Branch Youth officer Forum – Report and Matters Arising 

Branch Youth officer Forum – Report and Matters Arising 

As branches may already be aware, following the last Branch Youth Officers’ forum in June, a report of the event was produced. This is attached for your information.
In the report, 9 clear “action points” can be identified. These are detailed below together with a commentary on how it is intended to progress them. 

ACTION POINT
COMMENT
Have a former CWU Youth Committee member as a guest speaker
This will be done
Produce a brief history of the union
Discussions with the Comms and Research Departments to produce a visual record of this are planned
More information on the basics of the BYO role
An explanatory video will be produced in time for Youth Conference 2016
Introduce group sessions to enable participants to speak about their branch, issues and solutions
This will be done
Update the BYO Toolkit and distribute
In discussion with the Education and Training department, a new version of the tool kit will be developed for the Left Click platform in 2016
Scope the possibility of producing a welcome pack available on request (such as when a new BYO is elected)
The Youth Committee will be agreeing how to progress this at their meeting on 30 October
Arrange a Q&A session either via social media of the CWU Youth website – or both
The Youth Committee and Communications Department are scoping how this will work in practice
Arrange further BYO forum, outside of London
This will take place on either 25 May or 8 June in the Newcastle
 
Any queries on this Letter to Branches should be directed to my office at CWU HQ.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Simon Sapper
National Officer