Greens in Arun are celebrating a successful set of results in Thursday’s local elections. The party now has six seats on Arun District Council, with four new councillors elected and two successfully defending their existing seats. The new councillors elected are Paul Ayling (Barnham), Anita Lawrence (Barnham), Carol Birch (Arundel & Walberton) and Melanie Penycate […]
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Le Monde interviewed Green Party Councillor for Chichester South, Sarah Sharp, regarding the local elections. Here’s what she had to say. (Translation to English courtesy of Bill Sharp, original article in French can be found here.) In Chichester, the Tory ‘blue wall’ is being fought over In the affluent south of England, the local elections […]
Chichester Area Greens have finalised the candidates standing in the upcoming elections on Thursday 4 May. A total of 13 Greens will stand across 12 wards. Cllr Sarah Sharp will defend her seat of Chichester South and joining her is candidate Tim Young, who if elected will replace Cllr Heather Barrie who is standing down. […]
Members of the Chichester and Arun Green party joined residents lining the A259 today as part of the Mayday Action Group-organised protest against the destruction of Chichester Harbour and its villages from overdevelopment and the regular release of raw sewage into the harbour, among other threats. Cllr Sarah Sharp (Green, Chichester South), cycled along the […]
Take an afternoon stroll around the Whyke area of Chichester this Saturday 18 March, 2023 and you may notice it’s a little bit tidier. That’s because Saturday morning between 10.30am and 12.30pm local residents will be out in force for a community litter pick around the Whyke area. Everyone is welcome and hot drinks and […]
Members of Chichester & Arun Green Party were delighted to hear that plans for the divisive and unpopular bypass ‘grey’ route have been put on hold by the government. Local Green activists and councillors have stood alongside residents for the past four years, as the community has been torn apart and put under enormous stress […]
Zack Polanski, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, spoke to a packed room in Arundel last Monday night, as he addressed many issues dear to local residents, such as road building and inappropriate housing developments. He also spoke passionately about the concern shared by many – and certainly judging by the […]
Zack Polanski, Deputy Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, will visit Arundel next week, demonstrating the confidence the Party has in widening its base further in the May elections. Polanski’s visit to Arun comes after the success of the Greens locally (Greens won both recent by-elections). On Monday 13 February, in a […]
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Chichester & Arun Green Party is frustrated by the lack of ambition in the local plan with regard to the climate crisis and the local environment. Local Greens point to the lack of properly adequate walking and cycling provision to prevent us from building anything but car-dependent enclaves, and to the ‘solution’ to tanker away […]
Among the Green Party councillors and members who joined the picket line at St Richard’s Hospital this week was Chichester City Councillor and retired nurse, Debbie Carter. Cllr Carter said: “It was difficult in my day. Now we have an exhausted, worn-down workforce and nurses who are not paid enough to the point that some […]
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