The Young Britons' Foundation, abbreviated to YBF, was a British conservative[2][3] not-for-profit training, education and research think-tank, established in July 2003.
[6] On 21 December 2015 The Times reported that Donal Blaney had resigned as chief executive, following on from the allegations of bullying towards former YBF director of outreach Mark Clarke.
The president of YBF was Daniel Hannan, then Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England.
British representatives include Professor Patrick Minford, blogger Iain Dale, who resigned in the same year,[13] and two local councillors.
[8] In 2010, The Guardian reported that there was "an informal understanding that YBF is the main provider of training for young Conservative activists.
[8] In the last days of the 2010 United Kingdom general election over 500,000 leaflets were delivered by YBF to over 20 LibDem/Conservative marginals across the country warning of the dangers of a hung parliament.