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Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | 56-64 Leonard Street, Development House, London, EC2A 4LT |
Political Ideology | Green |
International Affiliation | Global Greens |
Mother Party | Green Party of England and Wales |
Mother European Parliament Group | The Greens-EFA |
Colours | Green |
Website | www.younggreens.org.uk |
See also | Politics of the EU |
The Young Greens (of England and Wales) [acronym: YG(EW)] is the official youth branch of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). All members of the GPEW who are under 30 years old are members of the Young Greens and are allowed to get involved with their activities.
The Scottish Green Party also has a youth branch, the Scottish Young Greens, who work with the England and Wales group. Young Greens is affiliated with the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG)[1].
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The Young Greens were set up by young members of the Green Party of England and Wales, rather than by the party itself. The organisation aimed to build local groups at universities, colleges, higher education institutions, sixth form colleges and schools, with no lower age limit for joining.
As the GPEW's electoral performance improved, many Young Greens were elected to County or City Councils, including Cllr Adrian Ramsay (Norwich), Cllr Matt Sellwood (Oxford) and Ash Haynes, current Female co-Chair is the youngest ever Green councillor, elected on her 20th birthday.
The Young Greens is governed by a constitution, adopted at the GPEW 2006 Autumn Conference in Hove. The group has an executive known as the Young Greens Committee, in which all positions are regarded as equal (although the Male and Female Co-Chairs are the public face of the organisation) [1] and a legislature known as the Young Greens Council made up of the Committee as well as regional and local co-ordinators. The Young Greens Committee is assisted by the Young Greens Coordinator, currently Larissa Hansford[2], who is employed by the Green Party and works at the party office. The organisation is currently going through a structure review process where the current constitution is likely to be substantially rewritten.
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The Young Greens has become increasingly involved in Students' Unions and the National Union of Students (NUS).
At the 2006 NUS Conference in Blackpool, Young Green, Joe Rooney was elected to the 'Block of Twelve' on the NUS UK National Executive Committee (NEC) standing on the Education Not for Sale slate[2]. In 2008, Joe Blakesley was elected as an FE officer on the NUS Wales NEC and to NUS UK Council.[3]
There have been a number of Young Green sabbatical officers with Student Unions such as LSE, Portsmouth, Manchester and Edinburgh. Young Greens have held non-sabbatical positions at many more campuses including Aberystwyth, Cardiff and Royal Holloway.
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