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Over £21,000 secured for more street trees in Winton East10 July 2025
Winton East currently has the lowest level of tree canopy cover – high branches offering shade – of any area in our conurbation. Winton East’s Green Councillors Simon Bull and Chris Rigby have secured over £21,000, mostly Community Infrastructure funds [levied from developers], for more street trees in Winton.
More improvements secured for two Winton parks7 July 2025
Hard-working Green councillors for Winton East, Simon Bull and Chris Rigby, arranged for the fence between the upper and lower sections of Winton Library Gardens to be removed. This follows last year’s re-opening of the lower section of the Gardens after years of work by Simon and Chris. Meanwhile, a new community information board is on the way to Fampoux Gardens between Green Road and Firbank Road.
Travel Petition Response6 June 2025
BCP Council heard a petition on Tuesday signed by residents and motorists calling for changes to local transport policies. Green Party councillors have previously engaged with members of the motorists’ group and recognise the concerns behind the petition. We are determined to ensure these voices are properly considered in future policy decisions. Cllr Kate Salmon… Read more: Travel Petition Response
Demanding a safer beach21 May 2025
With summer approaching, BCP Green Party Councillor Sara Armstrong is calling for urgent improvements to beach safety, accessibility, and environmental management. Following discussions with residents and a recent litter pick, Sara has written to council leaders highlighting her concerns about disposable BBQs, inadequate facilities, and general neglect of public spaces. “During the litter pick we… Read more: Demanding a safer beach
“Never again,” says Simon Bull at 80th anniversary VE Day ceremony9 May 2025
A Beacon Lighting Ceremony took place on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, outside BCP Civic Centre. Green Councillor Simon Bull spoke: “Imagine a world without victory in Europe – a world where tyranny triumphed, where darkness endured. That world could have been ours – if not for the courage, the sacrifice, unbreakable resolve of those who stood against it. We remember them: those who fought, those who fell. Those who carried unbearable loss… They paid the price of our freedom.
Our Call to Suspend Bournemouth’s Twinning with Netanya5 May 2025
Who we twin with matters. It’s a public declaration of shared values, an expression of friendship, solidarity, and mutual respect between communities. But when those values are violated, when the foundations of human rights and international law are undermined – that friendship must be re-examined. Bournemouth’s twinning with Netanya was once seen as symbolic: two… Read more: Our Call to Suspend Bournemouth’s Twinning with Netanya
Mainstream Parties can’t stop fascism26 February 2025
I feel like I let everyone down the other weekend. At the anti-racism event, I let frustration at sharing a platform with a Labour MP overshad1ow the bigger picture. Instead of focusing on how to build an anti-fascist movement, I dwelled on Labour’s specific individual failings in isolation. This alone isn’t helpful, people like me… Read more: Mainstream Parties can’t stop fascism
BCP Council unanimously passes Green motion to support Climate & Nature Bill11 December 2024
BCP Council has unanimously passed a motion proposed by Green Councillors Kate Salmon and Chris Rigby, to publicly support the Climate & Nature Bill being put before Parliament. Proposing the motion at Full Council, Kate Salmon said: “The Climate & Nature Bill represents the most up-to-date and science-led thinking on how the UK should tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. The Bill, written by scientists and experts, was first introduced to Parliament in 2020, by former Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. At that time it was called the Climate & Ecology Bill, and it followed the declaration by the UK Government, and by councils across the country – including this one – of a Climate & Ecological Emergency.”