Affinity Weekend | 26 – 28 June 2026

Affinity Weekend is back, running alongside our full weekend Kickstart training – a weekend of intensive political training and practical insight, designed for people involved in Liberal Democrat campaigning, leadership, and organisation at every level.

We are running a two day course on Affinity Publisher to flex your campaign muscles. This will take you through the basics, but also cover advanced skills so you can design amazing quality leaflets. There will be gaps in the course so you can also attend other Kickstart training sessions around the Affinity course, putting your new Affinity skills to practical use through our famous campaign training.

Affinity Weekend is open to everyone, ALDC members and non-members alike, and is particularly valuable if you come as a team.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE:

• Please arrive from 4pm on Friday 26 June 2026
• Departure is after lunch on Sunday 28 June 2026

WHERE: 

Yarnfield Park Training and Conference Centre – near Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0NL (map and directions).

COSTS:

Single room (per person)

• Early bird £210, Middle bird £260, Late bird £310

Double / Twin room (per person, 2 people sharing room)

• Early bird £180, Middle bird £230. Late bird £280

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Non-ALDC Member Rates

Single room (per person)

• Early bird £320, Middle bird £360, Late bird £400

Double / Twin room (per person, 2 people sharing room)

• Early bird £280, Middle bird £320, Late bird £360

Group bookings

• For group bookings of four or more, contact hello@aldc.org. Our team can assist with group coordination and booking details.

Please let us know any dietary or access requirements when booking.

ANY QUESTIONS?

Please email hello@aldc.org

BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE

Cancellation Policy

This event has limited capacity, so we ask that cancellations are made at least two weeks before the event wherever possible.

• Cancellations made two weeks or more before the event will receive a full refund minus a £20 cancellation fee
• You may choose to roll over your booking to the next Kickstart event (rollover is available once and must be to the closest next event, for example June Kickstart to November Kickstart)

If you need to cancel at short notice, we will do our best to resell your place:

• If we are able to resell your ticket, you will receive a refund or rollover as above minus the cancellation fee.
• If we are unable to resell the ticket, we will not be able to refund any part of the cost

An administration fee of £10 applies to ALL last-minute detail changes.