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Local Action THE Members’ Magazine Spring/Summer 2021 PIONEER LOCAL LEADERSHIP LOCAL ACTION Gordon Brown: Building Our work supporting Votes at 16: How expanding new co-operative candidates for May’s the franchise gives young foundations elections people more power 06 04 23 Letter from the General Secretary Welcome to your latest edition of The Pioneer Contents I am delighted to be able to kick about the way in which he believes 04 off this edition of ‘The Pioneer’ and greater accountability and quality 2021 Elections Istart with a heartfelt thank you to political decision making can be 06 our supporters, members, activists, achieved in page 10. From the Case Study: officers, elected representatives, campaign trail we catch up with Policing for the People and staff team. All of whom continue new West Yorkshire Mayoral to show the Party and movement Candidate Tracy Brabin MP, (pg 8), 08 amazing dedication and support. Sarah Murphy Co-op MS candidate Tracy Brabin: My Co-operative While we hope for better days and London GLA Candidate Sem Vision for West ‘Times of crisis require us to ahead, there is little doubt that Moema (pg 16). We have a focus Yorkshire there will be further times to endure. on the future with pieces about 10 Both collectively and individually our Party’s support for Votes at 16 The Long Read: be imaginative, far-sighted and we continue to face uncertainty (pg 23) and news from around the Building New Shared foundations and challenge. I am proud that our country. movement has the values which I hope you enjoy it and I hope 14 driven from the bottom-up.’ provide the template for a better our collective values and principles Campaigning: Co-operative future. It is this better future that this continue to inspire us to co-operate Campaigning edition focusses on. and be a be a positive force in through Lockdown See ‘Building New Shared Foundations’, The ideas and zeal within this politics, community and at home. page 10 16 edition captures some of the best The Conversation: of the possible future politics and Sem Moema and Cai Parry demonstrates co-operative local action, local leadership. The Rt Joe Fortune, General Secretary 20 Hon Gordon Brown writes for us Spotlight: Westminster, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales THE PIONEER 24 Equalities Update Tel: 02073674150 Promoted by Joe Fortune on behalf of Email: [email protected] the Co-operative Party, both at Unit 13, Editorial enquiries: Georgia O’Brien 83 Crampton Street, London, SE17 3BQ. 25 and Shane Brogan. Printed by Solopress, 9 Stock Road, Events Update Southend-on-Sea Essex, SS2 5QF. Co-operative Party Limited is a registered Society under the Co-operative and 26 Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. Policy Process Registered no. 30027R 02 The Pioneer Spring/Summer 2021 Letter from the General Secretary 03 Feature 2021 ELECTIONS: HOW WE’RE PREPARING FOR CO-OPERATION provides the route through to being nominated as well pandemic. We have campaigned Emma Hoddinott as associated training and support. In just four months on free school meals, clearer Local Government Officer, we have held over 15 different training sessions as rules for foodbanks and promoted Co-operative Party well as virtual coffee mornings attended by over 150 Heathy Start Vouchers. With candidates. our Food Justice Finder (https:// s lockdown eased this summer, the hoped-for operation we helped facilitate. The programme is also open to those who are just foodjusticefinder.com) people economic uptick did not happen. In August, We must not lose this spirit interested in finding out more about being a candidate, have been able to find out what A Britain officially entered its deepest recession of togetherness and community and we are running taster sessions with our member their local council has been doing to since records began. While the pandemic has co-operation; nor can we return to networks to ensure our candidates reflect the diversity act, and we have already seen the had global economic impacts, the UK has fared crippling cuts and further erosion of our movement. number of known food champions particularly badly. The worst excess death rate in of vital public services. So in the Already we have 100s of Labour and Co-operative in councils nearly double. Europe coupled with the worst recession in Europe forthcoming elections we must get candidates standing for parish, district, county, Mayoral and Parliamentary and largest drop in GDP of all G7 countries is a co-operators elected, so they can unitary and metropolitan councils. They will join our candidates will be able to shape triple tragedy. take forward our ideas and bring record team of candidates for the Senedd, Scottish what the economic recovery looks Our Co-operative Party representatives in local about change. Parliament, London Assembly and Police and Crime like, using our principles of sharing government have made our movement proud. When This year we launched the Co- Commissioners in England and Wales. There are also power and wealth and ensuring all the first restrictions came into place in March last year, operative Candidate Development five mayoral candidates including Tracy Brabin in parts of the UK are getting a fair it was co-operators that used our principles of self-help Programme, alongside new NEC West Yorkshire, Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester, deal. and solidarity to step in where the UK government was guidelines to make it simpler for our Liam Byrne in West Midlands, Jesse Joe Jacobs in Now is our chance to bring about failing to serve our communities. We got to know our members to gain the nomination to Tees Valley and Nik Johnson in Cambridgeshire and change, as for the majority of the neighbours, organised foodbanks, made welfare calls, stand for the Co-operative Party. Peterborough. country this year, co-operation will fundraised for home schooling packs, care kits and Members can join the programme This is our opportunity to take our ideas forward. Our be on the ballot paper. laptops and showed leadership in the community co- through an online form, and it campaign for Food Justice has highlighted the existing inequalities that have come to the fore during the 04 The Pioneer Summer 2020 Feature 05 Case Study POLICING FOR THE PEOPLE Lola Oyewusi Labour & Co-operative candidate for Kent Police and Crime Commissioner am proud to be the first black female to be that involved the community, where selected as a Labour and Co-operative police and the people they are serving have a I crime commissioner candidate. say. And that is why I am standing Kent has been my home for the past twenty years for the Co-operative Party too, ordained minister. I have a heart for the people, for the been actively campaigning during and I saw what policing was like back then. In my own when I look at co-operative values, community, that’s what I want to bring to this role. the pandemic, such as the recent little village, we had our own police station and we knew they are close to my values. Starting off a campaign in the pandemic has not Scottish bill for protection of retail who our police officer was. People felt more secure with I have a wealth of community been easy, but I have a campaign team that helps get workers. a visible local policing system that worked for them. experience to bring to the role, as my message out. We have been very pro-active on My priority is to get more Unfortunately, that is not the case twenty years down I am a community activist. I run a social media, as it is key, alongside regular phone- resources into the police, and make the line, we have seen drastic cuts in policing. Kent is faith community group and run a banking, where we are using the Labour Party’s tool sure rural and coastal communities short of five hundred police officers, and our little village community food project that has Dialogue. are engaged. I will be the PCC on police station has been sold off. People feel that safety given out around 5000 food parcels. I even managed to launch my campaign the ground, that people would know, in their community is now bottom of the agenda. I also work full time for a housing during lockdown, which was successful with video making sure all local areas and My goal as Police and Crime Commissioner is to association, am a school governor, endorsements from people like David Lammy, local community groups are engaged. go back to basics and bring back that original idea of a Parish Councillor, Vice-Chair of Labour leaders and senior figures from UNISON too. Policing powered by the people and community policing and social responsibility. Policing Medway Trades Council and an The Co-operative Party means a lot to me, it has for the people. 06 The Pioneer Spring/Summer 2021 Case Study 07 Feature MY CO-OPERATIVE VISION FOR WEST YORKSHIRE Tracy Brabin MP Labour & Co-operative candidate for West Midlands Metro Mayor he Government’s response to the pandemic has to for the solutions to these Slavery how we can crack down I want to make West Yorkshire a co-operative fallen woefully short, with inadequate support challenges and the many others on those profiting from human enterprise friendly zone, where co-operative T across our economy leaving gaping holes we now face. trafficking, and we can promote initiatives in housing, nurseries, community through which too many people have fallen due to Because whilst it won’t be Credit Union membership to transport and other areas have the financial support no fault of their own.
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