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Can a win in France spark a revival for the left in Europe? |
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Sunday, 22 January 2012 |
 Tuesday 7 February 2012, 6:30pm
Grimond Room, Portcullis House, SW1, LondonCan the French Socialists win in the French Presidential election next May? And can a win for the French Socialists spark a revival of the left in Europe? Panellists: • Olaf Cramme – Director of Policy Network and a Visiting Fellow at the European Institute at the London School of Economics • Axelle Lemaire – Parti Socialiste candidate in the Northern Europe constituency for the 2012 French legislative elections • Emma Reynolds – Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East and Shadow Minister for Europe • David Schoibl – Chair of the Labour Movement for Europe Chair: Jack Storry – International Officer, Young Fabians |
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Food & Nutrition Policies and Social Inequalities in Health |
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Monday, 16 January 2012 |
 Monday 30th January, 5.30pm-7pm Room B122, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PBLessons to learn from Tobacco Control? Panellists: - David Buck, Senior Research Fellow, The King’s Fund; former Head of Health Inequalities at the Dept of Health
- Martin Caraher, Professor of Food and Health Policy, City University, London
- Barrie Margetts, President, World Public Health Nutrition Association; Professor of Public Health Nutrition, University of Southampton
- Richard Tiffin, Director of the Centre for Food Security; Professor of Applied Economics, University of Reading
Chair: Ann McNeill, Deputy Director of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies; Professor of Health Policy & Promotion, University of Nottingham Today, dietary patterns are less likely to be shaped by nutrition recommendations than by the supply and marketing of food by multinational food companies and food retailers. Having a lower socioeconomic position is associated with generally consuming more energy dense nutrient poor foods and beverages, and a greater prevalence of overweight/obesity and other nutrition-related chronic diseases. By 2030, it is estimated there will be approximately 8.5 million incident cases of diabetes mellitus, 7.3 million incident cases of cardiovascular disease and more than half a million new cancer cases; with treatment costs approximately £2 billion per year.
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Young Fabian Annual Report 2010/11 |
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Wednesday, 04 January 2012 |
Guided by four strategic priorities, last year was hugely successful for the organisation and the report outlines high levels of member activism across the UK, a wide variety of activities provided for members, and detailed policy development and debate across high quality printed publications and the YF Blog.
As thinkers and doers, the Young Fabians remains the ‘go to’ youth movement on the left for policy discussion and international activities. |
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Highlights video - Young Fabian Middle East 2011 Delegation |
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Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
In September 2011, 12 Young Fabians took part in a learning delegation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In just over week, the delegation got to meet with both high level and grass roots figures on both sides of the spectrum, including the Palestinian Peace Coalition; the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) Tony Blair; Fatah and Fateh Youth Leadership; Mark Regev, Spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister; Gilead Sher, Israeli Camp David negotiator; and the Israeli Labour Party. This video presents a snap shot of what the delegation involved.
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