Press Release, Young Labour

For Immediate Release

Young Labour's Community Service Journey begins in Auckland

A dozen young people are about to embark on the 2011 New Zealand Clarion Road Tour and the first stop is Auckland.

“Our day on Monday in Auckland is jam packed with community activities, it’s a really exciting start” said Young Labour Vice-President Ella Hardy.

The Clarion Tour will involve members of Young Labour journeying from the Rodney District in Auckland through to Dunedin putting the principles of social justice and community service into action.

The members of Young Labour will begin the tour on Monday the 17th in Orewa cleaning up and helping with maintenance at the Hibiscus Coast Kindergarten.

“This is where I began life, at this kindy, and now I want to give something back – it was an important starting point for me and an appropriate beginning for our activities,” commented President of Young Labour, Analiese Jackson/

Later that day Young Labour will venture to Waitakere where they will be busy helping out a number of community organisations.

They will lend their help to the Walsh Trust, a local mental health support provider, as well as to Riding with the Disabled where they will assist in constructing a fence. They will then do some cleaning up with the Glen Eden Business Association and with the Ranui Action Project.

The second day Young Labour will be helping out in the Glen Innes Family Centre preparing food parcels for those in need before heading for their next stop in Hamilton.

"Along the way, we will be blogging our adventures at www.clariontour.co.nz, which we hope will be an interactive way of engaging local communities as we travel across New Zealand,” said Hardy.

The Clarion tour is named after the famed Clarion Cycling Club, which consisted of a group of dedicated British political activists who rode around the English country side in the 1890s talking about their vision for a better and fairer society.

If you are, or if you know of a group in your local area who may be in need of any assistance over the coming weeks, please contact vicepresiden@younglabour.org.nz.

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