
The new CF branch set up in Barnsley is progressing well but could do with your support! If you live within South Yorkshire there is the opportunity to join the Barnsley CF committee. Please send an email to James Gould at james.gould@yorkshirecf.com to express interest. Serving on a CF committee can be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience. Just ask the current team!
New CF Websites Launched
Check out the new websites which have recently been set up for Leeds and Huddersfield CF branches!
The Yorkshire team are strongly committed to providing you with better communication channels. If other CF branches would like to benefit from a new website please get directly in touch with me at chairman@yorkshirecf.com
Yorkshire and Humber Regional Action days
The Regional Campaign Day took place in Bradford West on Sunday 19th in support of our parliamentary candidate Zahid Iqbal. Zahid has been working hard addressing the social and cultural issues that exist in areas of Bradford. It was great to hear about Zahids ideas about how he would like to tackle social deprivation with the aim of properly addressing issues that only a Conservative Government can deal with. There is a lot of hard work to do but Zahid has shown a strong commitment to his constituency and there is no doubt that he will make a fantastic MP after the next election. Good luck to him!
If you are a local parliamentary candidate and wish to host the Regional Action Day please contact your Area Chairman who will take down your request or email chairman@yorkshirecf.com. The RC, Philip Smith, heads up these action days.
Paired Seats
For each branch there paired constituencies are listed below.
Leeds CF: Pudsey and Leeds North West.
Sheffield CF: Penistone and Stockbridge.
Barnsley CF: Barnsley share the same paired constituency seat as Sheffield CF.
Hull CF: Brigg and Goole and Cleethorpes.
Cleethorpes CF: Cleethorpes share the same paired constituency seats as Hull CF.
East Yorkshire CF: Works with our Member of Parliament Greg Knight MP.
York Tories (Independent status from CF): York Outer and Selby and Ainsty.
Events
Send your events to chairman@yorkshirecf.com
Yorkshire and Humber Regional Action day
The next Regional Action day will take place on Saturday May 23rd to support our Mayoral candidate Jonathan Wood. You can check out his website at http://woodformayor.org/ . A free pub lunch and drinks will be provided for your help as well as having most of your transport costs paid for.. If you would like to come along please email Philip at chairman@yorkshirecf.com or contact your Area Chairman.
London Visit Monday 15th – Wednesday 17th June
Places for the London visit in June are filling up fast! If you can The exact details are still to be confirmed but it is likely that the visit will take place Monday 15th – Wednesday 17th June. There will be a tour of the House of Commons and a meal with CF members in London. If you are interested in attending this visit please contact your local branch chairman at the earliest opportunity or email Philip directly at chairman@yorkshirecf.com
Party Conference
The Party Conference will take place in Manchester between Monday 5th – Thursday 8th October 2009. More information will be provided nearer the time of the conference.
Website Links
Yorkshire and Humber CF Website: www.yorkshirecf.com
Yorkshire and Humber Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=56454121016
Hull CF: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15634863733#/group.php?gid=2246978528
Cleethorpes CF: http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=517411872#/group.php?gid=34991471696
Leeds CF: http://www.luucf.com/
Sheffield CF: http://www.tories.union.shef.ac.uk/
Barnsley CF: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55852789834&ref=share
York Tories: http://www.yorktories.info/
Yorkshire Conservatives: http://yorkshireconservatives.wordpress.com/
CF Home Page: http://www.conservativefuture.com/
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