Zane’s Law in Helsby 15 January 2025 / 17 January 2025 by Peter Goodhew Shortly before Christmas, Green councillors Chris Copeman and John Roach took the microphones at the Cheshire West and Chester council meeting, forwarding a motion to support Zane’s Law, which we’re pleased to say passed without opposition. Zane’s Law seeks to address the dangers of PCB contamination on flood-prone land, prompted by the tragic death of […] Read more »
Young greens in Chester 26 November 2024 / 4 December 2024 by Peter Goodhew The first meeting of CWAC Young Greens took place in Storyhouse Chester in September 2024. The group are looking to build their membership of young people aged 16 to 30 interested in environmental and social justice. Contact address cwacgreenparty@gmail.com Read more »
Slate of parliamentary candidates 19 October 2023 / 14 January 2025 by Peter Goodhew Our Green candidates in the general election on 4th July 2024 were; Runcorn and Helsby: Cllr Chris Copeman Mid-Cheshire: Mark Green Chester North & Neston: Nick Brown Chester South & Eddisbury: Steve Davies Ellesmere Port & Bromborough: Harry Gorman, and Tatton: Nigel Hennerley What a great list of candidates! Click on their names to read […] Read more »
Green Party Parliamentary Candidates 7 September 2023 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew Harry Gorman (above) was selected as the Green Party candidate for parliamentary elections in the new constituency of Ellesmere Port and Bromborough. Harry is currently a Green councillor in Prenton, Wirral. Cheshire East selected Nigel Hennerley to stand in Tatton, another constituency which lies partly within the boundaries of CWAC You can find out about […] Read more »
CWAC Green Party AGM 7 September 2023 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew Our local Green Party AGM was held at 19.30 on Monday 16th September 2024. Contact cwacgreenparty@gmail.com for details. Read more »
West Cheshire 2023 Local Manifesto 6 May 2023 / 28 September 2024 by annacrowder Our manifesto explains our vision for life in Cheshire and the UK. It is only two pages long (view it here) and in it we show that, although our focus as elected councillors would be on improving the lives of local people, the Green Party is not a single-issue group and we have a range […] Read more »
Whitby Hydrogen Village 21 January 2023 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew LOCAL CAMPAIGNERS WORK TO CLARIFY THE IMPACTS OF A HYDROGEN DOMESTIC HEATING TRIAL SET FOR WHITBY, ELLESMERE PORT The gas distribution company Cadent are aiming to trial domestic heating using Hydrogen gas (rather than natural gas) in around 1900 homes in Whitby, near Ellesmere Port. A final decision on the location of the trial, (Whitby […] Read more »
Recent community activity 12 December 2022 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew Our recent Green View newsletter leads with a Local “Trees for local schools” (see below) project but also highlights Steve Davies’ and Nick Brown’s work on pavement parking, rural footpaths and street lighting – all problems for residents of Christleton, Waverton and Huntington. Read more »
Paul Bowers on BBC Politics NW 21 November 2022 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew On Sunday 20th 2023 Paul appeared and answered questions on BBC Politics North-West alongside the Conservative, Labour and LibDem candidates in the Chester by-election. You can watch him here https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001fjrd Read more »
Help us stop the Public Order Bill and defend the right to protest! 3 November 2022 / 28 September 2024 by Peter Goodhew Caroline Lucas has called Suella Braverman’s Public Order Bill “a truly staggering attack on our right to protest… a blatant attack on political community – on the vital networks of people involved in keeping protest movements alive.” Among other things, it would mean that people suspected of planning protests could be electronically tagged. The Public […] Read more »