Young Britons' Foundation

A leaflet distributed in the UK by the Young Britons' Foundation at the time of the 2010 General election.

The Young Britons’ Foundation was co-founded in July 2003 by Donal Blaney, Greg Smith and Ben Pickering.

The Young Britons’ Foundation was entirely inspired by the success, drive and spirit of the American conservative movement.

First introduced to organisations such as the American Conservative Union, the Young America’s Foundation, the Leadership Institute, Collegiate Network and the Heritage Foundation at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), it was clear to co-founder Donal Blaney and Greg Smith that Britain was behind in the training and development of younger political activists.

Funding

Founder Donors

Kevin Fallon | John Midgley & Laura Midgeley | Paul Osborn | Paul Shea | Tom Scott | Chris Walsh | Sarkis Zeronian

Other details of known funding are in the table below:

Funding received by the Young Britons' Foundation in £ sterling per calendar year
Donor Organisation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Healthgear Contracts	-	-	-	-	-	54,999	-
Institute for Policy Research	-	-	-	1,000	100
Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust	-	-	-	-	-	1,400	-

People

Board of Trustees

• Ben Elliot - Chairman | Frederick Forsyth - Patron | Donal Blaney - Chief Executive

Staff

• Donal Blaney - Chief Executive | Christian May - Director of Operations | Paul Osborn - Director of Strategy | Nick Vaughan - Director of Alumni Relations | Mike Rouse - Head of Technology | Peter Cuthbertson - Director of Internships | Craig Cox National Media Training Co-ordinator | Steven Dent Head of New Media

Advisory Board

Bryan Auchterlonie | Morton Blackwell | Iain Dale | John Dodd | Matthew Elliott | Andrew Griffith | John Hilboldt | David Keene | Mark Loveday | William J McCarthy | Alan Mendoza | Professor Patrick Minford | Iain Murray | Ben Pickering | Ron Robinson | Greg Smith | Russell Tillson

Parliamentary Council

Lord Trimble | Lord Parkinson | Earl of Stockton | Liam Fox MP | Bill Cash MP | Gerald Howarth MP | Julian Lewis MP | Nigel Evans MP | Greg Hands MP | Daniel Hannan MEP | Nirj Deva MEP | Roger Helmer MEP | Chris Heaton-Harris MEP

Activist Training Conference

The line up of speakers for YBF's 10th Activist Training Conference at Churchill College, Cambridge University on 13 - 15 December 2013 was:

Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Local Government | Rt Hon Lord Parkinson of Carnforth, Former Conservative Party Chairman | Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, Former Conservative Party Chairman | Graham Brady MP, Chairman of the 1922 Committee | Conor Burns MP, Bournemouth West | Steve Baker MP, Wycombe | Robert Halfon MP, Harlow | James Cleverly AM, London Assembly Conservative Group Leader | Tim Montgomerie, ConservativeHome.com | Matthew Elliott, TaxPayers’ Alliance | Ted Bromund] Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom | Shane Greer, Publisher of Campaigns & Elections | Alex Deane, Weber Shandwick (formerly of Big Brother Watch) | Matt Sinclair, TaxPayers’ Alliance | Jonathan Isaby, TaxPayers’ Alliance (formerly of ConservativeHome) | Raheem Kassam, Student Rights | Emma Carr, Big Brother Watch | Christian May, Media Intelligence Partners | Peter Botting, Political Consultant | David Canzini, Former CCHQ Head of Campaigns | Greg Smith, Political Consultant | Rory Broomfield, The Freedom Association | Paul Abbott, Petrol Promise | Andre Walker, Trades Union Reform Campaign

Website

• http://www.ybf.org.uk/

External Resources

• Robert Booth, 'Tory madrasa' preaches radical message to would-be MPs, The Guardian, 6 March 2010.
• Robert Booth, Radicalised Tories ready to take on Labour's big guns, The Guardian, 6 March 2010.
• £134,860 spent by Tory allies in 2010 election to try to scare us about a hung parliament, Liberal Burblings April 2nd, 2011 | Author: Paul