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Email the Compliance Team via compliance@libdems.org.uk with an outline of your query - we’ll pair you with one of our specialists for a 15-minute online/phone appointment.
The Mid Dorset & North Poole Summer Draw
(MDNP Shepherd's Hut Raffle: MEMBERS-ONLY)
Get the chance to win a beautiful getaway at Shepherd's Hut!
"A relaxing long weekend in a beautiful cosy Shepherd's Hut in rural Lytchett Minster on the edge of Poole Harbour."
Sited in a beautiful meadow with lovely oak trees and visiting deer.
Double bed .... Mini kitchen .... Comfy sofa .... Perfect for BBQ under the stars....
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Can be taken any weekend in 2026 by mutual arrangement.
Courtesy of Russell Lucas-Rowe, Anna Mitchell and the Post Green Estate.
Free entry. Donations welcome.
Drinks available from the bar.
Please note: Room accessed only via steep steps.
Join Frank and the Canada Water team for our regular Sunday campaigning session in Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks. Meet fellow volunteers and help get our latest leaflets out to local residents.
Every Sunday, 3–5pm.
Meeting point: Canada Water Station, SE16 7AR.
New volunteers welcome.
"It's not all about Politics!"
We are usually at Table 5, so order and pay at the bar for your drinks and food (if you are eating) and then join us, on the 2nd Monday of each month from 18:30 until 21:00 at The Orchard pub in Archer's Gate, SP4 7XT when some of our councillors - not just the Lib Dems - get together with whoever turns up for informal chat. The conversation is organic and it goes where it flows, but we're just like-minded people getting together over a drink or two.
We also have a fundraising raffle - one prize, so winner takes all!
Come and join us!
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X4 bus to Archer's Gate/Underwood Drive
Merton Lib Dems present 'A Liberal Perspective' - an evening of discussion and insight on the (now) second Monday of each month.
Monday 9 November: The Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes, 2026
Join Sarah Anderson, Policy Analyst at Public First, to examine Sir Hamid Patel CBE and Baroness Estelle Morris' inquiry into how the education system has failed the white working class. Sarah will share her experience of working on the report and lead a discussion about its findings and recommendations.
The back room of the restaurant is reserved from 7pm for us to meet with the event commencing at 7.30pm.
All members and supporters are most welcome. RSVP via this link so we can let the restaurant know expected numbers.
Note: There isn't any obligation to purchase food or drink from the restaurant at this event. Many attendees purchase refreshments but this is optional.
Agenda
• Welcome from the Chair
• Approval of Minutes from AGM 2025
• Reports from Local Party Officers
o Chair
o Treasurer
• Cllr Rabina Khan Update since May 2026
• Election of Executive Members / Officers and Honorary President
• Appointment of an Independent Examiner
• Any other business
Documents will be available for viewing/download here before the meeting.
Nomination forms for positions on the 2026 Executive are available here and may be returned by email to towerhamletslibdems@gmail.com in advance or printed and posted to the address on the form to be received in advance of the AGM.
Please note this meeting will be held online at the zoom link provided with this email.
Have you ever wondered about being an Election Agent? This session is for those who have considered being an Election Agent but want to know more about what it involves
An informal get together for Liberal Democrat supporters and members in and around the north of Hereford and rural area.
Out the back outside unless it is too noisy or cold in which case inside.
Look for a LibDem rosette on the table.
Though this is aimed at Hereford North Rural branch members any member is very welcome to join.
Female friends toasting drinks in a pub together by Javier Sanchez Mingorance Noun Project (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
An informal get together for Liberal Democrat supporters and members in and around the north of Hereford and rural area.
Out the back outside unless it is too noisy or cold in which case inside.
Look for a LibDem rosette on the table.
Though this is aimed at Hereford North Rural branch members any member is very welcome to join.
Female friends toasting drinks in a pub together by Javier Sanchez Mingorance Noun Project (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Join your local Councillors and speakers from:
For a community meeting on rough sleeping in West Hampstead.
Hear how your councillors and outreach teams are working, and what you can do to support.
Come and talk to Wymondham Liberal Democrats to find out how you can help us shut Reform out of our Town!
Save the date for the Newcastle Liberal Democrats Annual General Meeting 2026!
It will take place upstairs in the Duke of Wellington pub on Thursday 12 November, 7pm arrival for 7.30pm start.
Please let us know if you are able to come.
Och, the nights are fair drawing in!
So come warm yourself at our annual fundraising dinner!
Featuring a talk from our guest of honour Emma Kennedy, an auction, live music as well as a fantastic three course Turkish meal, it is sure to be a fantastic evening to bring together the Liberal Democrat family in St Albans for this set piece occasion.
Emma Kennedy is an award winning writer, actress and comedian, appearing in comedies such as Goodness Gracious Me, Miranda and the Smoking Room as well as having written The Tent, The Bucket and Me, later adapted into the TV comedy The Kennedys. In politics, Emma is a Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey and has been a fierce campaigner against Brexit.
Tickets include a three-course meal and a welcome drink. All profits raised will help us in our upcoming election efforts in St Albans.
Dr Sharon Docherty draws on her own experience of living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and applying for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to explain how the process works, where it fails, and what residents are likely to raise on the doorstep. A practical session for candidates, councillors and campaigners who want to respond with accuracy, confidence and empathy.
This evening we’ll be joined by Dr Sharon Docherty, a Liberal Democrat member and founder of Blue Turtle HR, who lives with MS and has first-hand experience of applying for PIP.
On 3 November 2026, Sharon will join the MS Society delegation in handing in its petition to Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Sir Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Social Security and Disability. The petition, signed by more than 16,000 people, calls for PIP to properly recognise fluctuating and invisible symptoms, scrap the 20 metre mobility rule, and end unnecessary reassessments for long-term conditions.
Sharon will walk through the claims process as applicants actually experience it: the forms, the evidence, the assessment and the wait for a decision. She will also outline the barriers that make it harder for people with fluctuating, less visible conditions to show how their condition affects daily life.
PIP is back in the headlines. The government’s Timms Review will publish its final report in November, and opposition parties are targeting the benefit. Reform UK has proposed a means-tested replacement for PIP for people under state pension age that would end standard cars through Motability, while the Conservatives want to strip Motability of its VAT exemptions and have claimed people can qualify with acne. Sharon will set out the facts behind the headlines, including the reality of PIP and Motability, so we can challenge the myths on the doorstep with confidence.
You will leave with:
To learn more about Dr Sharon Docherty, please visit her website: Blue Turtle HR.