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Our Hanwell Broadway Candidates
Our two new Green Party Candidates for Hanwell Broadway are Clare Welsby and Andrew Walkley. You most likely have seen them many times when they have been knocking on doors, listening to what you feel are the important issues for you, delivering our leaflets; and campaigning on local issues.
Green Councillors in Hanwell Broadway?
In Hanwell Broadway ward in recent elections, most voters have chosen between Labour and the Green Party. At the last local elections, the Green party came second, with nearly as many votes as the Conservatives and LibDems combined, they came a distant third and fourth respectively.
This means the Green Party can win in Ealing, there is no risk of anyone else winning, and a vote for the Conservatives or LibDems will not influence the election outcome.
On the doorstep we’ve been hearing of disappointment with Labour over local issues like their original plan for Warren Farm, closures of Children’s Centres and Libraries, and invisible councillors, plus anger and disillusion over national issues including cuts to disability benefits, the two child benefit cap, backsliding on climate change and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Newsletter issues
CHILDREN’S CENTRE CLOSURES
Ealing Council are proposing cuts to the local offer for families of young children. Children’s Centres were introduced as part of SureStart, a programme the last Labour government were rightly proud of, lifting children out of poverty.
Some parts of the borough will be losing most of their children’s centres, adding pressure to the remaining ones.
You can read more about our Children’s Centre campaign here
NEWSLETTER LINKS
The following organisations were mentioned in the Newsletter. Apart from volunteering with them, we are not directly associated with them and provide the links here for information.
LAGER Can – The Litter Action Group for Ealing Residents
CURB – Clean Up the River Brent
West Ealing Neighbours – Blogpost on community safety
Met Engage – a portal to Metropolitan Police Safer Neighbourhood Teams
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Join the Green Party!
If you share our values please join the Green Party, the standard membership rate is £5 a month and there are concessionary rates. Every penny is spent electing Green Party councillors and MPs, and delivering our shared Green values.
Come to our Action Days
If you aren’t ready to join but have time to help us campaign, if you have two hours to spare on our Action Days, please come along and help deliver our message and listen to residents about the issues that concern them. Our Action Day schedule is published on our home page and it’s a great way to meet like minded friends. Please contact us if you can help.
Delivering Leaflets
If you can’t make the Action Days, but can spare a couple of hours throughout a month, you can still have a big impact by delivering leaflets at a time that suits you. Contact us to find out more.
Donate towards our campaigning
If you can’t spare time, but would like to make a donation towards our running costs, please see our donation page.
Display a Green Party poster
And one more way you can spread the message is to display a Green Party poster in your window. It reminds neighbours that there are Green Party supporters all over Ealing and may spark up a conversation about shared local concerns.