17 June 2019 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
As the Green Wave sweeps through the country, Nottingham Green Party is celebrating a successful local election for 2019, holding our two seats in Rushcliffe and increasing our vote share across all three councils we represent. Sue and Richard Mallender were both re-elected on May 2nd as representatives for Lady Bay on Rushcliffe Borough Council, with 35% and […]
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13 February 2019 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Nottingham Green Party welcomes ambitions for a carbon neutral Nottingham and looks forward to scrutinising plans for achieving this. Nottingham City Council announced in late January that the city would be aiming to be carbon-neutral by 2028. If successful in reaching this target, Nottingham would become the first carbon neutral city in the UK. Nottingham Green Party […]
18 February 2018 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Staff at the University of Nottingham (UoN) are joining a national strike after talks broke down between the University and College Union (UCU) and the representatives of the universities. According to the union, this was due to new changes in the USS pension scheme which will see lecturers almost £10,000/year worse off after retirement. The […]
11 December 2017 / 25 May 2024 by bengray
Green Party councillors scored a victory on Thursday as Rushcliffe Borough Council voted to scrutinise its own use of single-use plastics in Rushcliffe and promote sustainable waste. Cllrs Sue Mallender and Richard Mallender, for Lady Bay, proposed the motion at the full council meeting, where all councillors present voted in favour. Single-use plastics include items that we take […]
9 December 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
At the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 5th December, the membership of the Nottingham Green Party elected a new Executive Committee for 2017/18. The Officers are: Co-Chairs: Kirsty Jones and Liam McClellandParty Contact/Secretary/Membership Secretary: Adam McGregorElections Agents: Tim Baker and Zeb BrighamCampaigns Officer: Chandler WilsonPress Officer: Guy JonesOfficer without Portfolio: Alan Hale To contact the Executive Committee, please send an email to contact@nottingham.greenparty.org.uk, or use the […]
24 August 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Nottingham Green Party is disappointed in Councillor Toby Neal’s comments published in the Nottingham Post on 20th August. We call on the Labour run council to break with its habit of demonisation and treating beggars as a nuisance – an attitude that was seen most clearly with their infamous anti-begging posters last year. Instead, they should pursue […]
7 May 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Nottingham Green Party is proud to announce our candidates for the 2017 General Election. After a selection meeting, hustings, and ballot of our membership held last week, we have democratically selected a candidate to represent every constituency we cover. Gedling: Rebecca Connick Nottingham East: Kat Boettge Nottingham North: Kirsty Jones Nottingham South: Adam McGregor Rushcliffe: Richard Mallender Sherwood: Morris Findley We […]
21 April 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Nottingham Green Party welcomes the announcement of a general election taking place on the 8th of June 2017. We believe the country requires a radically different direction and will put our case across locally and nationally for this. Our vision is a positive and bold step in the direction of a United Kingdom which not […]
22 March 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Dispatch from Ellie Mitchell, Campaigns Officer (campaigns@nottingham.greenparty.org.uk): On 21st March outside County Hall, protesters raising awareness about the dangers of fracking prepared themselves for a long day of discussion. The application under discussion was for oil and gas company IGas to drill a 3,300 metre deep shale gas exploration well at Tinker Lane, between Blyth and […]
18 February 2017 / 24 May 2024 by bengray
Greens in Nottingham have been busy over the past couple of months. Here, members of our Executive Committee speak about a selection of campaign actions we’ve been involved in. On Saturday 7th January, Nottingham Greens were delighted to be able to support the protest against fracking in Sherwood Forest. Ellie Mitchell, Campaigns Officer for Nottingham Green […]
