Councillors endorse proposals to rent council building to foodbank to tackle rising cost of living crisis 21st April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup Greens welcome decision to grant a lease to Brighton & Hove City Mission. Work to support the city’s emergency food network has today been given a further endorsement, as councillors agreed to support the granting of a lease in a council-owned building to Brighton & Hove City Mission. Estimates quoted in a report to councillors […] Read more »
Greens welcome news of NHS plans to open Gender Identity Clinic in Sussex 21st April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup Following a joint letter from Cllrs Clare and Powell to Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, NHS England have confirmed plans to improve access to trans healthcare in Sussex. Green Councillors have today celebrated news that NHS England are intending to open a gender identity clinic in Sussex by the end of the year. It follows […] Read more »
Greens call for Rottingdean beach designation to monitor sewage pollution 20th April 2022 / 22nd April 2022 by greengroup Ahead of a protest against sewage pollution held in Worthing this weekend, Green candidate in the Rottingdean by-election Libby Darling has called for Rottingdean to get access to its own water quality monitoring. The Green Party has today called for the Environment Agency to ‘designate’ Rottingdean beach as bathing waters. At present, Rottingdean beach does […] Read more »
Greens call for better healthcare for trans people in Brighton and Hove 8th April 2022 / 20th May 2022 by greengroup A joint letter from Cllrs Clare and Powell to Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee next week calls for councillor investigation on ‘state of trans healthcare’. Green Councillors have called on the NHS in Brighton and Hove to review how it can improve healthcare for people who are trans. In a letter to April’s meeting of […] Read more » brighton and hove nhs trans
“It will improve access, air quality and tourism for Rottingdean” says Green candidate on expansion of BTN Bikeshare 4th April 2022 / 4th April 2022 by greengroup Libby Darling, the Green Party candidate in the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward, has welcomed the news that BTN bikeshare will introduce electric cycles and more hubs in 2023. The Green Party has welcomed a recent announcement that BTN Bikeshare, the city’s cycle hire scheme, looks set to expand next year. Brighton & Hove […] Read more »
Greens stand with their trans and non-binary siblings 31st March 2022 / 30th March 2022 by greengroup The Brighton and Hove Green Party is proud to stand with our trans and non-binary siblings. We will not tolerate exclusion, discrimination or gender-based violence. Councillor Steph Powell co-Chair Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture committee says: “During the pandemic transphobic abuse has increased with four in five trans people in the UK experiencing a hate crime in the previous 12 months. We owe it to our trans siblings to […] Read more »
Greens petition Southern Water to ‘stop the dump’ 28th March 2022 / 28th March 2022 by greengroup Brighton & Hove Green Party have launched a petition calling on Southern Water to stop releasing sewage into our seas and rivers Brighton & Hove Green Party have launched a new petition calling on Southern Water to commit to reducing sewage dumps into our waters to zero. Between 2010-2015, Southern Water knowingly dumped untreated sewage […] Read more »
Brighton and Hove Green Party announces Libby Darling as candidate for Rottingdean Coastal By-election 24th March 2022 / 23rd April 2022 by greengroup Brighton and Hove Green Party have announced Libby Darling as their candidate in the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward. Brighton and Hove City Council’s ruling party, have confirmed their candidate for the upcoming by-election in Rottingdean Coastal ward. It follows the announcement of Conservative Councillor Joe Miller’s resignation. Libby Darling previously stood for the […] Read more »
Letter to the government from Council leader & sanctuary on sea, calling for a compassionate asylum program 21st March 2022 / 21st March 2022 by greengroup APPROACH TO SAFE PASSAGE & ADEQUATE SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES Dear Secretaries of State, We write as Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council in conjunction with local charity Sanctuary onSea which, alongside other community groups, is committed to the welfare of refugees. Together,we are deeply concerned about the approach being taken to ensure safe passage […] Read more »
Why Hove deserves it’s own chance at pedestrian and cyclist safety 18th March 2022 / 28th May 2022 by hannahclare A recent comment at the end of an email from Bricycles struck me as really important. In a section named ‘Hove we have a problem’, they highlighted how Hove and Portslade has been increasingly left behind when it comes to ‘active travel’ (walking and cycling) improvements. As someone who gets around by cycling and as […] Read more » hove hoveandportslade
