Husband-and-wife team Kate Salmon and Joe Salmon were elected as Green Party Councillors for Moordown in the May 2023 BCP Council election.
Latest moordown news
- Green campaign against closure succeeds: Moordown Plus Day Centre savedFollowing a grassroots campaign supported and led by your Green ward councillors, Joe and Kate Salmon, BCP Council has abandoned its plan to close the much-loved Moordown Plus day centre. The centre provides a “gold standard” daytime facility for older people living with dementia, and is a lifeline for both service users and their carers.
- Joe and Kate Salmon sort new play equipment for Moordown RecGreen Party councillors for Moordown Joe Salmon and Kate Salmon have worked with council officers to ensure that new play equipment is installed at Moordown Recreation Ground. Last year there was another arson attack (see photo inset) on new play equipment which had previously been left uninsured by BCP Council.
- Five BCP Green councillors elected in BournemouthHere are some video, photographic and infographic highlights of the day that Kate Salmon, Joe Salmon and Alasdair Keddie became BCP Green councillors #3, #4 and #5, with two Green gains in MOORDOWN and one in QUEEN’S PARK & CHARMINSTER. This was alongside Simon Bull and Chris Rigby being safely returned in WINTON EAST with even bigger vote shares and majority percentages than last time.
- Local dog fouling: BCP Council progress on better enforcement stalls due to budget pressuresMoordown campaigner Joe Salmon said: “We’ve contacted the Council on multiple occasions about [dog fouling]. One thing they were considering was the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order. This would really help the Council be able to properly enforce preventative measures. However, action on this seems to have stalled due to budget pressures.” Conservative-run BCP Council has been forced into £35.1m of budget cuts for 2023/24 – plus the maximum Council Tax rise.
- Spate of potholes in Moordown: Kate Salmon pushes Council for proper Castle Road repairsThe winter weather has brought a sharp increase in potholes and road defects appearing in Moordown. Castle Road has been particularly badly affected. Chris Rigby, Green Councillor for the neighbouring Winton East area, successfully got the largest hole fixed in January. Yet Moordown Green Party campaigner Kate Salmon is concerned at signs that the road is in overall bad repair.
Councillor Kate Salmon
Kate Salmon has lived and worked in the local area since 2017, and started her and Joe’s family here. She is passionate about doing what she can to improve Moordown’s services, facilities and environment for the benefit of everyone.
Kate is an experienced community campaigner and organiser, with a long track record of working for social and environmental change. Her career to date has included working for a wide range of charities, and in the public sector.
Councillor Joe Salmon
Joe Salmon was born and bred in Dorset. He works in the NHS, and has a background in environmental campaigning.
He is committed to making Moordown the best place it can be and creating a safe, pleasant, family-friendly area for the benefit of everyone. Along with Kate, he is raising his family here – so local concerns are his concerns.
Contact kate Salmon
kate.salmon@bcpcouncil.gov.uk (council matters)
kate.salmon@bcp.greenparty.org.uk (Green Party matters)
07764 212765
Follow Kate Salmon on social media
Contact joe salmon
joe.salmon2@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
joe.salmon@bcp.greenparty.org.uk
07926 714549
Follow joe salmon on social media
Monthly councillor surgeries for Moordown residents
Third Sunday of each month (except August and December)
10am-11am at Moordown Community Centre
Moordown green view community newsletters
Kate Salmon has been delivering Moordown Green View community newsletters to every home in Moordown regularly since 2021. You can browse her and Joe’s activities in PDF copies of these newsletters below:
Moordown Green View – Spring 2024 | Issue 10
Moordown Green View – Summer 2023 | Issue 9
Moordown Green View – Spring 2023 (BCP Council election edition) | Issue 8
Moordown Green View – Feb/March 2023 | Issue 7
Moordown Green View – Autumn 2022 | Issue 6
Moordown Green View – Summer 2022 | Issue 5
Moordown Green View – Spring 2022 | Issue 4
Moordown Green View – Winter 2021/22 | Issue 3
Moordown Green View – Autumn 2021 | Issue 2
Moordown Green View – May 2019 | Issue 1