Further details, location and a Map the the venue are shown at the page below;

http://www.westyorkshireyounglabour.co.uk/events/wyyl-general-meeting-21st-may-2013

The agenda can also be viewed before the meeting. If you have anything you would like to see discussed, email info@westyorkshireyounglabour.co.uk where we will add it in.

Hope to see you there!

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Join the May Day March Saturday May 4th. Assemble 11.00 am at Victoria Gardens (outside Leeds Art Gallery) to march 12.00 pm. Speakers / Music / Stalls

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Not only is this our very first social (exciting stuff!) but a good chance for Young Labour members from far and wide to get together and have a good chit chat about our favourite ever thing, politics.

Please check out the West Yorkshire Young Labour Twitter and Facebook pages for more information and make sure you click ‘attending’ on our Facebook event page so that we know whose lovely faces to be expecting!

You can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/events/150935211754644/?fref=ts   

We hope to see everyone there, expect cocktails and competitive Labourites aplenty! 

Venue:
The Sportsman
1 St Johns Rd
Huddersfield
HD1 5AY

1) Agreement of Minutes from General Meeting dated 2nd February 2013
2) Reports from the Exec.
3) Report from National Committee Representative
4) Discussion of proposals for the re-organisation of the committee structure.
5) WYYL Monthly Campaign Days – final Sunday of each month;
1) May 26th – Leeds North West (Headingley)
2) June 30th – Pudsey
3) July 28th – TBC
6) Key seats for 2015 – plan of campaign days
7) Ideas for upcoming events.
8) Update on priority campaign on Youth Homelessness and the successful adoption of the motion in Wakefield Council.
9) Plans to progress priority campaign to councils in;
1) Bradford
2) Calderdale
3) Kirklees
4) Leeds
10) Online submission of agenda items
11) Any other business
12) Opening of nominations for AGM
13) Date of AGM

For more info, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. (The facebook ‘event’ page for the meeting is at https://www.facebook.com/events/457309317677514/).

You can submit agenda items to you want to see discussed if you are unable to attend by emailing in advance of the meeting.

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1. Reaffirm its responsibility to ensure people in homeless situations are provided with safe and secure routes out of their plight
2. Acknowledge the increase in homelessness
3. Identify ways of collecting more accurate data on the actual number homeless
4. Work with relevant charities to ensure that anybody in need gets directed to sources of help

With the help of local councillors and Michelle Collins (Y&H Rep – Young Labour National Committee), a motion was heard in Wakefield council, mandating the council to ensure that anyone who may need help, is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, is directed to where support and advice may be available.

The motion presented to council reads below;

This Council :

Notes that during 2011/12 in Wakefield there was a :

· 49% increase in homeless applications compared to the previous year
· 33% increase in homeless acceptances
· 26% increase in placements in temporary accommodation

Further notes that rough sleeper estimates have also increased by approximately 70% over the past two years.

Recognises the work of the Council’s vulnerable adults service, for people who are homeless or in housing need.

Also recognises that the Council has a number of schemes in place to help local residents who are struggling with their mortgage payments, including Breathing Space, the Mortgage Rescue Scheme and the Preventing Repossession Fund and is also working to bring empty properties across the District back into use.

Further recognises the work of local charitable and voluntary sector services who work with and support homeless people and rough sleepers across the District.

Is extremely concerned that the changes to welfare benefits currently being implemented by the Conservative-led Government could result in further increases in homelessness.

This Council resolves:

To increase awareness of the services available to people who are homeless or in housing need, those who are at risk of becoming homeless and rough sleepers.

To ensure that anyone who may need help, is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless is directed to where support and advice may be available.

To continue to work in partnership with Charitable and Voluntary Sector Services for homeless people and rough sleepers in the Wakefield District

I’m please to announce this motion was passed at Wakefield council meeting on 17th April 2013.

We sincerely thank Cllr Michelle Collins and Cllr Paula Sherriff for presenting the motion to council and for all councillors who spoke in support.

It will be sad to no longer work with Ryan with West Yorkshire Young Labour and speaking on behalf of the committee, we certainly thank Ryan for everything he has done since taking the reins in October last year.

Luge Hoggarth, Vice Chair, will be standing in as acting chair whilst we call an AGM to fill the position formally. The AGM will be earlier than planned, details to follow.

I’m sure Ryan will continue to shine as a political activist and school governor and wish him all the very best with his studies. Ryan will still be an active member of the group and we look forward to working with him in the run up to the 2015 elections and beyond.

All the best Ryan,

From your friends at WY Young Labour.

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Join us for a free social on Thursday 18 April at Henry Boons Function Room, 130 Westgate, Wakefield WF2 9SW, 7pm start. Organised by our friends at GMB Youth with Unite Youth. (https://www.facebook.com/GMB.YorkshireNDerbyshire.YoungMembers)

Anyone who is 27 and under is invited to attend. Under 18′s are also welcome at the venue. We encourage you to bring a friend.

There will be live music from band ‘The Cheats’ who will also be partnered by House Music DJ Wags. There will also be food provided and free drinks per person.

This is your chance to come along and meet fellow young members of the GMB Yorkshire Region and other trade unions. Don’t worry if you don’t know anyone, you can bring a friend. You will also have the opportunity to meet new people at the event. You are the future of the trade union movement.

The event has been organised in conjunction with other unions in the area and also West Yorkshire Young Labour.

You can RSVP by emailing GMB Young Members Officer Rachel Harrison on Rachel.harrison@gmb.org.uk or alternatively complete the short survey online atwww.surveymonkey.com/s/YorksGMBYoungMembers

I hope to see you there.

So get your teams together, revise your political and general knowledge and head over to Leeds for pub quiz fun from 2:30pm on March 23rd!

Full event details and updates on our Facebook page here.

P.S. We’re also hoping to confirm a very special guest shortly…