Youth report for October

Here it is as promised. What has been achieved in the youth section and what is in the pipeline.

What has been achieved over the last month or so

• Campaigning in Gorton South By election - a personal thanks from me and the candidate Julie Reid. Young people in the constituency and Manchester Labour Students put in a mammoth effort leafleting, canvassing and generally working hard. Unfortunately we didn't win but your efforts were much appreciated and you are all fantastic! Bring on May!!
• Conference - this was fantastic and brought so much good publicity for labour controlled Manchester. I attended the launch of the labour students Make Child Poverty History campaign with Jim Murphy MP. This is in conjuction with the Child Poverty Action group and centres around the theme of Make Child Benefit Count. I'll let you know more about what you can do at a later date via the website and email.
• Website - a fairly obvious one but I have set up this website in the form of a blog to communicate with young people and students in the constituency about what is happening within Young Labour and Labour Students. Obviously, confidential information will be continued to be sent out via email.
• University Challenge - work has started on collecting as many signatures and email addresses of labour supporters in our key seats. One of which is Manchester Gorton. Work continues on this and I'll let you know how things go.

What is in the pipeline

• US mid term elections 7th November - Hopefully this is when the Democrats will make sweeping gains in the Senate and the House of representatives. I am working on organising an event that night and will keep you posted as and when details arise.
• Labour Students in the community 11th November - this will involve a clean up and leaflet drop in Fallowfield followed by a famous NOLS social in the evening. More details via email.
• Anti BNP campaigning 2nd/3rd December - campaigning against the BNP with other Labour members in Burnley. Accomodation provided and a social on the Saturday night. Once again more details via email.
• Campaigning in a more general sense - obviously there will be loads going on in Manchester and I will let you know as I get the details. However, this year is the most important year for the party outside the General Election as it sees elections to the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament. Therefore in conjunction with labour students, before Christmas, there is one weekend away in Wales organised and 2 weekends away organised for Scotland. I'll let you know as it gets nearer the time.

If you need anything at all, don't hesistate to contact me by leaving a comment and I'll give you more details of everything we've got planned as soon as possible.

All the best, Adele