Sewell
20 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
What is happening to our public allotments Greens demand an end to 2-year waits for empty allotments Many residents have been keen to get allotments to help grow their own food during a cost-of-living crisis. They have reported huge waits despite many allotments seen empty and unused at sites across the city like Valpy Avenue […]
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FLYTIPPING COST TO TAXPAYER D0UBLES T0 £350K A YEAR Where is the CCTV we were promised? Norwich City Council are still failing to act on fly-tipping despite long- standing pressure from Green Party councillors to ramp up enforcement, as we see the annual cost of fly-tipping has doubled to nearly £350K. The Labour administration launched […]
The Council is lax on street cleaning Greens taking matters into their own hands We get weekly feedback from residents that our area is being neglected by our city and county councils, that street cleaning is missed and that alleyways are left to become overgrown rubbish tips that are hotspots for anti-social behaviour. We continue […]
20 November 2023 / 21 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Thank you for sharing your ideas for Angel Road School! Green councillors support consultation on future of abandoned school Norfolk Community Land Trust (norwichclt.org.uk) held a consultation event on the future of the Angel Road Junior School site on 8th July at the Rosebery Road pub. Your Green councillors were very happy to come along […]
Mile Cross
20 November 2023 / 20 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Action to improve our area Your Green Party team working hard all year round Thank you to over 100 people who signed our petition to save the Lidl on Drayton Road that so many relied on. While we did get a response from the CEO of Lidl, it was not the outcome we hoped for. […]
Climate Action Mile Cross
Local action needed to save endangered bird population Motion passed by Green councillors while Labour vote against new nest sites Norwich and Mile Cross are lucky enough to be a hot spot for the summer visiting swifts. On the Amber endangered list, there has been a 53% decline between 1995 and 2016. Their food supply is […]
Mile Cross Social Justice
We must look after our social housing legacy in Mile Cross Huge congratulations to The Common Lot for the success of “The Great Estate” which was enjoyed by approximately 4000 people and celebrated the proud history of building social housing in Norwich. It challenged all in power to tackle the current housing crisis and reminded […]
General Social Justice Uncategorised
16 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
Norwich City Council placed on list of worst landlords in the country by Housing Watchdog. Urgent overhaul demanded by Greens. The Green Party is calling for an urgent review into Norwich City Council’s management of council homes across the city after a damning report from the Housing Ombudsman found the council to be among the […]
climate thinking
14 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
A motion for the Ocean Norfolk’s wildlife, habitats and ecosystems are vitally important to us and futuregenerations, enhancing our lives, from the insects that pollinate our food crops to ourresidents’ health and wellbeing. The important economic benefits that all of Norfolk’sinterconnected waterways bring to local communities via recreational use andthrough tourism, are at risk of […]
General Uncategorised
14 November 2023 / 14 November 2023 by Norwich Green party
No dentists accepting new NHS patients as Norwich declared a dentist desert by Green Party Norwich has become an NHS dental desert as Green Party research shows that there are no longer any dentist practices accepting new NHS patients in all of Greater Norwich. According to the NHS Find a Dentist website, the closest dentist […]
Climate Action General
22 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Greens demand answers about £100k spent on Love Norwich campaign Our councillors are questioning how a £100,000 fund meant to tackle fly-tipping in Norwich has been spent, as the fly-tipping has nearly doubled in the last year in the city. Fly-tipping is on the rise in Norwich, with 6,000 incidents reported between July 2022 and […]
15 September 2023 / 15 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Is Norfolk ready for the ‘Wildfire Season’? Written in the spring of 2023, Councillor Jamie Osborne tells us about the challenges we need to be prepare for, and what the County Council needs to be doing Suffocating heat and blazing wildfires are now part of Norfolk’s summer. Is the county prepared to prevent the worst […]
Social Justice Thinking
15 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
A Green Development plan Written in the Spring of 2023, Councillor Jamie Osborne explains the a green approach to developing the local economy We might be heading towards warmer weather, but there is still a spring chill in the air that should remind us of one of the legacies of a winter in lockdown. As […]
The economic importance of protecting nature Protecting nature isn’t all about cuddling hedgehogs. Green party Councillor Jamie Osborne explains its true value Even if we stopped all greenhouse gas emissions today, the climate would still continue to warm, due to the time-lag that is inherent in the greenhouse gas effect. So, while we have to […]
No future for Gas Green Party Councillor Jamie Osborne challenges the accepted think surrounding our use and reliance on fossil fuels Sometimes you have to wonder whether political leaders who advocate getting “every cubic inch of oil and gas” out of the North Sea to provide energy security – as Jacob Rees-Mogg recently proposed – […]
An Insulation Taskforce Millions of people are living in homes that are ridiculously expensive to heat. Green councillor Jamie Osborne describes how a Green Party administration in Norwich would tackle this issue Millions simply cannot afford to heat their homes to a decent level. And that is because, with the UK having some of the […]
Ending Child Poverty Keir Starmer said “We can’t end child poverty unless we have more money to do it – and that’s not going to happen, frankly, in the first term of a Labour government.” Child poverty shouldn’t be negotiable.One in three children in Norwich are living in poverty. We need a Government that will […]
General Social Justice Wensum
5 September 2023 / 5 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Wensum Lodge Update Wensum lodge has been the home of adult education in Norfolk for over 40 years. Many thousands of residents have taken advantage of the courses on offer. It holds a special place in the hearts of Norfolk residents and is a site that has historical and cultural significance. The County Council’s decision […]
General Social Justice
28 August 2023 / 28 August 2023 by Norwich Green party
Greens demand urgent action on £2.3m temporary accommodation bill Green councillors are calling for an urgent review into Norwich City Council’s use of privately-owned temporary accommodation, after it was revealed that the council has spent £2.3m over the last 5 years to fill gaps in the lack of council-owned housing. Local authorities are required to […]
23 July 2023 / 28 August 2023 by Norwich Green party
Fight to save Norwich’s ticket office Green Party councillor, Alex Catt has launched a petition to save the ticket office at Norwich Railway Station. Councillor Catt said: “The closure of Norwich and Norfolk’s ticket offices would affect hundreds of passengers and staff across the county. Not having a ticket office would make travelling by train […]
Councillors
7 June 2023 / 7 June 2023 by Norwich Green party
Sewell – Alex Catt I moved to Norwich seven years ago, moving here to study Law at the University of East Anglia and falling in love with the city that I am now proud to call my home. Following this, I worked in hospitality management and now as a campaign organiser. I previously volunteered with […]
Candidates Councillors
7 June 2023 / 9 April 2024 by Norwich Green party
Sewell – Gary Champion Gary is a proponent of leaving a sustainable legacy for our children and working locally to build a resilient city that works for all its citizens. He has worked as a teacher for over a decade and during this time campaigned to reform education, both as a parent and as a […]
County councillors
7 June 2023 / 25 September 2023 by Norwich Green party
Nelson -Paul Neale Paul is a dedicated ward councillor, tackling the various issues that affect residents. He has wide experience outside the political arena having been in several management roles and running successful businesses. At a time when most people retire, Paul continues with the political challenges that face us all especial climate change and […]
Nelson – Julie Young I work at the University of East Anglia, where I have been based for nearly 20 years a researcher in the Centre for Research on Children and Families and lecturer in Psychology and Social Work. I have played a key role in a number of important research projects relating to vulnerable […]