2019

Thank you to all ClimateYouChange members and volunteers who helped to plant the apple orchard at Eastbrookend Country Park in the East London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.   We really appreciate Jerome Scorer, community ranger for Barking and Dagenham Council, giving us this opportunity to contribute to the 64-tree orchard he has been creating, with a tree planting event laid on for our group.   It was a fantastic opportunity to have hands on tree planting experience!   G

PUBLISHED: 17:00 25 November 2019 Jon King, Barking and Dagenham Post    Volunteers and park rangers will be creating a community orchard at Eastbrookend. L-R: Volunteers Hanan Elghezaoui, Janet Vickers and Eva Mbabazi. Picture: Celia Wain-Heapy   Volunteers have invited people to join them in planting a community orchard as part of their bid to tackle climate change.   Members of grassroots organisation ClimateYouChange and park rangers at Eastbrookend Country Park will be d

In November of 2019, we were invited by Newham Council to attend a planning meeting as part of their Democracy and Participation Commission, an independent body providing independent expert advice.   The Democracy Commission was established by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz, a fter her 2018 election manifesto promised to include the community in decision-making.   The planning meeting to provide support to Newham’s Democracy Commission was led by the Democratic Society, an organisation