Our next get-together is on the evening of Wednesday March 26 starting at 7.30pm, at our regular venue of Hey Joe in Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in Brentwood – and also available hybrid via Zoom for those unable to join in person.

Everyone is welcome to come along and have their say on agenda items including the following:

• Local government reorganisation latest – and how we maintain B&CGP momentum in the elections void
• Essex CCC and Chelmsford CC by-elections announced for May – and candidates selection
• Community energy schemes
• Brentwood Borough Council proposal for a fortnightly bin collection
• Spring Budget discussion following Rachel Reeves’ announcement earlier that day
• AOB – anything else you want to raise!

The minutes from our January meeting can be downloaded as a PDF to read below:

B&CGP January meeting minutes

Upcoming diary dates for you

Our next Green Drinks of 2025 will be on Wednesday April 23 – back at The Ale House in Chelmsford again. All will be very welcome as usual!

We will have another meeting on the fourth Wednesday in May (28th), where we hope to have another speaker lined up for you.

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We’ll be meeting at The Ale House in Chelmsford for an evening of political chat and general Green updates…. looking ahead to what may be coming our way locally and nationally throughout the new year.

The venue is very close to Chelmsford train and bus stations at: 24-26 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1TS.

Do get in touch if you have any queries or questions: contact@chelmsford.greenparty.org.uk

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Our first monthly meeting of 2025 is on the evening of Wednesday January 22 (from 7.30pm), where we have a great speaker lined up: Rachel Eburne of Mid Suffolk District Council, talking to us about what it’s like to be a local councillor and a Green in the room.

That is sure to lead into discussion about the Government’s plans for reorganising local government in their English Devolution white paper – which could see May’s Essex County Council elections postponed, and all of our familiar local government bodies (like Brentwood Borough Council – offices pictured – and Chelmsford City Council) disappearing over the coming years. Come along on Wednesday, find out more and have your say!

That will take place at our regular venue, Hey Joe in Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in Brentwood – and, as usual, will also be available hybrid via Zoom for those unable to join in person.

The minutes from our November meeting and AGM can be downloaded as a PDF to read below:

B&CGP 2024 AGM and November meeting minutes

Diary dates for 2025 – and Donations info

Our first Green Drinks of the new year will be on Wednesday February 26. Details will be confirmed after next week, but it will probably be back at The Ale House in Chelmsford again. All will be very welcome to come along as usual.

We will have another meeting in March (Wednesday 26th), and a Green Drinks in April (Wednesday 23rd). More info to follow in due course, and see the B&CGP website for more details.

While we’re on the website, we’ve been asked about donating to Brentwood and Chelmsford Green Party – and if you’d like more information about how to do that on a one-off or regular basis and require our banking details, please see the Donate page on the website.

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If you’ve never been to one of our meetings before and not fancied a more formal meet-up, then try this… our final get-together of the year, with all Green members, supporters and friends welcome for a gathering from 7.30pm onwards.

We’ll be meeting at The Ale House in Chelmsford for an evening of political chat and general Green updates…. looking back on the ups and downs of the year, and what may lie ahead the other side of the festive period and New Year!

The venue is very close to Chelmsford train and bus stations at: 24-26 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1TS.

Do get in touch if you have any queries or questions beforehand, or just want to know what it’s all about. ALL are very welcome!

Looking ahead to early highlights in 2025, we will have our first monthly meeting of 2025 on the evening of Wednesday January 22, where we have a speaker lined up: Rachel Eburne of Mid Suffolk District Council, talking to us about what it’s like to be a local councillor and a Green in the room.

That will take place at our now regular venue, Hey Joe in Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in Brentwood – and, as usual, will also be available hybrid via Zoom for those unable to join in person.

There will be a first Green Drinks of the new year on Wednesday February 26 – details will be confirmed early in 2025, but it may well be back at The Ale House again. So come along this time, and you’ll be familiar for next time!

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Following the sad news of the passing of long-serving Councillor Ian Grundy, there will be two by-elections on Thursday 12 December 2024.

One is for the Stock division of Essex County Council, while the other is for the South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting ward of Chelmsford City Council.

A full list of candidates can be found on the Chelmsford City Council website at https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/upcoming-elections/.

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It’s an easy location to get to by public transport from most parts of Brentwood and Chelmsford, so hopefully lots of members and supporters will be able to come along (from 7.30pm onwards) that evening.

If you’re one of our many new members since the Election, or just not been to a meeting recently, then this will provide a relaxed introduction to your fellow Greens. We’ll chat about topical political issues locally and nationally; what happened at the recent Green Party conference, and what’s going on at Westminster are bound to come up in conversation.

You can find The Ale House at: 24-26 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1TS. Everyone is welcome !

Future dates for your diary

Our meetings for the next two months will both be taking place at Hey Joe in Brentwood (10 Ropers Yard, Hart Street, Brentwood, CM14 4FU), as well as hybrid online via Zoom.

Next month’s date is Wednesday October 23. And then the Brentwood and Chelmsford Green Party’s Annual General Meeting takes place on Wednesday November 27. Both will start at 7.30pm – and we’re hoping to have some exciting speakers lined up… so watch this space!

Also next month, Brentwood and Chelmsford Greens are playing host to this year’s AGM of Essex Green Party. You may have received an email from Essex Greens about this already, but if not it’s taking place on Saturday October 19 from 11am-3pm at: Quaker Meeting House, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2QL.

Green Party members from right across Essex will be coming along – and all from our area are welcome. So it’s a good chance to meet some new Greens.

They hope to have an excellent guest speaker, while there will be time to celebrate the recent Green election successes across the county, and plan election strategy for 2025 ahead of the Essex County Council ballot next May.

Sign up for the Essex Green Party AGM here

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Everyone is welcome to our Summer Social in Central Park, from 12 noon (Sunday, August 25th) through the afternoon, gathering somewhere near the lake and play area. Come along any time that suits you best.

Just bring some food and drink as you want; and bring along any friends and family too, including all the children. The more the merrier!

Any problems finding us on the day – drop Chair, Julian Goode a line on 07785 527106.

After this, Brentwood and Chelmsford Green Party will be back to regular monthly get-togethers; with a Green Drinks in Chelmsford (venue TBC) on Wednesday, September 25th, and a meeting in Brentwood on Wednesday, October 23rd. Be sure to put the dates in your diary.

We hope to have some interesting speakers lined up for future meetings too, so watch this space…

It’s been a busy year, but a good year to be a Green. So we hope as many Greens can join us to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company on the 25th!

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Reza, who has lived in Chelmsford and worked in the NHS for the past 20 years and did his training to become a GP in the city, said: “I can see that the NHS has been in crisis for the past 10 years. We know we now have the longest NHS outpatient waiting lists for the past 25 years.

“And we have people waiting for many hours when they attend A&E too. I have personally seen that people can wait 9-12 months to see a specialist in Chelmsford as well, after they have been referred,” added Reza, who now works in the community as a local GP at Little Waltham Surgery, and as a community dermatologist in Mid-Essex. He will be standing for Brentwood and Chelmsford Greens in the General Election on July 4.

“I am so happy that the Green Party of England and Wales wants a Fairer, Greener society. I think that people should vote Green. The Green Party is so important because we believe in preserving social health care.

“And the Green Party will be campaigning for the extra funding for the extra staff that the health care service desperately needs.”

Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay, parliamentary candidate in the new Waveney Valley constituency on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, backed up Reza’s comments by saying: “Labour is offering fantasy plans to end the NHS crisis. It wants to pay the private sector more, make existing staff work longer hours and squeeze more patients into overcrowded wards.

“Waiting for growth, won’t cut waiting lists. You can’t seriously reduce the waiting lists, or build a health service for the future, without raising the money you actually need through fairer tax, as well as tackling the profit motive.

“Greens will be unveiling our practical solutions that offer real hope and real change, support staff and invest in facilities to defend our NHS.”

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Reza Hossain has already been selected as our candidate for the Chelmsford constituency for the election following an earlier process.

We look forward to the Election finally being called, and being able to campaign for both Reza and RJ.

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