Nick Hartley - Green Party Candidate
For information about Nick's campaign in the Byker Ward for the 2024 elections, please visit: https://newcastleupontyne.greenparty.org.uk/byker-ward/
Email Nick: nick@nclgreens.org.uk
News
#StopTheCoup
Today, along with North East for Europe, to #StopTheCoup! Green campaigners Nick Hartley and Rachel Featherstone will be speaking about why we need more democracy, not less. […]
Tay Responds To Newcastle Clean Air Proposal
The plans announced today by local authorities to deal with the #airpollution public health crisis could even risk making the problem worse, not better: Placing fees on buses is going to lead to more expensive travel for the public transport commuter, who is already facing spiralling costs, encouraging those with cars to stay behind […]
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Tay pushing the Climate Emergency back up the NCC Agenda
Last night we helped push the #ClimateEmergency back up Newcastle Council’s agenda again. Our campaigner Tay Pitman asked at the Council meeting what progress had been made since the declaration of Climate Emergency in April? At June’s meeting, Cllr Kemp said that the proposed Climate Change Convention would begin in September and that he’d “seriously […]
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Tay talks to the youth strikers
It may be the first day of the school holidays today, but Newcastle’s young people showed leaders that this is no time to be taking a break from climate action! Our campaigner Taymar Pitman spoke in solidarity at yesterday’s #YouthStrike4Climate… Campaigner Taymar Pitman supports July's #YouthStrike4Climate in Newcastle It may be the first day of […]
Green Party campaigner Tay Pitman challenges Council leader on Climate Impacts promise
After Newcastle Council declared a climate emergency, we have been asking whats next. Today, Council Leader Nick Forbes pledged that the council should reveal the climate change impact of every big decision they make. He wants every decision to be assessed against the pledge to make the city carbon neutral by 2030. Currently items sent […]
Newcastle – Car Free Day Trial
Last night our campaigner Tay Pitman questioned Newcastle City Council about progress following their #ClimateEmergency declaration back in April. She told them they needed to show “tangible evidence” that the Council’s promise to become carbon neutral by 2030 was not just hot air. Cllr Nick Kemp thanked her for a “detailed & informative” presentation and […]
Taymar Pitman challenges Newcastle Council’s Climate Emergency Progress
Today as thousands gather in London to lobby MPs to tell government #TheTimeIsNow to act to halt climate change, here in Newcastle our camapaigner Tay Pitman will question Newcastle Council’s meeting this evening about whether any progress has been made towards a new Climate Action Plan. In April they declared a Climate Emergency with a […]
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Newcastle Green Party Supports YouthStrikeForClimate
At the YouthStrike4ClimateNewcastle yesterday we heard the young people report back on their response from Newcastle Council following the youth strikers writing to ask what was now being done about the climate emergency declaration made in April, including stopping a proposed new coal mine near Throckley. Like these young folks, we are very disappointed by […]
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Our campaigner Clare Andrews talks about the cost of failing to tackle Climate Emergency
Local Green campaigner Clare Andrews spoke to #bbcpoliticsnorth this morning about the costs we’ll face – particularly our poorest – if councils fail to act swiftly to tackle the Climate Emergency to bring warmer homes, less stressful commutes, clean air & greenspace to relax and play in – all good for our health and wellbeing […]
Newcastle Action Day
Good day spent by our volunteers talking to Newcastle residents about the issues that affect their neighbourhood. Thanks to everyone we spoke to for sharing their views! You can get in touch with us anytime about issues affecting your community, or if you’d like to get involved to help improve life for everyone. Or just […]
Your Help is Needed!
Our crowdfunder has now finished ( thanks to all who donated their money to help us! ) however you can still support our campaigning setting up a regular donation via PayPal or Direct Debit here.
If you can help with our campaigning the you can volunteer here.
And finally you can help by voting Green in 2019!