We are delighted to invite you to our first online Greater Manchester Co-operative Party Council Candidate Training and Induction event.
This was planned to be held in-person but the ever-changing restrictions have kept us to online this year.
The event will be held on Saturday 5 February 2022 from 10.30am-1pm, where we will hear from key speakers ahead of the elections in May and the campaign kicking off imminently.
We are pleased to welcome:
🐝 Lucy Powell, Labour and Co-operative MP for Manchester Central and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
🐝Jonathan Reynolds, Labour and Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde and Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy
🐝Cllr Joanne Harding, Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Urmston and Executive Member for Adult Social Care, Trafford Council
🐝Cllr David Meller, Labour and Co-operative Councillor for Cheadle Hulme North and Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration, Stockport Council
🐝 Gareth Dowling, Co-operative Party Regional Organiser (North West and Northern Ireland) and Local Government Support
and just added
🐝Jim McMahon, Labour and Co-operative MP for Oldham West and Royton, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Co-operative Party Chair
The event will provide you with a range of ideas and resources that the Party makes available to support you in your campaigning efforts.
And if you haven’t yet signed up to stand as a Labour and Co-operative candidate this May, click here if you are a first time candidate or here if you are a sitting councillor restanding.
Yours in co-operation,
Anne Unwin Secretary, Greater Manchester Co-operative Party