🪧 On Sunday the 29th of January, we'll be hosting a peaceful rally, passing some of Newark’s valuable green spaces at threat. The walk will end at the YMCA Newark and Sherwood - home to the office of Newark MP, Robert Jenrick, where hundreds will be urging him to call for the Bill to be withdrawn.
You can join the rally from two meeting points:
Newark at 1 pm. Newark Library Garden, London Road Car Park. Route via Lilley & Stone to the YMCA building.
Balderton at 1.30 pm. Heron Way Car Park. Route via Balderton Lake to the YMCA building.
From 2 pm, key speeches will be delivered by Paul Wilkinson - Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s CEO and speakers from the Woodland Trust, Newark & Sherwood XR & PNGS.
Banners, placards, whistles and drums are welcome and this is a family-friendly event. PNGS aims to fill special postbags with children’s posters and artwork, whilst copies of an open letter to the MP will be available to sign on the day. The postbags will be handed into Robert Jenrick’s office as the rally finale.
With the Retained EU Law Bill going through its final stages in the House of Commons, this is a crucial moment to support. Nottinghamshire is suffering from a nature and climate emergency and the UK is currently one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. To save Britain’s wildlife, MPs must kill this bill.
Please join us to demand that our local MP calls for a withdrawal of this harmful legislation immediately 💪