Wirral West Conservative Future

NME event

2007-03-31T03:24:00.000-07:00

Last week the CF national committee organised an event for us at a local bar, encouraging new members to attend so they could find out a bit more about the CF on a national level. Paul Hayes, whose responsibility on the committee is for Social Action, came along to talk to us about how Wirral West really get noticed for the work we do as we were one of the first branches to organise and to take part in regular Social Action projects. Paul is also a good friend of Wirral West as he is standing for council in the upcoming elections in the nearby Wallasey ward and has helped us out in many past events.

We had several new members attend this event, all having a great time and wanting to get much more involved in what we do. One thing that they all mentioned during the night, was how relaxed the talk about politics was - everyone had a chance to give their opinion and everyone listened to each other. Also, conversation wasn't just about politics, we debate on many things such as what the next social event will be - paintballing or pub crawl.

The NME (national management executive) have been very supportive of our CF, always giving us opportunities to try and reach out further in the community. They also include us in a range projects, ensuring that we have a say in what happens in our national Conservative Future. So thanks again for all the hard work they do, we really do appreciate it.

March Pub Quiz

2007-03-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

Last Week, Wirral West CF's team, C.F.U.K, went along to the Ring O' Bells pub in West Kirby for their monthly pub quiz. Our team was bigger than usual with people bringing along their friends and this paid off as we came second place, just losing out to the regular winners (who were much older so therefore knew all of the out of date questions). We won a nice sum of money which managed to buy everyone another drink so next time, even more people have promised to come along. If you would like to join us at one of these quizzes please email us at admin@wirralconservativefuture.co.uk.

Ribble South Dinner

2007-01-29T15:18:00.000-08:00

Recently, members from Wirral West CF went along to a dinner being held in Ribble South where the guest speaker was Dr. Liam Fox, Shadow Defence Secretary. The evening began with a free drinks reception where CF members were invited to meet Dr. Fox who was a fantastic speaker and very friendly. Dinner was great as our members were put with some CFs from Lancashire Uni who were a great laugh and plans have been made to try and organise future events with other CF's in nearby areas.

January Pub Quiz

2007-01-05T01:16:00.000-08:00

Last night was the pub quiz at the Cottage Loaf and even though it was a day back to work and study for some knackered people, we still had a good time. CFers who have been away at uni came so we all had fun catching up and therefore weren't concentrating as much on the quiz. However our team (C.F.U.K) managed to still win three bottles of wine and we will return next month to try and improve our score.

If you would like any information on joining us at one of these quizzes please contact us at admin@wirralconservativefuture.co.uk and we can give you more details.

2007-01-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everyone!

CF christmas meal

2006-12-28T06:49:00.000-08:00

In mid December Wirral West CF went to a local Greek restaurant for our Christmas Party and a couple of members from Wallasey joined us. There were 11 of us in all and the food was great, the only downside being we paid a great deal of money for the wine, which I am reliably informed closly resembled vinegar.

After the meal we went on to a couple of local bars Eskimo and Jack Rabbit Slims, at the latter there was live music which was excellent; we drank more than we danced and rolled out at closing time. We'd had a good night, there was talk of going on to Liverpool but we chickened out and went home at midnight shattered!

CF victory!

2006-12-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

This week some of us went along to the Ring 'O Bells to take part in the pub quiz and to try and do slightly better than last month. Amazingly we won the picture quiz with 2 tie breakers, based on Lizzie's (our Secretary) knowledge of Norwegian victories in the Eurovision Song Contest! We also placed 4th in the main quiz, just missing out on a prize. However, the trophy for winning the picture quiz was a bottle of wine so we were very happy with that and are saving it for our CF christmas meal coming up in a couple of weeks. Below are some photos of our clever CF's who took part in the quiz.

CF women's training conference

2006-12-03T12:24:00.000-08:00

Last weekend our Chairman attended the CF women's training day conference in London. There were sessions on media training which had speakers including our very own Esther McVey! Iain Dale also talked about the blogging movement and gave great advice which will hopfeully be reflected in this blog.

This conference was a brilliant opportunity to not only gain experience from the training but also to make new friends with other women CFers from all round the country. Mark Clarke, the national CF Chairman did a fantastic job of organising this conference and hopefully in the future more members from Wirral West will be able to attend events such as these.

Throughout the day there were mentions about the increasing number of social action projects taking place throughout the country led by the Conservatives (like the one previously mentioned at the Bournemouth conference). Wirral West were used as an example for how to get involved in these community based projects as we have done many beach clean ups in our area. If you would like to join us on any future social action projects please send us an email at admin@wirralwestconservativefuture.co.uk and we will contact you with details.

(photos of cf women's training day coming soon)

CF pub quiz

2006-11-28T13:57:00.000-08:00

This past week lots of us met up at The Greave in Greasby to take part in their pub quiz. Some people brought friends along making us a large team which was great, but even with so many of us there we didn't manage to win any prizes. It was still a fun night and we all had a laugh and so next month will be taking on another quiz and this time we have picked an easier one so we have better chances of winning something to go towards CF funds or more likely, to buy everyone a drink.

If you would like to join us at one of these pub quizzes, please email us at admin@wirralconservativefuture.co.uk and we will contact you with details.

Caldy Conservatives Dinner Dance

2006-11-28T11:27:00.000-08:00

Recently Caldy Conservatives held a dinner dance at Caldy Golf Club and some members of the CF went along and had a great time. For our entertainment there was a magician who left us amazed as to how he managed to change rings into necklaces and turn back the time on watches.

The after dinner band was brilliant and the CF were amongst the first to get on the dance floor and we were definitely the most energetic and enthusiastic dancers that evening. Unfortunately none of us won any prizes in the raffle and although we called for recounts, we went home without any Conservative umbrellas or mugs.

Thanks to Caldy Conservatives for organising the evening, who also donated bottles of wine to our table as a thankyou for canvassing that same day - they were much appreciated.

Conservative Conference

2006-11-18T04:13:00.000-08:00

At the beginning of October, some members of Wirral West CF went to the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth. Whilst they were there they managed to get involved in a great social action project; refurbishing a church into an area that can now be used for drama and encouraging young people to get involved within in the community.

We also met up with lots of other CF members from all over the country and had a great time meeting a range of Councillors, MPs and MEPs.

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Schools Debate in Calday Grange

2006-11-18T04:12:00.000-08:00

We're always interested in promoting politics amongst young people and want to encourage loads of young people to join in with political activities so recently we helped organise a debate that took place in Calday Grange Grammar School.

Several schools from the Wirral attended and had an opportunity to ask a variety of questions to a fantastic panel made up of Sue Murphy, a Labour councillor from Manchester, Stuart Kelly, leader of the Liberal Democrats on the Wirral, Robert Smith, area chairman for the Green Party and Justine Greening, Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party and Youth Spokesperson.

Each of these parties was invited to bring along items to put on stalls so the young people attending the debate could find out more about each each party and see if they wanted to get involved. It was a great opportunity for young people to see that we can take part and that politics is fun.

Welcome

2006-10-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Wirral West Conservative Future's blog. We hope that this blog will tell you a bit about who we are and keep you up to date with everything we do in Wirral West CF.

If there's anything else you would like to know about us, please send us an email at: admin@wirralconservativefuture.co.uk.