SDLP Youth
| SDLP Youth | |
|---|---|
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| Chairperson | Conal Browne |
| Vice-Chairperson | Charlie Goan |
| Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Irish nationalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Mother party | SDLP |
| International affiliation | International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) (observer) |
| European affiliation | Young European Socialists (YES) |
SDLP Youth is the youth wing of the Northern Irish political party, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP). It is organised throughout Northern Ireland and plays an active role within the SDLP at all levels of the organisation.
SDLP Youth consists of SDLP members aged 25 and under and SDLP members aged 26–30 who choose to join, and is entitled to representation on the Party's Executive Committee. Among its membership, it includes councillors and party officers.
It has particularly strong international ties with sister organisations such as JUSOS in Germany through Young European Socialists and International Union of Socialist Youth.
The 2012 SDLP Youth Conference was held on 13 and 14 April in St Paul's Parish Centre, Falls Road, West Belfast, on the 20th anniversary of the election of Joe Hendron as MP for the area.
The 2013 SDLP Youth Conference was held on 26 and 27 April in Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Derry~Londonderry, the 2013 UK City of Culture.
The 2014 SDLP Youth Conference was held on 25 and 26 April in the Ballymac Hotel, Lisburn.
The 2015 SDLP Youth Conference was held on 20 June in Bellini's Restaurant in Newry.
The current Youth Executive was elected at the 2016 Youth Conference held at The Hive, Belfast.
SDLP Youth is organised at a national level by the Youth Executive. The Youth Executive is responsible for the day-to-day running of SDLP Youth. It consists of 7 Officers elected at the annual Youth Conference, usually held in the spring.
The current Officers of the Youth Executive are:
SDLP Youth consists of various branches in each county in Northern Ireland along with several university branches all across Ireland. Each branch is active locally and is directed by individual officer boards, each branch officer board then reports to the Youth Executive who organise campaigns on a larger scale across the organisation.
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