User:Abcmaxx/Alliance Youth Party of Northern Ireland

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Alliance Youth
ChairpersonLuke Patterson
Vice-ChairpersonThomas Blain
Headquarters88 University Street,
Belfast BT7 1HE,
Northern Ireland
IdeologyLiberalism[1][2]
Pro-Europeanism
Mother partyAlliance Party
European affiliationEuropean Liberal Youth (associate)[3]
National partnership affiliationYoung Liberals
Websiteallianceyouthni.org

Alliance Youth Party of Northern Ireland, commonly Alliance Youth, is a liberal[1] and centrist Northern Irish youth and student movement of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, based in Belfast.[4]

Membership and organisation[edit]

Alliance members who are under 31 years old automatically become members of Alliance Youth if they choose to share their details at registration. Alliance Youth is also responsible for overseeing Alliance Societies at Northern Ireland universities. Young Liberals Northern Ireland does not organise in any of Northern Ireland's Universities, encouraging members to become active within Alliance Youth societies.

The Young Liberals and Alliance Youth consider each other "sister parties".[5]

The wing is part of the Votes at 16 campaign.[6]

The youth wing is chaired by Luke Patrerson[7], born 2003,[7] a human, social and political sciences student at the University of Cambridge.[7]

Former Alliance Youth volunteers include MLA's Duncan Morrow and Jemima Higgins.[8]

Activity[edit]

Alliance Youth actively campaign on issues affecting young people, and aim to shape policy of the main party in these areas. Previous campaigns have focused on racism, child poverty, and human trafficking, as well as specific domestic issues facing young people, such as mental health care, tuition fees, sustainable transport, LGBT rights and homelessness.[9]

Executive[edit]

The current executive is as follows:[10]

Position Holder
Chair Luke Patterson
Vice Chair Thomas Blain
Secretary Ethan Furlonger
Treasurer Cohen Taylor
(Acting) Campaigns & Development Officer Amy Thomas
Equality, Diversity & Welfare Officer Eoin Meehan
Under 18 Membership Officer Ellen Taylor
International Officer Ciara Campbell
Social Media Officer Jamie Harpur
Policy Officer Ross Walmsley
QUB Alliance Rep Amy Thomas
UU Alliance Rep Thomas Blain

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Parties | Northern Ireland Political Parties". BBC News. 1998-10-14. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  2. ^ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties-and-elections.eu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  3. ^ "members-organisations", Alliance Youth, European Liberal Youth
  4. ^ Rosalind Skillen (27 April 2022), Parties’ youth wings give us all hope for a better future, Belfast Telegraph
  5. ^ Erasmus+, Young Liberals
  6. ^ "Coalition members – Votes at 16". British Youth Council. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  7. ^ a b c Rosalind Skillen (3 May 2022), Meet the new generation changing the face of local party politics, Belfast Telegraph
  8. ^ Allan Preston (7 April 2016), Alliance: Time to end 'go slow' politics, Belfast Telegraph
  9. ^ "About Alliance Youth". Alliance Youth. Retrieved 28 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "About Alliance Youth". Alliance Youth. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

External links[edit]

Category:Youth wings of political parties in the United Kingdom Category:Youth wings of liberal parties Category:Political organisations based in the United Kingdom Category:Political party youth groups in Northern Ireland Category:Political organisations based in Northern Ireland

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