We’re going to be meeting at Fairfield, which is handy for the village centre, buses and the train station if you prefer not to drive. Even better, we will very kindly have access to Ingatestone Cricket Club, as an area to gather together outside AND to be able to use their bar and toilet facilities!!

This is a social event really open for all to attend and enjoy: Green members (not necessarily from Brentwood and Chelmsford), supporters, friends and everyone’s families too. Everyone really will be very welcome.

So pack a hearty picnic, a rug and your own picnic chair if you prefer and come along for a chance to chat with friends and new colleagues in a lovely setting (with a bar!).

When: Sunday August 17 (12pm-4pm) in Ingatestone

Where: Fairfield Recreation Ground, The Limes, Ingatestone, Essex CM4 0BS… head for Ingatestone Cricket Club’s pavilion

Buses: There is an irregular 351 bus service running Brentwood <> Ingatestone <> Chelmsford on Sundays at present

Trains: There is an hourly Greater Anglia service that stops at Ingatestone on Sundays in both directions, morning and afternoon

Any queries, contact B&CGP Chair, Julian Goode: chair@brentwoodandchelmsford.greenparty.org.uk or 07785 527106

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Everyone is very welcome (from 7.30pm) – and if you’ve not been along to one of our meetings before…. then this is just the intro for you, as a relaxed social get-together to discuss various Green issues and current political topics of interest.

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

Then add to your diary – our July meeting… a Leadership Elections special!

Our summer meeting is on Wednesday July 23 in Brentwood – from 7.30pm – and everyone is invited to join us in person or online via Zoom! Hey Joe’s premises is on Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in the town centre, while members and supporters on our database are sent the Zoom link in advance too in case they are unable to join us in person on the night.

Our main focus for the evening will be the Green Party leadership elections happening this summer (with the ballots open through August), giving us all a chance to share thoughts on the candidates and the issues at stake.

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All of them are already confirmed for the Saturday June 14th action day where the Greens are putting together an epic team of 350 incredible volunteers for a day full of leafletting and campaigning.

Suffolk and Ipswich is a Green Heartland – and the aim is for the first ever Green Mayor (for Norfolk/Suffolk), the first-ever Green-led County Council (Suffolk) and a future Green Party MP for this area and more across Suffolk. 💚

This campaign event has replaced the planned Eastern Party Conference in Southend that day – so please join in if you can and be an important part of the launch of this historic campaign!

Get there for 10am for a 10:30am start.

It’s never been done before and we want you to be there on this special and historic campaign day.

Rail: The nearest station is Ipswich Station, a 20 min walk from the venue
Car: Pay and display car parking is available at Orwell Quay Car Park and on Duke Street next to the building.

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Everyone is very welcome to come along to Hey Joe’s premises on Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in the town centre, while members and supporters on our database are sent the Zoom link in advance too in case they are unable to join us in person on the night.

Our speaker is a former Brentwood Borough Council election candidate, and Kelda will be talking to us from her new base in Derbyshire about what is was like serving as a councillor up there in recent years.

The venue is not far from Brentwood station and the bus stops on the High Street. The full address is: 10 Ropers Yard, Hart Street, Brentwood CM14 4FU.

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This is an event open to everyone, whether you’re a Green Party member or supporter, or just a like-minded local worried about the environment, climate change, and all manner of political crises facing us here and abroad at the moment.

If you’ve not been to a Green meeting for a while, then you’d be very welcome to join us – April 23 (7.30pm onwards), with the Ale House handily close to Chelmsford train and bus stations: 24-26 Viaduct Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1TS.

Dates for your diary this spring

Our next monthly meeting is in May on Wednesday 28 – like the last (pictured above) at our regular venue at Hey Joe in Ropers Yard just off Crown Street in Brentwood – but also available hybrid via Zoom. We hope to have a speaker joining us that evening; and there will also be more news on what’s happening to our local government over the coming months.

There will be a Green Drinks in Chelmsford the month after on Wednesday June 25… with more dates to be confirmed for the summer onwards shortly.

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Ronnie (pictured above) is one of five candidates standing for the Chelmsford Central division of Essex County Council following the resignation of MP Marie Goldman.

She will be joined on the May 1 ballot as one of our two Brentwood and Chelmsford Green Party candidates by Edward in the Moulsham and Central ward of the City Council following the resignations of Councillors Goldman and Graham Pooley.

So if you’re a Green Party member or supporter make sure you get out and cast your vote for Ronnie and Edward on May 1.

Key dates:

• Friday 11 April (11.59pm): Deadline to register to vote
• Monday 14 April (5pm): Deadline to apply for postal vote, cancel or change existing postal vote
• Wednesday 23 April (5pm): Deadline to apply for Voter Authority Certificates
• Wednesday 23 April (5pm): Deadline to apply for a proxy vote or cancel an existing proxy vote
• Thursday 1 May (5pm): Deadline to apply for an emergency proxy
• Thursday 1 May: Polling day 

For more information please see the Chelmsford City Council website at: https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/upcoming-elections/

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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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