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Networks social - Bowling & Dinner |
 Friday 20th January, 7pm
All Star Lanes, 95 Brick Lane E1 6QL
There are still a few places left for our Networks social on Friday if you're interested. Meeting at 7pm for dinner then bowling from 9pm. After that there will be a few drinks in any number of drinking and music establishments in the area. Two course meal, delicious cocktail and a round of bowling all for £26 - amazing!
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Can a win in France spark a revival for the left in Europe? |
 Tuesday 7 February 2012, 6:30pm
Thatcher 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 |
 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 panel session at the Fabian New Year Conference 2012 |
 The Next Generation: What should today’s young people want from a fairer capitalism?
Saturday 14th January, 2pm
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL
In the midst of economic downturn and a fiscal contraction, this year the Young Fabians are unsurprisingly focusing a lot of energy on the policy issues around the ‘squeezed youth’. This event will kick-start that debate, looking at what needs to be done to create a fairer capitalism. We have a fantastic panel lined up to lead this discussion which will touch upon:
· How to provide serious solutions to youth unemployment, rather than just intervening at the margins.
· Intergenerational fairness and how can Labour ensure that the next generation obtains at least parity in the standard of living with preceding generations.
· What can be done to address growing inequality in terms of both wages and opportunities, the barriers to addressing it and where such inequality ends if not enough is done to prevent its continued growth.
Gordon Marsden MP will also be making a major policy announcement on apprenticeships and Professor Mariana Mazzucato will be arguing that if countries want more Googles, they need more not less State.
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Young Fabian Annual Report 2010/11 |
 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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YF Social at New Year Conference |
 Saturday 14th January, 5.30pm
IOE bar, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
Once this year's Fabian conference is over we will be having our traditional social in the IOE bar. This is located downstairs from where the conference will be held (just ask a member of staff if you cant find it).
We'll try and occupy the area around the table football but if we can't get this area, we'll gather in another obvious location.
The conference social is a great opportunity to socialise and network and is normally a lot of fun. The beer is relatively cheap and we'll be having a few games of table football for anyone who's interested.
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 Tuesday 6th December, 8.00pm
London Cocktail Club, 61 Goodge St, W1T 1TL
The YF Christmas social will be held on Tuesday the 6th December. The evening will start at the London Cocktail Club (61 Goodge St, W1T 1TL) at 8.00pm. We'll have a few cocktails and will then be heading to the Political Animal comedy night at the Soho Theatre from 10.00pm.
Buy a ticket for the comedy night from the above link - ONLY £10! - and let us know you're attending on Facebook.
See you there!
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Recovering the Economic Initiative \ Policy Commission "Wash-up" |
Wednesday 7th December, 6-8pm
Simons, Muirhead and Burton, 8-9 Frith Street, London, W1D 3JB - Round table discussion with Toby Perkins, held jointly with the Labour Finance & Industry Group and the Young Fabians - Break-out round table discussion chaired by Vincenzo RampullaFollowing the recent successful launch of our 2010/2011 Young Fabian Policy Commission pamphlet Ambitions for Britian's Future, we are launching an extended version of the Economic Policy Commission's paper (download below) on Wednesday 7th December through a roundtable discussion, where Toby Perkins, Shadow Minister for Small Business, will be speaking. The event is being kindly hosted by Simons, Muirhead and Burton and refreshments will be provided. There will also be a breakout roundtable event starting at 7:15pm to discuss how we can improve 2011/2012's policy work. |
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London Riots - Causes and Solutions (LSE Hayek Society & Young Fabians) |
 Wednesday 23 November, 6pm
CLM.7.02, Clement House, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE - Kristian Niemitz, the Poverty Scholar from the free-market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs - Nick Maxwell, Vice-Chair of the Young Fabians. This past summer, several London boroughs experienced looting, arson and riots that lasted over several days and spread to other parts of the country. It did not take long before politicians from all sides of the spectrum quickly appeared on television and radio to provide their own insight into solutions and reasons behind such violent behavior. Arguments covered all aspects from the spending cuts, the policing, and even the level of punishments. |
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Young Fabian Co-options 2011 |
Sunday 20th November - 12 noon
Cole Room, 11 Dartmouth Street, London, SW1A 9BN Each year, the elected executive can add up to five additional members to our hardworking team of volunteers through co-option. This year the following positions haven’t been filled by the executive: · Fundraising Officer · Social Officer · Networks Officer · Antics Deputy Editor · Equalities Officer
You may want to pitch something completely different. We welcome new ideas – so you should not feel limited by this list.
Once co-opted, you'll need to attend Executive committee meetings. In 2011/12, committee meetings will take place in London at the start of every month. We have several exec members outside of London who phone in and we pay expenses for those who want to travel to London for meetings. The Chair will work with you to develop your exact responsibilities and the committee will help you achieve all you set out to do.
Please contact the Chair
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