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11th July 2024 / 11th July 2024 by charlylowndes
Greens achieved our best ever result in the July 2024 General election , doubling our vote percentage from the 2019 election. Many thanks to all who supported. Interestingly our vote share was the same as Ellie Chowns (our North Hereford neighbour), achieved in 2019 and she has now converted this to victory, becoming an MP […]
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6th September 2023 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Local Green Councillors are playing a major part in the Council’s carbon reduction plan “Destination Zero”. Around 37% of our household bin collections is food waste. This waste releases methane, when rotting in landfill, which is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide for global warming.As food price inflation shows no sign of slowing, reducing the amount […]
16th July 2023 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Through May and June 2023 around 30 swift boxes have been installed in Malvern Vale and West Malvern. Residents, who have had the boxes installed on their homes, responded to an appeal to help the declining swift population, which has reduced by around 60% across the UK in recent years. Boxes have also been placed […]
16th May 2023 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
We are delighted to report our success at the elections held on 4 May. We held on to all our district council seats with Natalie McVey and John Raine re-elected in West, Jules Wood in Upper Howsell and Martin Allen in Upton and Ripple . These were previously Green seats, though with some boundary changes. […]
24th May 2022 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
One of the commonly expressed concerns of residents is speeding traffic. Evidence shows that speeds in excess of 20mph present a danger to pedestrians and cyclists. Despite a lack of action by Worcestershire County Council and The Police, efforts continue to persuade them to introduce more 20mph zones. Several years ago, Malvern Hills Green Party […]
22nd April 2022 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Greens have been active in supporting local Ukraine refugee initiatives:
Martin Allen stormed to a significant win for the Greens in the Croome County Council elections May 2021. He has been able to champion a number of local projects and concerns over the last year including
10th February 2022 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Following a very successful ‘Helping to grow your Community‘ event on 28th November a lot has been happening. Thank you to everyone who attended and for giving us your feedback on possible projects and ideas. We now have a steering group with the YMCA, Malvern Vale Residents Group and the new Community Builder, Sue Martyr. […]
13th May 2021 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Malvern Hills Green Party is celebrating success following winning its two target seats on May 6 2021 Martin Allen won in Croome getting 54.9% % of the votes, winning over the sitting Conservative by almost 500 votes (39.72%) Natalie McVey won in Malvern Trinity getting 56 % of the votes, double the number of votes of the […]
13th November 2020 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Councillor Natalie McVey tweeted recently (@NMcGreenParty): 12 months ago we didn’t have a facility supporting the homeless & those at risk of becoming homeless in Malvern. I have seen the life transforming work delivered by this project. They now need your support to help them to continue their fantastic work. There is a crowdfunding page […]
17th May 2020 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Councillor Martin Allen has been delivering food parcels in Kempsey. He comments: ‘It’s been fantastic seeing the community pull together to help those in need.’
10th March 2020 / 1st June 2024 by charlylowndes
Cllr John Raine, Portfolio Holder for Environment on Malvern Hills District Council, said: “The Destination Zero report represents a great start to our journey to lead Malvern Hills District to becoming carbon neutral as quickly as possible. “Much will change over the next few years both with regard to policyfrom the Government and new greener technologies, […]
