Equalities Academy - 4th February I was really excited to chair our Young Labour Equalities Academy in Bristol. In July I put a paper through the NEC which would guarantee that this event would become a permanent fixture in the Young Labour calendar. I am so pleased that we are now able to deliver that along with 3 other national events per year. The Equalities Academy was a great event with members from across the country coming along to take part in training, panels and talks. Such events just for women, BAME, Disabled and LGBT members are so important to ensure we are putting diversity at the heart of the Labour Party. We have now opened up registration for our Young Labour Political School and you can sign up via email. London Young Labour and Scottish Young Labour conferences - 11th February Huge congratulations to Miriam Mirwitch elected as London Young Labour chair and Liam Gleeson elected as Scottish Young Labour chair. These were two really successful youth conferences this month which also featured engaging discussions and training. Expansion of regional and national youth events is one of my main priorities this year so the example set by groups like London and Scotland will be at the forefront of discussion. CLP Youth Officers Training Webinar - 13th February When I was running for NEC youth rep one of my priorities was to introduce more training for young members and to ensure this is accessible. Webinars are a great way to do this and I was pleased to hold our first online training webinar for CLP youth officers this month. The webinar compliments our booklet and the training sessions I have been giving across the country on this topic. You can find it here: https://members.labour.org.uk/webinar-library By-election Campaigning - 23rd February In February we had by-elections in both Stoke-on-Trent Central and Copeland. Thanks so much to all of the young members that travelled to both seats and put in hundreds of hours of campaigning. I spent polling day in Stoke and I'm so pleased that Gareth Snell was elected. Sadly in Copeland we didn't manage to hold the seat and this shock loss is something we as an NEC must look further into. Meeting with Young European Socialists - 24th February
Myself, Iain McNicol and Caroline Hill met with representatives from YES to discuss Young Labour and Labour Students involvement with the group. The meeting was really productive and the limit on the number of members was lifted whilst ensuring we have our democratic rights at this conference. Our engagement on an international level is so important and I'm proud we are giving our young members these opportunities. NEC Women's working group - 28th February We had another meeting of the working group that has been set up to oversee the implementation of the new, more powerful women's conference as voted for by national conference 2016. All women on the NEC are invited to attend. (It is important to note that the 2017 women's conference will be an interim, transitional conference due to lack of time to organise). Prior to this meeting I created a survey for young women members to take, looking at the timing of this new conference, how it will make policy and training at the event. The purpose of this was to see what we can do to ensure the conference is accessible for young women, as few often attend women's conference. Over 100 young women completed the survey which is fantastic and I summarised the responses in a paper and circulated this to the NEC working group. At the working group we agreed the following: - An interim Women's Conference Arrangements committee (WCAC) - The future make up of the WCAC - The amount of policy discussion at the 2017 interim women's conference I was also appointed to the WCAC with 5 other NEC members. I'm really excited to ensure the conference is accessible for all women across our movement. If anyone has any questions with regards to my report please do not hesitate to get in touch: [email protected] Thanks Jasmin Jasmin Beckett Labour NEC Youth Rep
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AuthorHere are my Monthly NEC Youth Rep reports and my full NEC meeting reports, starting from March 2016 I'll keep this updated so you know what's going on. Archives
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