National Youth Educational Event 2016 – Advance Planning Notice 

National Youth Educational Event 2016 – Advance Planning Notice 
This is to advise Branches the National Youth Educational Event (NYEE) 2016 is scheduled to take place in Sheffield over the weekend of 14/16 October 2016. Branches are asked to take steps now in order to ensure healthy attendance by young activists.
It would be appreciated if this LTB could be circulated to young activists in your Branch with a request for anyone interested to register their interest. The final cost for the event is still being assessed but it will be capped at £250 per participant – this covers the cost of two nights’ accommodation, and all meals plus as much tea and coffee as anyone can reasonably drink. The price has remained broadly constant for nearly 10 years now.  
Branches are asked to make an in-principle decision now that there will be some participation at NYEE 2016. An application form for branches/participants to complete and send back to Jo Thair in my office (jthair@cwu.org) 
When suitable prospective participants have been identified, senior branches officers are asked to work with those young activists to ensure that they can be released for the weekend in question. Notice should be given to those responsible for resource planning in any young activist’s work unit even at this early stage (in fact the earlier the notification is given, the more helpful it is). 
If necessary, young activists should be encouraged to book annual leave for one or both of the days in order to secure their participation (whilst not ideal or first preference, the key requirement here is to do all we can to guarantee release for the weekend – the format of that release is something that we can revisit at a later date).  
Problems with release was the major obstacle to participation in last year’s NYEE. The view from CWU Headquarters is that timing is a crucial component of the debate. After all, employers do schedule resource some months in advance when it comes to, for example, annual leave. Making sure that the needs of our young activists are fed into the process at this early stage is therefore helpful, necessary and appropriate.  
In parallel with this LTB, branches, youth officers and new activists will also be encouraged to approach Branch Secretaries to register their interest for NYEE 2016. 
Branches are thanked in anticipation of their assistance in ensuring the CWU’s premier youth event is the best attended and the most successful ever! 
A description of the event can be found on the youth website and a short film of a previous NYEE is also available to watch on the CWU Youth homepage. 
Any queries on this should be addressed to my office at CWU Headquarters. 
Yours sincerely,
 
Simon Sapper

Assistant Secretary
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LTB 110/16 – National Youth Educational Event 2016 – Advance Planning Notice

NYEE 2016 Application Form