Chase Ward for District Council

Malvern Hills District
Council, Chase Ward
On 7th May vote for:
Fran Victory, Jan Dyer and
John Blewitt
Chase ward includes nearly 3000 homes with over 6000 residents and your current
concerns include improving the use of Poolbrook Village Hall and The Octagon Centre;
reducing burglaries and litter; parking provision and affordable housing development; safe
routes to school; green energy; and local economic development.
As your District Councillors we would:
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Promote your interests to improve and sustain the social, economic and
environmental well-being of the district
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Plan a new Heritage Centre for Malvern to stimulate the local economy
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Encourage active community participation and promote open government
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Promote housing development sensitive to the needs of local people and the local
environment
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Support Council purchase of land for building energy efficient public housing
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Improve recycling and environmental performance
As your Green District Councillors we
would additionally promote:
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Localism and neighbourhod planning
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Sustainability and biodiversity
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Community based health provision
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High quality education and lifelong
If you would like more information about the Malvern Hills Green Party visit our
website: http://malvernhills.greenparty.org.uk/ or please contact: John Blewitt at
E: [email protected] ; T: 07547 245298
The Green Party of England and Wales promotes the policies of ecological
sustainability, a fairer more stable economy and a more equal society. The Green
Party believes in a higher standard of democracy and the accountability of politicians
to the communities they serve. The Party believes in social justice on a global level
as well as in our own country.
About Your Green Party candidates:
Fran Victory
I have lived in Malvern for nearly 30 years and our four children
were all state-educated here. I had a catering business in the
town for many years and my husband Malcolm’s business is
based in Malvern too. I am a member of the Chartered Institute
of Management, Women in Management, a qualified business
coach and mentor and a College Lecturer. I have extensive
experience of local government and previously represented the
Chase Ward as Mayor on the Town Council.
Jan Dyer
I moved to Malvern from Malawi in 1999. When living in
Hampshire for several years I was the first Green Councillor
elected to Liss Parish Council and locally I have served on
West Malvern Parish Council. After another spell of voluntary
work in Tanzania where my husband and I founded an NGO
with the remit of alleviating poverty through the creation of
sustainable employment and livelihoods, I returned to Malvern
and opened the Malvern Hills Repair Café in 2012. I have been
an active member of the Green Party since the 1970s and am
an Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental
Management and Assessment.
John Blewitt
I have lived in Malvern for five years and have been involved in
the Green movement as an educator, author and campaigner
for over twenty years. I wrote the best selling textbook
Understanding Sustainable DeveIopment, 2nd ed(Earthscan,
2014). I am Chairman of the Malvern Hills Green Party, formerly
a Friends of the Earth Co-ordinator in North Yorkshire, a
Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute, and a core
member of the think tank, Green House. I work at Aston
Business School (Aston University, Birmingham) where I am
Director of MSc Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
If you would like more information about the Malvern Hills Green Party visit our
website: http://malvernhills.greenparty.org.uk/ or please contact: John Blewitt at
E: [email protected] ; T: 07547 245298
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