22nd October 2021 / 22nd October 2021 by Susan Fenton
Two local Green Party members made an impromptu visual statement by taping their mouths shut to show their sadness at the forced winding-up of incinerator campaign group Community R4C. Cllr Adrian Oldman and party activist Alan Mossman (left and right in picture) stuck masking tape over their mouths while visiting Stroud town centre, as a […]
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21st October 2021 / 27th October 2021 by Susan Fenton
Stroud residents of all political persuasions will be joining a Vigil for the Planet on Saturday November 6 to mark the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice. The event, from 12 noon until 12.30 on the corner of High Street and Kendrick Street, can be joined by anyone who is concerned about the lack […]
4th October 2021 / 27th October 2021 by Susan Fenton
Just a week after the long-delayed auditor’s report into the Javelin Park incinerator was finally presented to Gloucestershire County Council’s audit committee, the council is continuing with legal action to forcibly close down Community R4C, the Community Benefit Company that has brought the incinerator contract procurement irregularities to light. There will be an online hearing […]
28th September 2021 / 29th September 2021 by Susan Fenton
After the long-delayed auditor’s report into the Javelin Park incinerator failed to establish that the incinerator was lawfully procured, Stroud District Green Party is calling for an end to the “culture of secrecy” around major contracts, and for lessons to be learnt from record-keeping and transparency failures in this case. In the report, presented today […]
22nd September 2021 / 29th September 2021 by Susan Fenton
Have you heard about the climate change conference, COP26, and would like to learn more about what it’s for and why it matters? Three expert speakers will explain at a free online public meeting on Wednesday October 13. The meeting – from 7.30pm-9pm – is open to everyone and there will be opportunities to ask […]
22nd September 2021 / 22nd September 2021 by Susan Fenton
There’s good news following the protest, which a Green councillor helped to organise, about the proposed closure of Uley village dispensary and surgery. Cam and Uley Family Practice has now withdrawn its application to move the dispensary to Cam, and will not be applying to the Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group to close the surgery, the […]
21st September 2021 / 22nd September 2021 by Susan Fenton
Responses to a survey asking local people for their views on the First Past the Post voting system showed that there is overwhelming support for electoral reform. Green member Alan Mossman and Green town councillor Adrian Oldman were among activists from campaign group Make Votes Matter (MVM), who held a stall at the Painswick Feast […]
14th September 2021 / 22nd September 2021 by Susan Fenton
Following the co-option of a Green to fill a vacancy on Stroud Town Council, the Green Party now has 13 councillors on both the Town Council and Stroud District Council. Adrian Oldman was co-opted at the full Town Council meeting (oddly enough, held on September 13th) to fill a vacancy in the Farmhill & Paganhill […]
13th September 2021 / 22nd September 2021 by Susan Fenton
Stroud residents who are members or pensioners of local authority pension funds have joined calls for fund managers to divest urgently from investments in fossil fuels. This follows a recent protest in Bristol outside the offices of the Brunel Pension Partnership (BPP), which manages funds for Gloucestershire County Council and nine other authorities. Campaigners from […]
“Honest, old-fashioned, grass-roots action” was how Green district councillor Martin Pearcy described Saturday’s vigil to protest against the planned closure of the Cam and Uley Family Practice’s Uley site. “It was very pleasing to see such a good turn-out, and I really enjoyed the grass-roots feel of it, talking directly to people on the street,” […]
