Nelson – Lucy Galvin
Lucy Galvin is a trained journalist and specialist in public engagement in nature protection. Having worked in newspapers and magazines in Devon, Hong Kong, London and Zimbabwe she settled in Norwich 28 years ago and raised a family here as well as working as media and communications manager at the Broads Authority. Alongside this, as a consultant in communications for protected areas such as national parks and nature parks, she led a number of publications and studies for the Europarc Federation in areas ranging from the Carpathian mountains in Ukraine to the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland, focussing on topics including sustainable tourism, communications and public engagement.
Currently she works for the Norfolk Coast Partnership, an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), and is a founder member of national working groups on protected landscape action on climate change and arts in the landscape. A strong believer in equality of access and the importance of urban nature, she is chair of a thriving Norwich community centre, and a founder member of community group Friends of Train Wood and Marriott’s Way.
She was drawn to the Green party by the need to take action on austerity and the climate crisis. Lucy served one term as a councillor for Wensum from 2011 to 2015 and was elected as a councillor for Nelson in 2021. She is currently the leader of the Green Group on Norwich City Council.