When and where?

We meet on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.15 pm at the United Reformed Church, Chapel St, Nuneaton town centre(opposite the Council House and next to the Ropewalk shopping centre).and on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the Crown Inn, Bond Street, Nuneaton from 8pm. We always have lively discussions on a wide variety of environmental issues - everyone is always welcome !

About this group

Nuneaton & District Friends of the Earth was formed in 1991. It exists to serve the communities of Nuneaton & Bedworth, North Warwickshire and Hinckley & Bosworth boroughs.

We provide local people with the latest information on the widest range of regional, national and worldwide environmental issues. We also exist to help local people have their say about local environmental needs, drawing upon the national resources of the organisation to provide authoritative solutions to local problems. We have close links with other Friends of the Earth groups throughout the Midlands.

If you live in the area and are interested in environmental matters you should be a member of Nuneaton Friends of the Earth! We are a very active group but need more members so that we can campaign on a wider range of issues.

Never has it been so important to campaign. The local green spaces are under threat of further development. Our air is being polluted from increasing traffic levels. Local Public transport is poor compared to other towns. Big supermarkets are causing our local shops and farms to close. Our food is sourced from far away. It may be genetically modified and contain dangerous chemicals.

The group is making real progress on influencing the powers that control our lives. We are looking to recruit more members as the more active members that we have, the greater the pressure that we can exert. We are well known at all levels to local politicians.

We have been leading on the fight against the soil decontamination plant at the Judkins site. We considered the plant to be the wrong size, wrong technology and at the wrong location. We now need to work with others who are bringing forward better plans for the area.
We look at local planning applications and comment when appropriate.

We also need to improve local transport, particularly the high bus fares, which deter people from using public transport. We will continue to work with the Rail users group to fight for improved train services. Better co-ordination between the different transport authorities is needed. We also want improved cycle routes around the town and between the neighbouring towns.

We have actively campaigned on climate change and renewable energy, taking part in national days of action on these issues in 2008.

After much campaigning, plastic and cardboard recycling collections were added to the doorstep collections in Nuneaton and Bedworth borough in April 2008. We are continuing to campaign to have better recycling available to schools and businesses.

We have spoken at the Warwickshire County Council against their plans for a new, larger incinerator in Coventry with PFI funding. A bigger incinerator in Coventry will undermine recycling in the whole region.

We have had stalls at Nuneaton market and Bedworth Horticultural show, as well as joining with the other Warwickshire groups at the Godiva Festival in Coventry and the Leamington Peace Festival. We also have frequent displays in our local libraries from material that we have supplied.