Joanne Cash, the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Westminster North is delighted to announce that her STEP UP programme is back for 2009.

STEP UP, a social action project piloted by Joanne in 2008, provides mentoring services for state educated students in Westminster North to help boost their chances of success when applying to university or entering the job market for the first time.

STEP UP’s mentors are all recent graduates, or current undergraduates, who can offer practical advice with UCAS and job applications and who can provide training in order to improve a student’s interview technique.

Everybody involved in this scheme is a volunteer – most of them have full time jobs and all of them are giving up their own free time to help out. Even if your free time is limited, you can still get involved by signing up to be an email mentor (much of the drafting and redrafting of CVs and personal statements does not require face-to-face interaction).

STEP UP’s 2009 programme was officially launched at the London Tigers youth club on Wednesday 24th June in front of a camera crew from Channel 4 – tune in on Tuesday 7th July at 7:50pm to watch the footage. Sayeeda Warsi also dropped in to chat to students and volunteers participating on the scheme.

Here’s what Joanne has to say:

Speaking this week, Matthew Taylor, former advisor to Tony Blair and Director of the RSA, stated publicly that:

“What the Conservative party is doing on social action is brilliant and I absolutely agree with it. I begged the Labour party to do it for years and they ignored me..”

This statement from a former opponent signifies not just welcome support for Conservative work but a seismic shift in the political landscape.

As Matthew Taylor has learnt, social action is Conservative in essence. Disraeli talked not only of the need for the safety net for the poor and weak in society but also of the “ladder back up”. It is the happy partnership of our passion for innovation and opportunity and our desire for individual freedom and opportunity. And most importantly it is the death knell for the liberal left which has argued for years with our words but cannot argue with our actions.

We have had a generation of wrong-headed well-meaning madness. But out here on the frontline hundreds of Conservative Candidates and activists are committed to transforming lives on the ground. This is true Conservatism at its very best

Here in Westminster North, we are at the forefront of the Conservative Party’s commitment to social action. This is a real opportunity for Conservative Future members to make a difference on the ground and to show what a difference our Party is making at a local level.”

If you would like to get involved in STEP UP, you can register your interest by signing up to our Facebook group at:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=38736482776&ref=ts

or by getting in touch with Joanne at:

joannecash@westminsternorthconservatives.com

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