Local Campaigns
28 January 2022 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Come and Plant a Tree NHIFF (North Herts Inter Faith Forum) is providing hundreds of tree saplings for you to plant in the great company of others. You will help plant a community Peace Wood on a field in Little Hadham. Whether you would like to plant a silver birch in memory of someone you've […]
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Democracy
20 January 2022 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Should They Downgrade Your Democracy? MPs are currently voting on the Elections Bill which would make you use First Past the Post whenever you vote for mayors or Policy and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales. Make Votes Matter, the national movement for Proportional Representation, is organising a rally to oppose this downgrade on the […]
Climate Emergency Members' Activities
9 January 2022 / 5 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Our Membership Officer, Deolinda Eltringham writes to her MP, Mr Bim Afolami, Conservative MP for Hitchin & Harpenden “Please vote against the Nuclear Energy (Finance) Bill” Good morning , Mr Afolami MP, I am writing to urge you to vote against the Nuclear Energy (Finance) Bill which has its final reading in the House of […]
9 January 2022 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Save the Right to Protest! The Government is trying to take away our democratic freedom to protest. Our Green Peers, Jenny Jones and Natalie Bennett, have been leading opposition in the Lords to this extremely dangerous Bill, which effectively allows the police, acting under instruction from government, the power to stop any protest. The government’s […]
Members' Activities
5 January 2022 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Veganuary as a Family Happy New Year! Have you got any resolutions for 2022? For our co-chair, Anni, it's the typical 'do more sports' and 'take more breaks'. However, as a family they are trying something new this year, they are attempting Veganuary. Here she is sharing her thoughts: Vegan fasting Veganuary is an international […]
4 January 2022 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Stop the Government’s Plans to Let Ministers Throw out Legal Rulings The Government plans to restrict the use of judicial review and thus further curtail the power of the courts to overrule decisions by ministers. One of the options under consideration, and understood to have the support of No 10, is for MPs to pass […]
31 December 2021 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
Local Recycling Opportunities after Festivities An article prepared by Deolinda Eltringham and Kruna Vukmirovic Once Christmas and New Year celebrations are behind us and clearing out and tidying-up comes to all homes, we have some suggestions to help you recycle unwanted items. Recycling real Christmas trees Sign up to the Letchworth Garden City Hospice Christmas […]
22 December 2021 / 1 June 2022 by nhandsgp
NHDC still has 2,000 trees left Plant a tree before February 2022! March 2022 update: the NHDC trees have all been taken now. However, other organisations also offer free trees for schools and communities, including the Woodland Trust.