Conference firsts, publicly owned trains and Young Greens campaigns – UK Green news round up week 6
Clare Bailey hosts first conference of Green Party in Northern Ireland as leader While Stormont is still at a standstill, the ongoing churn of the political calendar continues. On...
Tax reform, the backstop and Churchill’s white supremacy – UK Green news round up week 5
Scottish Greens win major budget concessions from SNP After protracted negotiations, the Scottish Government agreed a budget this week with the support of the Greens. The Greens successfully won...
Young Greens Co-Chairs Release New Years Message
2016 hasn’t been great for anyone, but young people have been hit the hardest. This year, the referendum result felt like our future was being taken away from us,...
Young Greens join the United for Education Demo
Thousands of students and academics will be taking to the streets of London on Saturday to make their voice heard about the damaging reforms being made to higher education,...
Young Greens launch Trade Union solidarity campaign
At the Green Party of England and Wales Spring Conference this weekend in Harrogate, the party’s youth and student wing re-launched their ‘Get Organised’ campaign, first launched in 2014,...
Young Greens across Europe are mobilising to fight for our future
Earlier this week, world leaders arrived in Paris for the COP21 climate talks – where the nations of the world will meet and attempt to hammer out a...
How the Young Greens are opening up a conversation about neurodiversity
For the past few months, I’ve gone through a personal process of recognising that I share certain traits with people diagnosed as autistic. I believe this means I sit...
At this crucial time for the Green Party, a strong and dynamic Young Greens is vital
Newly elected Young Greens Co-Chairs Hannah Ellen Clare and Sophie van der Ham share their vision for Young Greens in the coming year. A few weeks ago, we were elected...
Convention shows Young Greens ready to focus on intersectionality, EU campaign
This weekend, I attended the annual convention of the Young Greens of England and Wales in Nottingham. The main thing I took away from the weekend was that the Young Greens have...