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6th May 2020 / 19th March 2024 by Dagan Smith
Stroud District Green Councillors call to save lives in the future by creating new local public health workforce to track and trace future corona outbreaks. Gloucestershire County Councillor, Rachel Smith (Green Minchinhampton), has welcomed the Government’s announcement to move quickly towards establishing a network of contact tracers for identifying all people with the Corona virus […]
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28th April 2020 / 6th May 2020 by Dagan Smith
Local Green District and County Councillors join over 100 MPs and Peers across seven parties for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in response to COVID-19. The letter to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer was published in the Financial Times on April 22, 2020. The joint statement calls for a recovery UBI […]
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23rd April 2020 / 23rd April 2020 by timdavies
The Green Party of England and Wales has released a report written by Molly Scott Cato, making the case for an approach to the corona virus pandemic which combines testing with the establishment of ‘community shields’: a network of locally-based community protection schemes. Professor Scott Cato said: “From the beginning of this crisis, our government […]
23rd February 2020 / 23rd February 2020 by timdavies
Members and non-members alike are invited to attend the first part of the Stroud District Green Party AGM this Tuesday (25th February 2020) to hear from an expert panel of speakers on the future of local climate action, including: Catherine Braun – the national perspective and the run-up to Cop 26 Claire Mellier-Wilson – new […]
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31st January 2020 / 31st January 2020 by timdavies
Environmental protections must be top of agenda after leaving EU says Green Party The Green Party is highlighting the crucial need for collaborative working with European neighbours in fighting the climate crisis now that the UK is leaving the European Union. Party Co-Leader and Green candidate for London Mayor Sian Berry said: “This is a […]
13th December 2019 / 13th December 2019 by timdavies
More people yesterday voted for The Green Party in Stroud than ever before in a General Election. Nationally our vote has risen by almost 65% from 2017. We returned Caroline Lucas to Parliament with an increased majority and we stand united ready for the fight that the next five years of Tory rule will bring. […]
It is the electoral system that is the problem Stroud is a very politically engaged community and it’s right that we feel strongly about how our community and our world are changing. What is wrong is that the current political system pits us against each other rather than supporting us in working together while respecting […]
17th November 2019 / 17th November 2019 by timdavies
If you are unsure how to vote in the upcoming General Election, or if you want to find out more about what it would mean to elected a Green MP for Stroud, The Valleys and Vale, we’ve got three upcoming events you might be interested in: Saturday 23rd November: The time is NOW: electing the […]
14th November 2019 / 14th November 2019 by timdavies
It was standing room only at the Stroud Brewery in Brimscombe on Tuesday as we invited press and public to the launch of their General Election 2019 campaign. Molly Scott Cato, Stroud Green Party and Unite to Remain candidate for Stroud said: “I’m delighted by the response we are getting on the doorsteps with many […]
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24th June 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Transition Stroud are carrying out an online survey in order to be able to advise Stroud District Council on the practical barriers people in Stroud District experience in reducing their climate impact. You can help by filling in the survey and sharing it with friends in the District.
17th June 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
One year ago, a group of cyclists led by Stroud District Green Party, cycled from Stroud to Chalford, and back to Stroud Brewery, to call for safer cycling on the A419. This year, the riders were out again, celebrating the progress of a new feasibility study into a Golden Valley Cycle Route - and highlighting the importance of continued work to make for safe cycling.
Volunteers from the community joined Stroud District Green Party for a litter pick at the top of Bisley Old Road this Monday.
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27th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Greens stormed ahead of all the established political parties in Stroud area, beating Lib Dems, Labour and Conservative to finish 2nd, with 28% of the vote, just behind the Brexit Party. The Green vote in the Stroud area was one of the highest in the whole country. Green votes increased across Gloucestershire, the South-West and […]
18th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Thanks to over 20 volunteers who gave up their Sunday!
17th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Meetings with XR, Stroud4Europe and Randwick Eco Group
15th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
County council recognises climate emergency - but now words need to translate into actions.
12th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Next week Gloucestershire County Council will debate a lib-dem motion, on a “Carbon action plan”. Greens will be amending the motion so that it includes a clear declaration of climate emergency, and solid targets to reduce carbon emissions across the whole of Gloucestershire.
6th May 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Largest gains in party history bring total number of councillors to 362. Voters sick of Brexit, and can see through Tory hypocrisy on climate change.
28th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Stroud District Green Party Elections Group Co-ordinator, Tim Davies, writes: This week’s Stroud District Green Party meeting provided a fantastic reminder that, as recognition grows of the climate emergency we face, and the urgent actions needed, that there are many different roles needed to take forward a response. We opened our meeting with a minutes […]
11th April 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Sian Berry visiting Crickley Hill this Friday
15th March 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
"Building new roads is like saying we’ll quit smoking after just one more cigarette.”
28th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
On Tuesday, the Stroud District Green Party AGM, held at Stroud Brewery, opened with a public meeting inviting a panel of Councillors, party members and experts from the community to share their big ideas to help achieve Stroud District Council’s vision to be carbon neutral in just 11 years time.
20th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green MEP for the South West, Molly Scott Cato, is one of three MEPs arrested after breaking into a Belgian military airbase to protest against its stockpiling of American B61 nuclear bombs [1]. The MEPs scaled the perimeter fence and blocked the runway, unfurling a banner which read: “Europe Free of Nuclear weapons.” The MEPs are currently being held in a local police station and being questioned. They are likely to be released later today.
13th February 2019 / 16th August 2019 by timdavies
Green Party Councillors Rachel Smith and Eva Ward presented budget amendments to address climate change and public participation.