Hello to all our members – we hope you are keeping well in this wintry February.

Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Election – Campaigning sessions

Alison Hume, Labour’s candidate for North Yorkshire PFCC has made a great start to her campaign and is running weekly Dialogue training sessions where we all meet up virtually, learn how to use the system and call our local members together. The calls are scripted so you don’t need to worry about what to say.

As uncertainty around how Covid will affect campaigning continues it is a really important way for us connect with the public and also a great way to meet members from around the County to do a bit of campaigning together.

Alison’s next session is Sunday 14 February at 10am

In order to join you will need to have logged into mylabour.org   and registered if you haven’t already done so before the session. To register you will need your membership number. You will need one device to follow the Zoom on and also a phone to make calls on.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82851236045?pwd=WHNsTDFueTZOZ1Z2eEpXS0xaZE1Ydz09

Meeting ID: 828 5123 6045

Passcode: 206765

Please follow Alison on Twitter @MsAlisonHume and retweet her PFCC material.

For any LGBT+ related questions please email: emilykatepownall@gmail.com

If you want to keep up to date with LGBT+ Labour and their campaigns then please check out their website and sign up to email updates: https://www.lgbtlabour.org.uk/

As it is LGBT+ History month, LGBT+ Labour are running some fantastic events this month. See below for details for just a few of the events that are coming up soon:

Rights at work: LGBT+ women and the battle for equality

Monday 15th February 2021, 6pm – 7pm

Click here for details on the panel and to register

Inclusive Families: Are the laws on adoption, surrogacy and families working for the LGBT+ community?

In partnership with the Society of Labour Lawyers

Wednesday 17th February 2021, 6pm – 7.15pm

Click here for more details on the panel and to register

Trans Rights, Feminism and Transfeminism

Thursday 18th February 2021, 6pm – 6.45pm

Attacks on trans people in the Labour movement, often in the name of feminism, are at an all time high. In this webinar, LGBT+ Labour Trans Officer Eden Ladley will explore how the fight for trans liberation positively contributes to feminism.

Click here to register

Trans Youth Speak Out!

Tuesday 23rd February 2021, 6pm – 7pm

In the wake of Tavistock v Bell, the rights of trans youth are more visibly under threat than ever before. Join us for a discussion with trans youth on the left to discuss where we go next.

Click here to register

Parish Councils vacancies

You may have see the Handforth Parish Council clips that recently went viral which hopefully won’t put you off reading this! Whilst all Parish Council meetings are not so lively (I don’t think anyway….) it is still a fantastic way to get involved in and make a difference to your local community. Even if the council doesn’t have any other Labour Councillors, sometimes just one Labour voice can make a real difference . I have attached a report from Cllr Shaw-Wright about Parish Councils which gives you a bit more information.

There are a number of vacancies across the District which you can see on the Selby District Council website

50/50 club

Please join, if only to stop me e-mailing you about it! Joking aside, are you interested in joining our 50/50 club where you donate £1 a month to a pot and pick a number for our monthly draw? The pot is split 50/50 between the winner and the CLP to help us with our running and campaigning costs. If you are interested, please e-mail our Fundraising Officer Steph Alexander S.alexander1985@outlook.com .

Social media

Just an appeal to everyone as Labour party members and in particular Officers, Candidates and Councillors, to be mindful of what and where we post on social media and how it looks to others. This is especially important with elections approaching when things are more likely to be taken out of context.

We realise times are still really tough for everyone and just want to reiterate that if you or anyone you know needs assistance with anything, if you are isolating or for any reason need help, please do get in touch. If we can’t help, we will do our best to put you in contact with people who can.

Take care,

Tracey

Tracey Woods

Secretary

traceyoliver22@gmail.com