LDYS Chelmsford

LDYS Chelmsford is a network of young people and students in and around Chelmsford with an interest in the Lib Dems. We meet regularly for 'pizza and politics' nights, and help the Lib Dems campaign nationally and locally.

MPs Lembit Opik and Simon Hughes backing Chelmsford LDYS

LDYS Chelmsford welcomes all students and young people!

In particular, if you study at Anglia Ruskin University, you could join up with other students who have already joined the Liberal Democrats - and be part of a Lib Dem Students Society. We need fifteen people to set up a society and you can do so for as little as £1. If you are interested contact us using the details below.

The Councillors representing the area around Anglia Ruskin University are all Liberal Democrats!

Jude Deakin is one of the Chelmsford Borough Councillors for the Marconi ward (taking in the University & surrounding areas). Graham Pooley is other Lib Dem councillor for the Marconi ward, and a former student at Anglia Ruskin.

More about Jude and Graham.

Campaigning for a club/bar for young people in Chelmsford

LDYS Chelmsford is currently campaigning for a club / bar for under-18's in the town. Somewhere that teenagers can hang out and relax with their friends and listen to music. Said Stephen Robinson (the local prospective Lib Dem MP), "When I visited local schools recently, I was told that there aren't enough facilities for young people in Chelmsford.

"In a poll I conducted, the top request was for a club/bar. If you agree, please support our campaign by signing the petition. The more people who sign it the more chance there is of it coming about."

Sign the petition on Stephen Robinson's young people's survey website (or print a paper copy).

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To discuss this or any other ideas, you can use the Young People's Forum on Facebook (follow link).

Other Campaigns

Stop homophobic bullying - homophobia is gay.

The LDYS Campaign on Darfur www.savedarfur.org.uk

Debate about these topics & more on the LDYS forums: www.ldys.org.uk/forum/

LDYS Chelmsford also supports.......

• Votes at 16.

• Scrapping Tuition Fees.

• Practical politics for the National Union of Students.

• Saying YES to Britain playing an active role in EUROPE - www.euromove.org.uk

• Helping Chelmsford Liberal Democrats win parliamentary and council elections

Get in touch with Chelmsford LDYS

To get in contact with LDYS Chelmsford: E-Mail us at liberalyouth@chelmsford-libdems.org.uk Write to us at: LDYS Chelmsford, Freepost RRJE-TKYE-YJRG, Chelmsford, CM1 2RE

For more information about Lib Dem Youth & Students see www.ldys.org.uk

Recent Youth and Student news

Mon 13th Oct 2008:

Lib Dem success at University Freshers' Fair.

Stephen Robinson and Chelmsford Lib Dems were (for the fifth year running) the only political group present at the Anglia Ruskin Freshers' Fair. The Liberal Democrats picked up a lot of interest in their campaigns and youth & student group.

Fri 13th Oct 2006:

Robinson back in the classroom.

Around 100 students at Boswells college, Springfield, heard from Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson this Monday. The college has a weekly programme of outside speakers.

Thu 28th Sep 2006:

Students sign up at Lib Dem stall.

Nearly 200 students at the Anglia Ruskin university Freshers' Fair on Tuesday signed the Lib Dem petition to scrap tuition fees and many backed the establishment of a Lib Dem Students Society at the university.

Earlier Stories

Complete archive on the official site.

Stephen Robinson and Chelmsford Lib Dems News Stories, provided by Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/.

(c) 2010 Stephen Robinson and Chelmsford Lib Dems