Introduction: A Wake Up Call……………………………………………….1

Our Ethos…………………………….……………………………………………….2

Transport…………………………….……………………………………………….3Environment……………………….……………………………………………….4Services……………………………….………………………………………………5Housing……………………………………………………………………………….6Safety…………………………………..……………….….……………………..….7Local Economy……………………..……………………………………..…..….8

Our Candidates……………………………………………………………………9

On the 6th May 2021, we head to the polls to elect our representatives for the next four years. We are in the midst of a pandemic and are facing an economic crisis, so it is now more important than ever that we have strong leaders and creative thinking. Years of local budget cuts have starved our essential services so now when we need them most, they are struggling to support us. Despite the hardship and loss which we have all faced this year, its important that we grab this opportunity to transform our communities, build resilience and empower local people.

Chesterfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire Green Party is setting out a bold plan for change. We have produced a road map to revive our communities, protect our green spaces and build for the future. We must reject business as usual and elect green representatives who will start building communities for us all.

We hope that you will join us and together we can make a future to be proud of.

Darren Yates,

Derbyshire Green Party Coordinator

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As local representatives we value your thoughts and opinions. We all

share a passion for our communities and want to make them better

places. We don’t believe in dictating how our towns and villages are run

but instead are focused on helping you to shape the places we all live.

We value the voices of everyone in our community and are determined to

represent you properly. The Green Party is the only political party not to

run a ‘whipping system’, which means local representatives are free to

speak up for local people and won’t just spout the party line.

Communicating with residents properly and honestly is a core value of

Green candidates. We aim to be open with local residents about the

issues affecting them and will always be transparent about our views and

procedures. Local politics should be open to local people.

Far too often are we made to feel like local politics is an alien concept out

of our control and too difficult to change. We are determined to change

that. Greens are passionate about including communities in decision

making processes and encouraging local engagement.

Local transport should be…well, local! We know our area better than anyone else and we should have a say in how we get around. Public transport no longer represents us; the timetables clash, important routes are skipped and services run late. Local transport should be in the hands of local people.

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Identify local congestion hot

spots and look at measures

to ease traffic queues, cut

both travel times and

pollution, and make our

roads safer.Promote better regulation

of bus fares and routes;

working with bus

companies and other local

authorities to implement

more integrated tickets.

Investigate the feasibility of

opening up new rail routes

and railway stations to ease

congestion on roads.

Work with cyclists, motorists

and public transport users,

along with others, to ensure

they are able to influence

policy, highways and public

realm projects. Increase

investment in attractive and

safe routes for walking and

cycling.

The environment is one of our passions, but that doesn’t mean its all we stand for. We want our environment to flourish so we can harness its energy and transform our community. Our area should have a strong local food production, beautiful green spaces and thriving habitats.

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Not only do we want to

promote the reduction of

waste across the county

and encourage re-use and

recycling, we are committed

to transforming the existing

systems so that nothing is

wasted.

A commitment to significantly

increase tree planting and stop

badger culling on all Council

land. Providing support for

charities, community groups

and farmers to plant trees,

rewild and restore local areas.

We will work hard to divest

public money from

environmentally harmful and

financially unsound

investments.

We will introduce

meaningful Climate

Emergency motions which

work with local communities

across the county in order to

achieve carbon neutrality by

2030.

Public services should be there to support us all when we need them most. The key areas of Social Care and Education should be properly resourced to provide the safety net we all require.

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Support teachers, parents,

school children and

students of all age groups to

create an education system

that inspires children to be

their best and increase their

exposure to nature, theatre,

music and sports.

Focus on better care which

caters to individual needs.

We will oversee the

introduction of adequate

funding for dementia care,

mental health and disability

support.

Young people need their

spaces to be creative, have

fun and be themselves. We

will fund and restore youth

services, especially those

which assist children with

special educational needs.

Oppose the increase in

privatisation of care services

and stand up for the care

workers who have proved

themselves to be our real

heroes over the last 12

months.

Inappropriate developments have irreversibly changed the natural landscape of our county. We are committed to providing high quality, future proof homes to local people without destroying our precious green spaces.

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Far too often homes are

built on unsuitable land and

poorly designed leaving

them vulnerable to flooding.

Rather than building flood

defences ever higher, we

will start to build appropriate

and smart housing.

Homes should be built to

keep you warm without

costing the earth. We are

committed to improving

home insulation and making

renewable energy

accessible to all.

Many of our communities

have limited green space

and we want to ensure

these are protected from

inappropriate development

so that we can all to enjoy

nature.

We are committed to

connecting our communities

responsibly. That means

improving local transport links

so that we can easily and

reasonably move around our

county.

Everyone has the right to feel safe - on the street, in their home or online. Simple things like more police on the beat and enforceable laws against malicious trolling can make a huge difference. However, not all crime can be tackled by being tough. Punishment for its own sake is ineffective. It might make us feel better, but it doesn’t change very much.

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Defend the right of people

of all backgrounds – to

express their faith, whether

that be clothing, food or

reasonable accommodation

of religious observance.

Investment in youth services

and centres helps turn at-risk

children away from crime. All

the evidence shows the cuts

in youth services have

increased crime, especially

knife crime.

Confront racism,

antisemitism and prejudice,

including from an early age

through a broader,

decolonialised curriculum in

schools, focused on

histories and role models

from a diverse range of

backgrounds.

We will work with local

communities to identify

concerns regarding and

measures to reduce crime and

anti-social behaviour. Localised

solutions are far more effective

at understanding and

preventing crime.

Derbyshire Pension Fund has £146 million invested in

fossil fuels. Not only are they environmentally harmful

but financially unsound resulting in £65 million in

losses since 2017.

As we come out of the crisis caused by the pandemic, business as usual is not an option and the Green Party believes the best way to protect jobs is to work with local small and medium sized businesses and invest in their future.

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The pandemic can be used

as a spring board for a

brighter future. Only the

Green Party will create new

jobs in improved public

transport, renewable energy

and in sustainable

development.

We will promote Derbyshire

and highlight all that makes

our county great. It will be

easy to show Derbyshire as

fantastic place to live, work

and start a business

because…it is!

Use the council’s spending

power, whenever possible,

to support local business

and avoid spending local

public money with private

multi-nationals.

Green councillors will

encourage innovative

apprenticeship schemes

and will push the Council

to take the lead as major

employer in the county.

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Alongside studying, Frank has been

fighting hard to make a change for his

community.

As a parish councillor, Frank has

created a plan to plant over 700 trees,

introduced the councils first ever

climate policy and has achieved much

more for his community.

Frank was the youngest candidate,

aged 21, when he represented North

East Derbyshire in 2019 general

election.

Having lived in the area all his life

Darren is committed to seeing the

local community build back better

and greener from the recent

pandemic.

Darren works hard for our area as a

local campaigner, co-ordinator and

member of Chesterfield Borough

Council Climate Change Working

Group.

Promoted by Frank Adlington-Stringer of 2 Court Cottages, S42 6QY on behalf of the Green Party, The Biscuit Factory A Block (201),100 Clements Rd, London SE164DG. Printed by Leafletfrog of 38 Britannia Way, Bolton, BL2 2HH