Writing motions

chairs the forum, is very glad she attended the workshop.

“I found it extremely helpful, easy to understand with great resources shared for me to use when I do write motions,” she says.

The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive whenever the course has been run.

“The session I did for Surrey County Branch went really well,” Sam says. “One person who had sat on the national standing orders committee said he wished more branches had this training because then more motions would make it onto the order paper.”

The South East retired members were equally positive after their course, Stevie says.

“There were three or four people who said something had clicked so they now understood the process,” she says. “They were saying, ‘Now we understand where we’ve been going wrong, we can look forward to writing some more motions in the future’.” ✱

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