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CF Newsletter – August 2009

The monthly newsletter from the National Executive of Conservative Future (CF). CF is the youth wing of the Conservative Party, for supporters and members under the age of 30.

Contents:

1. A message from the National Chairman
2. Recent blog posts of interest
3. Inside CF
4. Branches
5. Campaigns & events
6. Contact us

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We start August still riding high after the magnificent result in Norwich North. It was a super result for the constituency, Chloe, the Party and Conservative Future. We played a large role in helping a fellow CF member become a Member of Parliament and we should be very proud of this victory.

I want to thank all the members who gave up many hours to help campaign in Norwich, or in the phone centre in London – it did make a real difference. I remember watching Labour desperately ‘spinning’ before the result that the Conservatives would only win by a small margin, but I think the 16% swing from them to us put an end to that argument!

This next month sees the national team preparing to get freshers packs out to branches across the country ahead of our main recruiting period in September. Following this we have the Party Conference and this will probably be CF’s busiest one yet – more to come on that soon! If you have not yet booked your pass I suggest you do it asap.

I would also like to welcome Laura Dodd who is the new Regional Chairman for the West Midlands. Her predecessor, Jimmy McLoughlin, made a huge contribution to the region and I know she will help to improve it in the run up to the General.

So lets keep the fight going over the summer and look forward to a great Party Conference in October!

Regards,

Michael Rock

We welcome contributions from branches and members

Involving young people in local democracy
http://www.conservativefuture.com/2009/07/16/involving-young-people-local-democracy/

Media Training for your CF Branch
http://www.conservativefuture.com/2009/07/15/media-training-cf-branch/

CFers on the Blue Blog

Getting Conservative Future ready for the election
http://www.conservatives.com/News/Blogs/Getting_Conservative_Future_ready_for_the_election.aspx

Getting university students involved with politics
http://www.conservatives.com/News/Blogs/Getting_university_students_involved_in_politics.aspx

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Join the CF National Executive

Conservative Future is looking for 3 people to join the National Executive to support our preparation ahead of the General Election campaign.
http://www.conservativefuture.com/2009/07/27/join-cf-national-executive/

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Fresher’s Campaign 2009

We have nearly finished getting the packs ready to be sent out.
If you would like a pack please email richard.jackson@conservativefuture.com

Branch of the Month
A feature to highlight the great work our branches do, as well as providing advice and ideas to other branches.

Wiltshire CF
http://www.wiltshirecf.com/

Wiltshire CF have established a branch in all but one of the Constituencies in the space of 5 months. The infrastructure which is now in place lays the foundations for rapid membership expansion and a solid campaigning force to be established. Toby Elliott has worked tirelessly to achieve this and will no doubt be rewarded come a General Election.

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Become a councillor
CF supports the campaign to get more people to become Conservative councillors.

http://www.conservativefuture.com/campaigns/councillor/

Conservative Future Conference @ Manchester 09
Sunday 4th October from 12pm – Don’t miss out on CF’s official half day conference

Following the success of the training day in Birmingham last year, CF will once again be teaming up with the Young Britons’ Foundation to hold a half day conference just for Conservative Future members. This will take place on the Sunday before the Manchester Party Conference begins.

The day will feature TV and media training, speeches from leading figures in the political world, and a party in the evening.

Full details of the day will be released closer to the time. For now please register your interest with christian.may@conservativefuture.com

And remember that if you do want to come you will need to book extra accommodation for the Sunday night!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77647111779

Conservative Party events @ Manchester 09

Conference Pride, Party for Change & the Pub Quiz

http://www.conservativefuture.com/events/party-conference-09/