The Wombles are back and are joining forces with Keep Britain Tidy to launch this years Great British Spring Clean 2020. They are also launching a campaign very close to our hearts, encouraging people to adopt positive Womble-style behaviour, from recycling to reusing and refurbishing old items rather than sending them to landfill. Last year, […]
Tag: Newcastle West
Make and Mend Market
We held our Make and Mend Market in Denton Burn Community Centre on Saturday 30th November. It was a very fun and friendly day with supporters and stalls selling home-made gifts, and delicious jams and sauces from the local Scotswood community garden. We made beeswax wrapping, learnt about how to make compost with a wormery, […]
Fly-tipping – a symptom of our economic model
Nick was out for a nice run along the river when he came across a load of fly-tipped items. According to DEFRA ( Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ) Newcastle suffered 9931 incidents of fly-tipping in 2018/19. It is reported that clean-up costs for the North East are around 1 to 2 million […]
Pavements for People
Tay and her team are listening to complaints about parked vehicles crowding streets and footpaths. Residents in and around Benwell Hill Road, Dissington Place, Silloth Avenue, Stocksfield Avenue, Whittington Grove, Ovington Grove and Cedar Road responding to our surveys tell us they are experiencing high levels of street parking causing difficulties when crossing the road […]
Elswick Pool re-opened
Not only has Green campaigner Tay Pitman been holding the council to account on climate change and air pollution this past week (and run the Great North Run), she’s also been working hard to get Elswick Pool re-opened today Almost four years ago, the pool was closed by the City Council. Tay, along with other […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tay and friends, cleaning up West Fenham
Green Party litter pickers out in Fenham yesterday for a couple of hours. We focused on two areas with children’s playgrounds and playing fields. Six bags filled and then we sorted the recyclable from non -recyclable items. Next Litter Pick Sunday August 25th. If you are on Facebook then let us know or get in […]
Tackling supermarket plastic
Making a point -Tay and a Green Party supporter from Elswick, outside Asda in Mill Lane yesterday morning, with plastic packaging to return to Asda. The store manager was very helpful and took the plastic, but they pointed out a lot more needs doing to reduce the use of plastic in the first place. According […]
Solidarity with Defend Dewley Hill Campaign
We were out with the Dewley Hill campaigners on Friday evening. A lovely walk (if rather wet and soggy towards the end!) through lots of arable land which will be lost for ever if this opencast mine is allowed to go ahead. We need food not coal! Dewley Hill campaigners have a brilliant banner – […]