Dear 

There’s lots to report on this month, so without further ado…

We are very pleased to publish our report on the series of Colloquia held by the NCFA between May 2013 and March 2014. Four discussions were thematically curated to make the case for better policy making through better research. We are launching the full report and the executive summary online today.

A big thank you to all who contacted their local and MEP election candidates.  Do let us know what kind of response you got to your email/approach. 

If you didn’t get round to contacting candidates pre election, there’s no time like the present to drop an email to your new Councillors and MEPs. Email templates here.

We’ll be contacting all new Councillors and MEPs formally in September. If you have compiled a database of Councillors or MEPs in your area, it would be a great help if you could share it with us  just email info@ncfa.ie

We will be working over the Summer on our pre-budget campaign for this year. We’ve had a tremendous response to our call for donations – it makes all the difference, thank you. Donations can be made at any time. And if you have ideas you’d like to share with us in the run up to Budget 2015, please get in touch.

The NCFA gets by on the dogged commitment of volunteers.  If you’d like to help out with the campaign, please let us know.

Regards,

Valerie Connor
(Chair)