MICHAELMAS TERM 2026 at the
OXFORD UNIVERSITY C O N S E R VAT I V E ASSOCIATION
DONATION DRIVE MMXXVI A modest proposal for BUSINESS and ALUMNI in support of our ASSOCIATION
An OUTLINE of our PLANS OUCA is planning our most ambitious Freshers’ drive to date. Our intentions for the Academic Year beginning in Michaelmas 2026 are simple: Place the Association at the heart of Kemi’s call for Young Conservative minds to shape the future of the Party. Back in May, we had the pleasure of hosting Kemi at Oxford. She came here with a very specific purpose: to speak to Young Conservatives about the future of both Party and Country. We could spend the remainder of this section rambling on about cancel culture or ‘wokeness’ on campus. But complaining is unproductive. Less talk. More action. More speakers. More socials. More campaigning. More policy.
In this spirit, here are our proposals for our Freshers’ Drive, to be held in the Second Week of Michaelmas Term: The President’s Welcome Drinks with A Senior Member of the Lords Black Tie. Wine. Canapes. And most importantly - oriented towards new attendees and those curious about Conservatism. Starting here, we have no intention of slowing down. Besides regular political campaigning at a local level, we plan to continue our social action to clean up Oxford. A recent partnership with Looking For Growth saw us clean up the Canal and City Centre. On a national level, we want to be at the table where policy is written. Last term saw a successful outing to Parliament where we shaped the Party’s efforts to message to younger people alongside Baroness Cash and Baroness Spielman.
An OUTLINE of REQUIREMENTS We are seeking donations to continue and expand our work into the upcoming year. Whether you are an individual, alumnus, local Party Association, or business, any and all help is welcome.
Link to donate online at https:// ouca.sumupstore.com/products
Whether it’s a few quid, or perhaps a little more - any and all assistance is appreciated.
The President-Elect: presidentelect@ouconservatives.co.uk
To begin, we are seeking approximately £1,000 for our Welcome event, and a further £5,000 for speaker and policy events throughout Michaelmas Term.
The President: president@ouconservatives.co.uk
The Treasurer: treasurer@ouconservatives.co.uk The Treasurer-Elect: treasurerelect@ouconservatives.co.uk
FOR BUSINESS
FOR ALUMNI
If you are a business who would like to sponsor an event of ours, we can offer promotion of your product or service at the event, and on our Social Media pages. We averaged ~68,000 views in the last 30 days of Trinity Term, and our events can pull up to hundreds of members each - especially for those attended by big-name speakers and guests.
Any financial assistance is welcome from alumni. Our centenary brochure was titled ‘An Appeal for the Next Hundred Years’. We all would like at least another century of OUCA!
We can include your branding and a link to your website in promotional materials for the event you have chosen to sponsor.
Alumni donations are greatly appreciated for things like printing termcards and funding speaker dinners. So, if you want to give back to OUCA and help us secure the next generation, then this is the perfect way to do so. FOR LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
We would also be open to featuring your product in the event. If you are a purveyor of wine, cheese, Champagne, chutneys, stationery, or other items we would love to include your products.
Support from local Party Associations is vital for our outreach and campaign work. We have done work over the past year with Associations for Oxford and Abingdon, Henley-on-Thames, and several others.
For our Autumn Welcome Event, we are looking for cheeses, wine, and other nibbles. If you’re a business who wants to collaborate, kindly contact us using the details provided above!
Donations from local Associations are great for things like travel reimbursements for campaign away days and trips to London to partake in policy programmes and other events.
Our WORKS and UNDERTAKINGS £5 can support us in running £60 can support a team of 4 to go social action, such as supporting campaigning further afield in the homeless population of Oxford. London or the South East. £10 can provide the weekly prize £100 can support a team of 4 to go wine for the best speech at Port campaigning nationally. and Policy. £150 covers the cost of inviting a £20 can cover travel for a team of 4 world-class speaker such as to go campaigning locally. Jeremy Hunt, Liz Truss or Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg. £30 can fund a day’s litterpicking session to help keep the Canal and £400 can cover the cost of port for City Centre clean. Port and Policy. £40 can provide the cheese for our £1000 can cover the entire cost of termly Wine Cheese and Poker. a Port and Policy.
Our RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Trinity Term Campaigning in the run-up to the May 2026 Local Elections
May event with Kemi and the Next Gen Tories
Dinner with Sir James Cleverley MP In Parliament discussing the Party’s policies towards Young People
The aftermath of a successful day of Canvassing in Nettlebed
Termly Dinner with Sir James Cleverley MP
Cleaning up Oxford Canal and City Centre
Back on the campaign trail...
Port and Policy’s resident Amateur Choir sings ‘Rule, Britannia!’
FURTHER ENGAGEMENTS...
Hilary Term 2026 Termly Dinner
Aftermath of LFG x OUCA x OSLA Oxford Clean Up
Discussing Youth Social Mobility with Neil O’Brien
Talking all things economics with Chris Philp
Prospering with Andy Street
An evening with John Lamont
Joseph interviews Katie Lam
TT26 Cross-Party Summer Picnic
Concerning OUTREACH to LOCAL PARTY ASSOCIATIONS Outreach to Party Associations both locally and beyond is of great importance to us. If you are a local Party Association who needs extra hands on deck for campaigns or other logistics-intensive matters, please contact Oscar Moore at politicalofficer@ouconservatives.co.uk.
Additionally, if you are a Party Association who wants to attend our speaker events, your members are most welcome to come along. Please contact Zahra Saeed (president@ouconservatives.co.uk) to see which speaker events will be open to Local Associations, as well as further details for attendance. Our Freshers’ Drive each year is very important not just to OUCA, but other Party Associations around the locality and wider nation. OUCA depends on these efforts to keep a steady supply of up-and-coming party activists in the pipeline. OUCA would also be open to hosting joint speaker dinners with interested local Party Associations - please contact the President if you’re open to exploring this further. Even donations as small as £20 can finance a team of 4 to campaign locally for a day. OUCA also hosts campaign away days, where we go a bit further afield. These cost a little more, especially with train fares. Any help towards this would also greatly be appreciated.
HELP US CLEAN UP OXFORD Something we’ve been doing a lot more recently is partaking in social action to clean up Oxford. Over the past year, we have been frequently litterpicking the Canal, Port Meadow, the City Centre, and parts of Jericho. As Conservatives, we recognise the importance of having a responsibility towards the places where we live. Especially over this summer, places such as Port Meadow have become extremely dirty. In a recent litterpicking session in collabaration with Looking For Growth and Oxford Students Liberal Association, we found all manner of rubbish in rivers - ranging from beer cans all the way up to car doors and office desks and chairs!
A donation as small as £20 can cover the cost of a day’s litterpicking session, including appropriate disposal for the collected waste. Local Party Associations are more than welcome to come along. Contact the Political Officer for more information.
B E PA R T O F H I S T O RY A Hundred Years More of OUCA Through the years, we have hosted influential politicians, speakers, and thinkers. Our Alumni include four Prime Ministers. Every single Conservative cabinet since the 1950s has had at least one ex-President sitting within it. Over the past few months, we have hosted Kemi Badenoch, Sir Jeremy Hunt, Katie Lam, Neil O’Brien, Sir James Cleverley, and many others. We have also been recently joined by the Institute of Economic Affairs, Fighting for a Free Future, and Looking for Growth - to name only a few. The centuries change. Our mission does not. OUCA’s pledge to promote Conservatism at Oxford and beyond remains as strong as ever. Many of us will only spend a few years here. Yet our memories, and our friendships made here, will serve us far into the rest of our lives. Click here to donate.
Zahra Saeed The President Balliol College
Anna Matthews The Treasurer St Hugh’s College
Aarav Desai Anton Schwarz The President-Elect The Treasurer-Elect Merton College St Catherine’s College