Effectively, right here we go along with a brand new chapter in British politics.
There is a new Authorities and, in my practically 14 years at Mind Tumour Analysis, it will likely be the primary time that I will be looking for to interact with a Labour Authorities.
There will probably be new Secretaries of State for Well being and Science and the corridors of Westminster will quickly be full of new MPs.
The brand new Secretaries of State can count on letters from us to drop onto their desks and pop into their inboxes very quickly ( we are going to make them out there so that you can learn on our web site too) and we will probably be in contact with acceptable ministers as quickly as the complete ministerial groups are introduced.
As for the brand new consumption now we have already modified our belongings on the campaigning webpages to incorporate a template letter so that you can ship, by submit or e-mail, to your new, or returned, MP and in addition a Tweet you need to use to draw their consideration.
We are going to in fact be enterprise an outreach to all MPs, informing them of why we marketing campaign and the way they’ll assist the Mind Tumour Analysis trigger, however, as I wrote final week, what’s now so important is that you tell us if there’s one thing particular about your MP which will make them extra more likely to assist us.
This could possibly be having labored within the NHS or having a scientific background, maybe they’ve declared their very own private most cancers tales or have been affected by untimely loss – all of this info will assist us draw up a listing of key Westminster ‘targets’.
As I additionally identified final week, however I would prefer to re-iterate at present, progress made over the past Authorities, the conferences with ministers, the controversy in the principle chamber, the APPGBT report and extra, will not be misplaced however new relationships will now must be established and your assist in pointing us in the precise path will probably be invaluable.
Bear in mind our campaigning mantra; ‘Folks can not assist a trigger except they comprehend it exists’ – mind tumours exist, a remedy doesn’t, we are going to marketing campaign till it does.
So at present is a day to relish the problem and plan to grab the chance – the personnel might have modified however our imaginative and prescient stays the identical and that transcends celebration politics.
Good luck to our new elected representatives and to our new Authorities – you will be listening to from us.
There would be the typical campaigning replace subsequent Friday which will probably be an opportunity to mirror on the brand new cupboard arrange plus report again on occasions away from Westminster.
Wishing you all a peaceable time till then.
Hugh and Thomas
