5th October 2012
Ed Balls, famed for his competitive streak, is falling over
himself with excitement that he is the highest scorer to date on
CAF’s Generation Game, currently doing the rounds at the Labour
Party conference. So pleased was he with his score, he dragged his
wife Yvette over boasting, “Yvette – come here and look – I’m
top.”
The game, which highlights giving and a predicted shortfall in
donations, is proving a big hit with the hundreds of
conference delegates.
A wide range of politicians have visited the CAF stand, which is
highlighting CAF's new campaign to persuade those generations of
adults succeeding the post-war Baby Boomers to get more engaged
with charity.
Among those to pay a visit to the stand to date include Chief
Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, Lib Dem President Tim
Farron and Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham. Although not
strictly a politician, we were also pleased to receive a visit from
Ed Miliband's wife, Justine Thornton.
CAF has also engaged with politicians through its fringe
meetings at the conferences. At the Lib Dem conference, speakers
included assistant whip Jenny Willott and peer Baroness Tyler,
while at the Labour conference, those on the panel included Shadow
Civil Society Minister Gareth Thomas and Shadow Children's Minister
Lisa Nandy. MP Fiona MacTaggart was also in the audience.
