Following last years highly succesful festival there will again be a feast of enviromentally friendly events taking place in various venues across Lancaster in the first week of October.
See: www.oneplanetfestival.com for further info.
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News for 2009More Mental Health Consultation
Green Cllr Chris Coates (pictured) said: “The NHS prefers Option 3, but concentrating more services on Ashton Road could make it easier for them to develop Royal Albert fields later on. I will push for Option 1, and I urge residents to do the same.” For more info, see: http://www.lancashirecare.nhs.uk/consultations.php . The deadline for responses is 21 Sept. A consultation event will take place at the Trust’s Lancaster HQ (Moor Lane Mill) on Monday 7th Sept, 6-8pm. Ashton Road to get safer
The County Council is consulting residents on a £20,000 Local Safety Scheme for Ashton Road, including pedestrian refuges by Bridge Road and Pointer Court, the relocation and upgrade of bus facilities, and cycle lane markings near Thornfield. Residents of Ashton Road should have received a copy of the plans. Greens Come Second in County Vote
Local Organic Farmer Alan Schofield pushed the Labour Party into third place in the Wyreside County Division at the recent June elections for Lancashire County Council. Alan, who runs the Growing with Nature Organic farm at Pilling with his wife Debra, got 1147 votes nearly double the vote for the Labour party candidate. The seat was retained by the sitting Conservative Councillor. Alan Said ” We are very encouraged by the result. This is the first time people in this area have had a chance to vote Green at local elections.” Greens Vow to Oppose BNP
New Green Councillor for Lancaster East Sam Riches addressed the crowds who had gathered outside County Hall in Preston to protest as Sharon Wilkinson of the British National Party arrived for the first meeting of the new County Council. Cllr Riches said ” We will make sure that the BNP knows that there is opposition to thier ideas whenever they try to put them forward inside County Hall.” For further info on oposition to the BNP see the Stop The BNP website or for local info see Lancaster Unity. Greens Win 2 County Seats + Byelection
The Green Party held Lancaster Central and gained Lancaster East in the Elections for Lancashire County Council on June 4th – congratulations to Chris Coates and Sam Riches and their teams! There was also a Lancaster City Council by-election in our strongest Green ward (Castle) as Catriona Stamp stepped down after a 6 year stint on the Council – Melanie Forrest won it by a long way and joins the 11 other Greens on the City Council for the next 2 years – congratulations Melanie, and thanks to Catriona for all her work over the last few years. (more…) Feelbad Britain
Pat Devine (political economist at Manchester University) will be giving a talk about the book he has just co-edited called Feelbad Britain: How to Make it Better and about a democratic left approach to tackling the current financial and economic crisis. Gregson Centre Moor Lane Lancaster 7.30 Mon 22 June Allowances & Expenses Made Public
In the name of transparency and accountability, County Councillor Chris Coates has published the amount of money that he has received from the County Council. Cllr Coates received £8,040.18 last year, compared to the average claim of £14,582.07 for County Councillors. He explained, “I get the basic allowance which each County Councillor receives. This is essentially a part-time wage to cover the time I spend at meetings and on sorting out problems for local residents, which takes up about three days each week. The only expenses I claim are the occasional train fare for meetings not held at County Hall; these amount to only £44.13 in total over four years.” (more…) Elections June 4th
Elections for Lancashire County Council and the European Parliament take place on Thursday June 4th. For information on the Green Party campaign in the North West see: http://northwest.greenparty.org.uk or http://petercranie.blogspot.com St Georges Day Celebrations
A crowd of over 100 local residents and school children from Dallas Road & Loyne schools saw the Mayor of Lancaster, Cllr Keith Budden, open the new flood defences on St Georges Quay. Green County Cllr Chris Coates, who was part of the team that organised the celebrations, said “We thought it was so obvious to mark the Quay being open on St George’s Day with a bit of a mini festival that hopefully got a few more folk down to this wonderful part of the City.”
Following a few words from the Mayor the crowds followed St George and his Dragon in a short procession along the Quayside pathway along to Lancaster Maritime Museum where the Mayor gave a toast to England and St George with a cup of English tea. In the evening on April 23rd 20 people heard a talk in the Maritime museum by Dr Sam Riches entitled “An English Saint for English People? – The reinvention of St George.” At the weekend there were further activities all along the Quay with Morris dancers, a brass band, family craft workshops at the Museum and folk music in the Three Mariners and Wagon and Horses pubs. |
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Royal Albert Fields are no longer the NHS’s stated preferred site for a mental health hospital – but many residents suspect that they still intend to pursue this site ‘by the back door’. Lancashire Care NHS Trust is currently consulting the public on 3 options:
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