Get Involved

Our meetings

Swale Green Party holds regular meetings in Faversham for members and Open Discussion Meetings which anyone can join.

Please take a look at our Events Page or, for more information, please contact us.

Our Area

Swale Green Party covers the area Faversham, Sittingbourne and Sheppey and of course the nearby villages. We cover the Parliamentary Constituencies of Faversham & Mid Kent (jointly with Maidstone Green Party) and Sittingbourne & Sheppey.

We campaign on local, national and international issues and we stand candidates in local and general elections.

Join the Green Party

As a member, you can be as active as you like - from armchair and online support to standing as a candidate for election.

The time to join the Green Party is NOW, for as little as £3.33 a month, join HERE

Volunteer

Even if you don't want to make the commitment of joining us, we always welcome supporters and volunteers. Volunteers can help with our campaigning work. Could you help deliver leaflets to your street, or go out with our campaign team and speak to local residents about their concerns?

Do you have fundraising experience or web design, press, research and administrative skills?  Whatever your level of experience and however much or little time you can give, we would love to hear from you.

We also organise regular litter picks, if you would like to join, please contact rich.lehmann@swale.greenparty.org.uk 

For more information about ways you can get involved, please contact us.

Donate

Running an election campaign requires money. £500 is required just for the deposit to allow a candidate to stand. In addition, there are the costs of designing, printing and delivering leaflets and posters as well as the exciting activities we would like to run including events, videos and community projects.

Unlike other parties, the Green Party does not accept funding from big business, the finance sector or trade unions. We do this so that we can stay independent from these agendas and act in the best interests of the people. However, this does mean that we have far fewer resources than other parties and depend entirely on our members and supporters to fund all of the amazing work we do. That is why your support is so important.

If you'd like to make a donation to Swale Green Party please contact us for information on how to donate by BACS, cash or cheque: Contact coordinator@swale.greenparty.org.uk 

You do need to be registered to vote in order for us to accept your donation. If you donate more than £500 please contact us and give us your name and address. All political parties are required to run permissibility checks on donations over £500. That means that we have to check with the Electoral Commission whether the donor is a UK citizen registered to vote. Please contact coordinator@swale.greenparty.org.uk and give Tim Valentine your name and address and the details of your donation.

Thank you so much for your support!

Stand for Election

Our first local Green councillors, Tim Valentine & Alastair Gould, were elected for Boughton & Courtenay ward in the Swale Borough Council elections 2019. In 2023 Alastair Gould, Terry Thomson and Rich Lehmann all won seats on Swale Borough Council and many positive changes have been made in Swale over the last four years.

Swale Green Party councillor Rich Lehmann is also doing a fantastic job of holding the Conservative-run Kent County Council to account for cuts to socially necessary bus services, children’s centres, the voluntary sector and public health services. 

Green MP Caroline Lucas is showing what can be achieved by electing a principled, hard-working Green to Parliament. We also have Jenny Jones and Natalie Bennett in the House of Lords.  Having a Green voice in the room really can make a huge difference at local and national level, just look at our home-page to see what has been achieved in Swale!

Swale Green Party hope to win more Green seats on our local councils in the coming years. In 2023 we stood more candidates for Swale than ever before, and won our best ever result. We are now represented on Swale Borough Council and Kent County Council and we are delighted that Hannah Temple will be standing as our Green candidate for Faversham & Mid Kent in the 2024 general election!

In order to gain more seats on our local councils, we need lots of enthusiastic, committed and hard-working candidates!   If you are a Green Party member and really want to make a difference, please consider standing in future elections.

Candidates must be paid-up members of the Green Party and support its main aims and policies. We are particularly keen to encourage diversity amongst our candidates.

Sign up for regular updates from our local councillors HERE

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Promoted by T. Valentine on behalf of Swale Green Party, PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ

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