25th January, Town Close, Norwich Action Day: Support Serene and turn Town Close Green 

25th January, Gipping Valley, Mid-Suffolk Gipping Valley Action Day 25th January 

25th January, New Market, West Suffolk Double or Quits: help us double up the divison to win in Exning, Newmarket & Red Lodge! – Action Network 

26th January, Acle, Broadland Norfolk Action Day in Acle! 

29th January, Acle, Broadland Norfolk Action Day in Acle! 

February

1st February, Abbey, Cambridge actionnetwork.org/events/abbey-action-day-for-county-election-2025-2/ 

1st February, St Neots, Huntingdonshire Lara’s Action Day 

2nd February, St Albans, Hertfordshire 2 Feb Green Action Day – Action Network 

8th February, Fakenham, North Norfolk 8th February action day to elect the first ever Green councillor in North Norfolk – Action Network 

14th February, Harleston, South Norfolk Action Day Harleston: Valentines Special! – Action Network 

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Help us get even more Green voices heard in 2025 and meet some brilliant people on our action days. Click on the links below for more information and to RSVP

28th December, St Neots, Huntingdonshire:  Lara’s Action Day

5th January, Blofield, Broadland Blofield and Brundall Action Day!

8th January, Broadland, Norfolk Blofield and Brundall Action Day!

10th January, Harleston, Norfolk Action Day Harleston! – Action Network

11th January, Fakenham, Norfolk 11th January action day to elect the first ever Green councillor in North Norfolk – Action Network

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Join our amazing teams in the most important places, click on the links in this diary for more information and to RSVP

16th November, East Herts, Hertford St Andrews: Door knocking to continue the phenomenal success in this area East Herts Doorknocking 16/11

16th November, Cambridge, Abbey: Door-knocking to help elect our first county councillor on Cambridgeshire County Council. Abbey action day with Eliot Tong.

23rd November, East Herts, Hertford St Andrews: More door knocking!East Herts Doorknocking 23/11

24th November, Babergh (Suffolk), Boxford: Join Suffolk County Councillor Robert Lindsay door knocking Boxford Action Day

26th November, Norwich, Mile Cross: Join our brilliant councillor Charlie Caine door-knocking as we campaign to win yet another county councillor. Mile Cross action day

30th November, East Herts, Hertford St Andrew: Join this highly organised team East Herts Doorknocking 30/11

1st December, Norwich, Town Close: Meet our amazing candidate Serene Shibli for leafleting and door knocking Help us elect Serene Shibli and turn Town Close Green! 

1st December, Billericay, Essex: Leafleting and door knocking  Sunday 1st December – Billericay Action Day! 

28th December, St Neots, Huntingdonshire: Join fantastic Lara Davenport-Ray on the doorsteps  Lara’s Action Day

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We’re still overjoyed at winning Waveney Valley in the General Election. After 14 years of having the amazing Caroline Lucas as our one MP, it’s just fantastic that this time we sent four MPs to Parliament and one of them is from the Eastern Region.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that we started working in 2019 to win big in 2024. Now we need to start planning for a General Election in 2028 so we can win big at the next one too!

Yes I can chip in

The Eastern Region Green Party needs another £15,000 this year to cover staff and campaign costs. We are confident that we can raise this to give the best possible start on our journey to elect as many County Councillors as possible and win four MPs in the East next time.

If we bridge this gap we’ll be able to employ an Eastern Campaigns Manager just at the crucial moment and target 4 seats next time!

Thank you,

Catherine Rowett

Deputy Coordinator Eastern Region Green Party

Ps: if you can’t manage a monthly payment just now a one off is really appreciated The work starts now on the East’s next Green MP’s! Make a one-off donation! (actionnetwork.org)

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• One is a part time role (21 hours per week) dedicated to supporting the Green Party in Norfolk
• The other is a full time role to support the Green Party in Suffolk.

These are critical roles to support specific campaigns, building on our solid gains in Councillors in the District Council elections in 2023 and 2024. Please see the individual job descriptions on the application page for more details specific to each job.

• Salary: £25,236 – 28,419 FTE (FTE, pro rata for part-time role)
• Closing Date: 10am, Mon 28th October 2024
• Interviews: Early November (see job description for details)

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A by-election has been called in Abbots Langley & Bedmond – part of the Three Rivers district where we have three councillors already but want to increase this. 

Our hardworking candidate, Jane Powell is campaigning to win but with polling day on 22nd August, we need your help.

If elected, Jane would join Chris Mitchell, Narinder Sian and Cheryl Stungo on Three Rivers District Council fighting for the climate action we urgently need, to protect our local environment and for equality across our district.

To win this by-election, we urgently need volunteers to help us canvass voters, telling them about Jane’s work in the local area and letting them know why they should vote Green.

We have action days on the weekends 10th/11th August and 17th/18th August but are out campaigning during the week as well so whatever time you have spare to help get Jane elected would make a big difference.

Click below to let us know when you can help and we will be in touch.

I can help this month!

We look forward to seeing you between now and 22nd August to help elect yet another Green councillor in Hertfordshire! 

All the best, 

Alex Catt, 

Field Organiser for the East of England

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With your help we did it! A first Green MP for the Eastern Region, with Adrian Ramsay having been elected in Waveney Valley. And four Green MPs in Parliament, speaking up for the environment, their Constituents and for you. And for the change we need to see.

Thank you.

This result is an incredible breakthrough for the Green Party and shows how much appetite there is for something different from the status quo. We are proud that we were offering people real change and real solutions to the crises this country, and the planet, face.

Four MPs is not our only historic victory in this election. We have reached a record national vote share too. People have voted for us everywhere right across the Region. People have embraced the chance to choose real hope and real change right across the country.  And we will continue to speak out for that change, not just in Parliament but at the Ballot Box as we now prepare to give you more chances to vote Green – this time in the County elections in 2025

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Who’s Adrian Ramsay?

Born and brought up in Norwich, Adrian went on to gain a First Class Degree in Politics and Sociology from the University of East Anglia in 2002, where he received an award for his Politics essays. He later gained a Masters’ Degree and has lectured in politics and economics.

Adrian joined the Green Party in 1998 at the age of 16 because he felt the other parties were overlooking environmental issues and were not tackling poverty and animal cruelty. He still feels strongly that the Green Party is the only party with strong and coherent policies on these issues.

As a leading Councillor in Norwich from 2003-2011, Adrian oversaw unprecedented success for the local party seeing it grow rapidly to become the largest Green councillor group in the country at the time.

Adrian was deputy leader of the party from 2008-2012 and played an integral role in the team that saw Caroline Lucas elected as the first Green MP in Brighton Pavilion in 2010.

Adrian has served as the CEO of two national environmental charities, including the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) and has worked as a senior lecturer in environmental politics and economics. He currently leads MCS Charitable Foundation which advocates for renewable energy and green homes.

In 2021, Adrian was elected as Co-Leader of the Green Party with Carla Denyer, who’s a city councillor in Bristol.

Our Ideas

A system based on inequality and exploitation is threatening the future of our planet and making the lives of many not as good as they should be. The Greens are the only political party in England and Wales committed to fixing this. And this is how we are going to do it

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They evaluated the Green, Labour, LibDem, and Conservative manifestos against forty criteria in four groups: Climate and energy, Nature and environment, Homes and transport, and Justice and democracy. The Green Party romped away with first place, scoring 39 out of 40. That’s almost twice as much as Labour, whose policies are hamstrung by their refusal to raise the taxes that are needed to fund investment in the environment and social justice.

The results are here: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/general-election-2024-manifestos-final-scores

And the evaluation criteria are here: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/manifesto-ranking-criteria-2024/

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