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: • Promote your interests to improve and sustain the social, economic and environmental well-being of the district • Plan a new Heritage Centre for Malvern to stimulate the local economy • Encourage active community participation and promote open government • Promote housing development sensitive to the needs of local people and the local environment • Support Council purchase of land for building energy efficient public housing • Improve recycling and environmental performance As your Green District Councillors we would additionally promote: • Localism and neighbourhod planning • Sustainability and biodiversity • Community based health provision • 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 Printed on FSC certified paper using vegetable inks by Aldine Print Limited, Malvern WR14 3NB. Promoted by John Blewitt on behalf of Fran Victory, Jan Dyer & John Blewitt (Malvern Hills Green Party). All at c/o 45 Madresfield Road, WR142BN.
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