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Watch Session 1 Live: 09:30am – 11:30am

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Register for Session 2 on Zoom: 11:45am – 01:00pm

Session 2 of this regional conference will be held on Zoom, so you can interact with your fellow members from the South West, ask questions and more.

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Register for the South West Conference Session 2 Zoom

Programme

Session 1: Party Policy –  9:30am-11:30am

9.30am: Welcome to conference

  • Jim McMahon MP, Chair of the Co-operative Party & Shadow Secretary of State for Transport

9.35am: Keynote address:

  • Preet Gill MP, Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group

9.50am: Update on Equality and Diversity, with:

  • Chantal Lee – Co-op Party Equalities Officer

9.50am: Social Care Policy panel debate followed by facilitated Q&A, with speakers:

  • Sharon Lowrie – Chief Executive, Be Caring
  • Mary Wimbury – Co-op NEC representative for Wales
  • Cllr Dave Shields – Health & Wellbeing Board, Joint Commissioning Board and Local Outbreak Engagement Board, Southampton City Council
  • Chair: Anna Birley – Co-op Party, Policy Officer

10.30am: keynote address:

  • Luke Pollard MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affair

10.45 Reinvigorating our High Streets Policy panel debate followed by facilitated Q&A, with speakers:

  • Wendy Hart – Nudge Community Builders, Plymouth
  • Cllr Doina Cornell, Leader of Stroud District Council
  • (invited) Cllr Emma Morse, Exeter City Council
  • Chair: Anna Birley – Co-op Party, Policy Office

Session 2: Our Region – 11:45am-1:00pm

11.45am Introduction:

  • Joe Fortune, General Secretary, the Co-op Party

11.45 Getting elected – standing as a candidate & manifesto ideas, with:

  • Emma Hoddinott, Co-op Party Local Government Officer

12.00 Spotlight on forthcoming elections in our region, with:

  • Patrick Canavan – Lab & Co-op candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Dorset
  • Cllr Jane Kirkham – Cornwall Council
  • Sarah Church – activist and campaigner, former parliamentary candidate for South Swindon
  • Chair: Joe Fortune, Gen. Secretary Co-op Party Council

12.30 How to campaign during the pandemic, with:

  • Cllr Asher Craig, Dept. Mayor of Bristol
  • Cllr Hilary Ackland, Labour Group Leader, Devon County Council
  • Cllr Jim Robbins, Swindon Borough Council
  • Chair: James Butler – Co-op Party Campaigns Officer

Promoted by Joe Fortune on behalf of the Co-operative Party, both at Unit 13, 83 Crampton Street, London, SE17 3BQ, United Kingdom.
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