sewell Ward – Jenny Knight
I am a dementia care worker, poet and litterpick organiser living in NR3. When I finished my degree in 2020 I felt lost, I had worked for 3 years for a business and events degree and suddenly my sector was locked down. I was wanted to do something that benefited society so I started working as a cleaner in a covid ward, after that I became a care worker for young adults with special educational needs. When lockdown lifted I started organising poetry events throughout Norwich, proud to take part in the rich culture of our city of writing. Today I work 3 days a week in dementia care, spending my free time gardening, cooking and assisting the Sewell Green Team with casework and organising the NR3 Litterbugs.
I have a passion for food and sustainable practices of consumption. I believe in supporting local butchers, eating seasonally and practicing garden to plate wherever possible. As we face this climate crisis we must safeguard our communities’ food security and ensure nobody goes hungry.
I believe in community, social justice and environmentalism and the only way I think we can achieve this is direct democracy and direct action. The personal is political and I am tired of the political class forgetting about the human element of their decisions. The government’s decisions have real impacts on people’s lives and it is time the voices of those underserved communities were listened to, turning insight into action
I will stand up for working people and the most vulnerable in our society who have been left behind after 14 years of austerity that the current labour government is perpetuating. It is high time our government was run by our communities for our communities, not by millionaires for billionaires.