How I got involved with the labour party

I have been involved with the CWU for almost 5 years and last year became a Branch political officer and a Labour party member at the same time. After joining the party it took a year before I started to become involved as nobody contacted me after joining and it took me to find contact details for my local labour party branch and CLP and iniate contact myself! How many more new members are there out there who have joined only to have their subscription taken out their bank every month but not have any one contact them with details of meetings etc and invite them to attend? It was a suggestion from some fellow political officers that led me to make contact. Since then i have attended my first ever branch meeting and hope to attend a CLP meeting in the near future. I spent the weekend knocking on doors within my ward for the local elections to gain signatures for the nomination form of the Labour canidate and this weekend will be printing off some leaflets from my PC ready for delivering. We are hoping for a breakthrough in Eynesbury ward as it is our most promising area.