Fracking Hereford & South Herefordshire Topics
16 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Herefordshire Against Fracking are organising a protest outside Barclays in Broad Street, Hereford, on Saturday 21st from 11 until 12. They would welcome support in explaining the risk to the Wye Valley from fracking. All welcome to De Koffie Pot afterwards.
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Comment Diana Toynbee Health and NHS Herefordshire Topics
10 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
With patients being asked to stay away from Hereford A&E, and dying after hours left in corridors in Worcester, local healthcare is in crisis. Hereford hospital is too small, its management recently taken over by South Warwickshire, a move which Jesse Norman MP said in November ought to be halted while consultation took place. I […]
Bromyard North Herefordshire
9 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
Gordon Coppock will be talking about the future of electric vehicles on February 6th, 7.30pm at the Falcon Hotel in Bromyard. Tickets can be obtained from the hotel itself, or by phoning Roger Pugh on 01885 483425, or emailing bromyard@greenherefordshire.org.uk. The event is organised by North Herefordshire Green Party – all welcome.
Big Green Conversation Fair votes Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics
An innovative Hereford discussion cafe event is hosting a top campaigner with Make Votes Matter, the national fair votes alliance, on Wednesday 25th January at 7.30pm. Klina Jordan will be at De Koffie Pot to lead a discussion on different voting systems and how reform could ensure everyone’s voices are heard. Entry is free and […]
Climate change Cycling Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Rob Hattersley Topics Transport
The news that Herefordshire Council has again failed to get funding to progress a bypass should make us all stop to think. Do we want to solve our traffic problems right now, or would we prefer to suffer another 20 years in traffic jams as we wait for them to find the money? Most of […]
National and global Topics Transport
3 January 2017 by Green Party Admin
In what is quickly becoming the only punctual thing about our privatised rail system, the annual increase in rail fares came into effect yesterday. This year, prices have gone up by 2.3%. And in the last decade, fares have gone up at twice the rate of wages. This is effectively forcing people off the railways, […]
economy Health and NHS Hereford & South Herefordshire Public services
Come along for an upbeat evening workshop exploring the realities behind austerity on Wednesday 18th January at 7.30pm. This session will be presented by Charles Grimes of Positive Money, and is the first of the new year’s Politics & Ethics evenings at De Koffie Pot from our friends at Herefordshire Green Network. Every Wednesday evening […]
Herefordshire
Our new Facebook page has reached 999 likes. Help us to make 1,500 by June 2017 by looking through your friends list and inviting people you think might be interested. You can do this from the page using the button on the right. This would be a great help and will increase the audience for […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire
Suppose you were put in charge of Hereford, Herefordshire or the Marches. What would your New Year resolutions be? Refreshments including local ales and ciders, pieminister pies and scotch eggs available downstairs in De Koffie Pot cafe. For more information, phone 07858 750936, email Perry@openupuk.org This is organised by Hereford Talk Shop (and not the […]
Culture Leominster News North Herefordshire
Leominster Green Town Councillor Trish Marsh thinks Leominster can be part of the action, if Hereford wins UK City of Culture for 2021, a year when the city hosts the prestigious Three Choirs Festival. Trish is already the Town Council’s link in the Herefordshire Cultural Partnership. Hereford’s bid is the first of its kind, because […]
Bromyard North Herefordshire Transport
29 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
In the early part of the Summer, we carried out a survey, asking a cross section of the residents about traffic calming ideas in the High Street and Broad Street. They voted in favour of a 20 m.p.h. speed limit and to restrict H.G.V.s in this area. We documented the results and passed them onto […]
West Midlands
22 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
Join us and Amelia Womack at the West Midlands Green Party Conference! Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack is our special guest speaker at this year’s West Midlands Green Party Conference. Amelia was first elected as Deputy Leader in 2014 at the age of 29, and is still the youngest deputy leader of any UK […]
Hereford & South Herefordshire Herefordshire Topics Transport
Marches LEP and Herefordshire Council are pressing ahead with their scheme to build Hereford’s north-south bypass, including a new crossing of the river Wye to the west of the city. They applied to the Department for Transport for funding (c £1.9m) to help develop the Outline Business Case and the planning application. The application documents […]
Elections Leominster News North Herefordshire West Midlands
Due to the sad recent death of one of our County Councillors, there will be a by-election in Leominster in the New Year. We will be calling on as many of you as possible for help. Although we do not have scheduled local elections in Herefordshire next year, our neighbouring counties will be very busy and have been […]
At Bromyard Greens meeting on 1st February, we have invited Gordon Coppock, who has an interest in and has invested much time in various alternative energy projects, which includes producing an electric car, which he put together here in Bromyard. Some of the parts were made by a local firm. We have a Speed Festival here […]
Our next meeting is on Wednesday Jan 4th at The Falcon Hotel at 7.30. We have invited Ellie Chowns, our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) and, hopefully the next M.P. for North Herefordshire, so we can all meet her.
Thank all of those who attended our fund raising event, The Big Green Cabaret in Bromyard in September. We had six acts, all of whom performed for free, we raised £290.00 and everyone seemed to have a good time. On reflection, the event probably was a little too long, so next time, we’ll make it […]
Fracking Herefordshire National and global Topics
Opponents of shale gas in the west country are celebrating a series of recent council votes against fracking. In the past fortnight, Conservative-controlled Gloucestershire and Herefordshire County Councils have backed anti-fracking motions while Forest of Dean District and Watchet Town Councils have declared themselves Frack Free Zones. Read a full report here.
North Herefordshire parliament
We are delighted to announce that Ellie Chowns has been selected as Prospective Parliamentary candidate for North Herefordshire. Her enthusiasm, competence and expertise will stand her in good stead when the election campaign begins. The idea of a snap election seems to be receding, but we are prepared!
Chris Evans Comment North Herefordshire
Chris Evans grew up in a comfortable home in Herefordshire, but after gaining a forestry degree and joining VSO, he found himself in a harsh environment where communities struggle to survive on degraded land. His arrival in 1985 was the beginning of a lifelong association with people and farming in the mountains of Nepal where […]
North Herefordshire Penny Ellis
Peter Ellis, formerly one of our Green town councillors, came to speak to us at a recent Green Party meeting in Leominster as Penny, Chair of HIAG. Penny is Trans and very aware of the problems that can face members of minority groups. She agreed to write a short piece for Greengage. Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs) […]
North Herefordshire
Herefordshire Greens will be visiting Swan Brewery in Leominster on Saturday, 4th February 2017 from 2-4pm. This recently-established family-run brewery majors on sustainability. Experienced brewer Jimmy Swan has won green awards in the industry. We will join Leominster Allotments Society members on the tour (they use Swan’s spent hops for compost). Entry free/donation to Birmingham Childrens’ Hospital if […]
We are changing the way we keep you up to date with green news and coming events. A regular ‘e-Greengage’ email update will be sent periodically, and readers can also sign up for daily updates, when news is published on the website. The two Herefordshire constituency parties are also joining forces with one website and one Facebook page, […]
Fracking Herefordshire Topics
20 December 2016 by Green Party Admin
A dozen anti-fracking campaigners welcomed councillors attending the full Council meeting at Shire Hall on Friday (16th December), when a Motion on fracking in the County was to be considered. After a short debate, Council voted unanimously to adopt the Motion introduced by Kerne Bridge Councillor Paul Newman – “The Executive be asked to consider the […]
