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See things differently
More Than Honey film screening and BeeTea
North Tyneside Friends of the Earth will be hosting a screening of the award-winning new bee film More Than Honey at their group meeting on the 29th October. More Than Honey takes an in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland,... More >
Building the Buzz at the Great North Museum: Hancock
Had a fabulous time at the Great North Museum: Hancock on Saturday. Quentin Given, campaign coordinator, and Sandra Bell, senior nature campaigner both travelled up... More >
About us
When and where?
The formation of North Tyneside Friends of the Earth was inspired by founder members Les Price and Stu Morland, who sent letters to all North Tyneside national FoE members to see if there was interest in a local group. Out of that exercise a meeting was arranged at North Shields YMCA, and the group was founded in March 2004. Since then we have grown to a paying membership of more than 40, of whom 12 to 15 are active in Friends of the Earth campaigns at a local and national level.
We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at St Paul's Church community hall in Whitley Bay at 7.30pm.
On the third Saturday of the month at the Farmers' Market Day in Tynemouth Metro station we hold a stall. From this we sell locally-packed organic food, such as cereals and beans; we also raise funds for the RSPB and the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust by selling their badges. The stall displays leaflets about the environment and we often have campaign cards or petitions to sign. A fund raising raffle is held every three or four months to fund our campaigning, some of which involves providing resources for schools, or for members of the public to join in. Outside activities include regular bird-watching sessions run by RSPB member Tim Watson.
Since our inauguration we have organised three 'Green Festivals' at Whitley Bay and Tynemouth Metro stations, which were all successful. We have been represented every year at the national FoE conference, and have been active members of Marinet, the marine information network of FoE, since it was reorganised.
Please see our campaigns section to see which areas the group are actively working on. If you would like to get involved, or wish to support our work by becoming a member, please contact us.
Our e-mail address is: [email protected], and our contact number is: 07800584546
About this group
Friends of the Earth local volunteer groups work to improve the environment locally, nationally and internationally.
We're helping to:
- Connect more people with the environment.
- Persuade politicians, businesses and others to see things differently.
Postal contact |
Carol Musgrove 20 Delaval Road WHITLEY BAY NE26 2NG |
Email contact |
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Telephone contact |
Carol Musgrove |
North Tyneside Friends of the Earth is a licenced local group of Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland.
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