Young Britons' Foundation
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| Abbreviation | YBF |
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| Formation | July 2003 |
| Legal status | Defunct |
| Purpose | Training conservative and classical liberal activists |
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President
Chief Executive |
Daniel Hannan Donal Blaney |
| Website | www |
The Young Britons' Foundation, abbreviated to YBF, was a British conservativenot-for-profit training, education and research think-tank, established in July 2003 to "help train tomorrow's centre-right leaders and activists today".
It intends to promote young conservatives and "classical liberals". Chief executive Donal Blaney has described YBF as "a Conservative madrasa". YBF has strong links with the American neoconservative movements, and partnerships with American conservative thinktanks and foundations.
YBF was launched in July 2003 at a conference of the Young America's Foundation in Washington, D.C., and it has said that it aims to "import American political techniques into the UK". YBF has declared an intention to expose left-wing bias in Britain's universities. YBF was originally based in Regent Street, London, leading some Conservatives to question its funding. YBF claims its funding comes solely from UK private donations.
On 21 December 2015 The Times reported that Donal Blaney had resigned as Chief Executive, following on from the allegations of impropriety towards former YBF director of outreach Mark Clarke.The Times also reported that YBF was likely to close, and as of November 2016 the YBF website was not operating.
YBF's Chief Executive was Donal Blaney, a former National Chairman of Conservative Future, and its Chairman is Patrick Nicholls, former Conservative MP for Teignbridge and Government Minister. The current president of YBF is Daniel Hannan, Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England. The renowned author and avowed Eurosceptic Frederick Forsyth is a patron of YBF.
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