For the past few summers, the Young Britons’ Foundation has taken dozens of young conservative activists from Britain over to New York, Washington DC and California to learn from the think-tanks and activist groups in the United States.

The result is that those activists have returned to Britain better trained and highly motivated to promote conservative values in their schools, colleges and universities, on the blogosphere and in their local communities.

During the YBF US Summer Conference Programme students will have the opportunity to attend all or any of the following conferences:

The Foundation for Economic Education Freedom University – based just outside New York, this is the foremost academic conference for libertarians who want to learn why the free market system remains the best guarantor of liberty.

The Leadership Institute International Leadership Seminar - the LI trains conservatives who want to win. Based just across the Potomac from Washington DC, this week-long seminar encompasses an intense media training workshop as well as developing activists’ campaigning skills. Time is also set aside for sightseeing.

The Young America’s Foundation National Conservative Student Conference – based at George Washington University, YAF’s annual CSC is a highlight for conservatives from across America. It is your chance to hear from the leading conservative thinkers, writers and political leaders in an informal setting – as well as bonding with our trans-Atlantic cousins.

Full details as to the costs of the conference will be released in the next few weeks. At this stage, however, YBF needs to know what level of interest there is, in principle, in attending the YBF US Summer Conference Programme. It runs from the last week of July to the middle of August – and you can come for one, two or more weeks. Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors the vast majority of the costs associated with attending these conferences will be met by sponsorship.

What are you waiting for?

To register your interest, at no cost or obligation to you, email info@ybf.org.uk by 1 March 2009.