A donation of £500 has been made to the County Council election fund in memory of Gerald Hartley, who died last year.
Gerald was a significant figure in SDGP’s elections successes over a number of years in the 2010s, serving as both Elections Agent and Campaign Manager, as well as standing as a candidate at District, County and Parliamentary level. He introduced EARS (Election Agents Record System) to the local party, spending many hours slaving over the computer, while also being out and about organising campaigns.
He managed the Party’s first successful County campaign, when Sarah Lunnon was elected, and worked for Sarah through her two terms of term of office as a Green County Councillor. Gerald was also a passionate campaigner against the incinerator (commissioned by the Tory County Council) and chaired the GlosVAIN campaign group.
Gerald would have loved to see more Greens elected to the County Council and Sue, his wife, hopes that this donation will go a small way towards helping to achieve that result in 2025.