Maidenhead Great Park

The vision of a new park for the community

Our Future

At our demonstration on 14 December, Phoebe aged 17 years old explained the importance of protecting nature, greenspace and trees for combating the effects of climate change. Here’s a link to Phoebe’s speech on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm0DbBjT9g0 On my 17th birthday I chose to attend COP26 and it was an experience…

Tina Quadrino’s welcome speech

At the Maidenhead Great Park demonstration on 14 December, asking our council to reject the environmentally damaging Borough Local Plan, Tina Quadrino welcomed everyone. You can watch Tina’s speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-v6cGMDHjc Thank you all for coming out again so soon after the last demonstration. The reason that we are all…

Greenwashing our Borough Local Plan

Author Michelle Carvill talked about greenwashing and our Borough Local Place at our demonstration last night. You can watch Michelle’s speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyiHZyfPumE Coming out of COP26, we’ve all heard a lot more about the term ‘greenwash’. Effectively, greenwashing is when organisations and brands make green claims, that really are…

Exploding the Housing Myth

John Hudson, former Chairman of the Berkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), explained at our demonstration last night, why our council is so desperate to develop the golf course. You can watch John’s speech here, or see his words below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kctByGQRPl4 The main reason that the…

Shreya’s speech on Woodland Ecosystems

Shreya Bhide, aged 13 years old, was one of our inspiring young speakers at last night’s demonstration You can watch Shreya’s speech by clicking on this link, or read it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrKwLB7FlEs Ecosystems are vital to our planet’s wellbeing and provide the foundations for our existence They are our existence,…

Group of people on golf course who supporting campagin

Ways to support our campaign

If you’d like to help us to stop the development of the golf course, please use your democratic voice in the following ways: Write to our MP, Theresa May to say you oppose the development of the golf course (sharkeyj@parliament.uk) https://www.tmay.co.uk/contact You could use the words in the postcard above,…