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[26 Jan 2010 | Michael Rock | No Comment]
Joint Seat Campaign between Yorkshire & East Midlands

Yorkshire and Humberside and East Midlands CF are proud to announce a partnership to focus on Target Seat Campaign’s for the upcoming election. This will take the form of organised Campaign days being co-ordinated across the regions to boost our election activity.
Yorkshire & Humberside and East Midlands are also planning to work closely to develop join social events and Campaign Strategies. Given the vast Geography of the two regions and often Rural locations it was decided that with the number of Target Seats falling across or just on the boundaries …

[18 Dec 2009 | guest author | No Comment]
Supporting a good cause at Christmas

From the Blue Blog: Stephen Hodgson highlights the work Loughborough CF have done to raise money for Help4Heroes.
Loughborough Conservative Future is delighted to announce that we managed to raise almost £200 for national charity Help4Heroes at our popular annual Christmas Dinner on Saturday 12th December 2009.
As keen supporters of the work that Help4Heroes carries out in supporting injured servicemen and women, we were delighted to have raised such a respectable amount for the charity whilst having a great time in the process. “I know that the money raised will make …

[16 Dec 2009 | guest author | No Comment]
CF in the East Midlands: target seats

By James Poland.
The significance of Conservative Future (CF) in British politics should not be underestimated. During election time the party with the best delivery and canvassing network often comes out on top; and no group in our Party is more committed and able to deliver than CF. In the seven years since I became active in the Conservative Party I have seen first hand what CFers are capable of.
In 2005 I worked on Nicky Morgan’s campaign in Loughborough. With Labour holding a majority of over 6,000 it was always going …

[30 Nov 2009 | guest author | No Comment]
Helping to lower unemployment in Loughborough

By Jonathan Sutton
Hello, my name is Jonathan Sutton and I am the recently elected Conservative Future Representative for Hathern and Dishley (which is one of the wards in the Loughborough Constituency). I personally got involved with Loughborough Conservatives about 12 months ago and have since become an integral part of Nicky Morgan’s campaign to become the next MP for Loughborough.
Nicky stood in this constituency the last time around and managed to reduced Andy Reed’s majority from 6, 378 to 1996 and with several boundary changes this majority has been reduced …

[19 Nov 2009 | guest author | No Comment]
Emma Watret encourages young people in Loughborough to get involved in politics

Emma is 22 and graduated from Keel University last May. She has now returned home to Shepshed and is working hard to save up enough money to go back to university and study to become a Lawyer. ‘I did go along to a few events that the Conservative Society put on while I was at university and I really enjoyed them; I wish I had got more involved now though’ said Emma.
Emma recently got involved with Nicky Morgan’s campaign to become the next MP for Loughborough, and she is now …

[10 Nov 2009 | guest author | No Comment]
An update from Lincolnshire CF

Fraser McFarland, the CF Area Chairman for Lincolnshire, gives an update on CF activity in his area, and gives a preview of where the Area is going in the coming year.

What did CF do in 2008/9?
Branches across the County helped to arrange events from visits from MP’s to Lord to MEP’s. From helping at the Lincolnshire Show to door knocking, Conservative Future has been there.
In Louth Christopher Green has arranged numerous events in the past 12 months and has helped to increase membership of the branch by doing this.
In Grantham, …

[3 Jun 2009 | Edward Hallam | No Comment]
Leicester Uni CF on the campaign trail

James Deighton, Chairman of Leicester University Conservative Future, has sent in this report on his organisation’s contribution to the European Election campaign:
We at Leicester University CF have been busier than ever in the run up to the county council and EU elections tomorrow. Despite these elections coinciding with the exam period – as they often seem to do – our members have been out in force delivering leaflets and canvassing support.
We have been concentrating our efforts within the city and the Harborough and NW Leicestershire constituencies, where our help has …