Join us for a presentation by Richard Dyer, from Friends of the Earth, about current campaigns, work and how to get involved locally. The presentation will be followed by a discussion exploring how groups can collaborate on the issues that matter to us locally for greater impact.
All are welcome, reserve your spot on eventbrite
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The People's emergency briefing films have been screened at Gusto House Collingham, The Searson’s Head and St Peter's Cross Keys Academy in July and September 2026. they were well attended by people wanting to understand the scale of the climate emergency. The session was facilitated Newark Environment and Sustainability together ( NEST).
The audience were seeking balanced and comprehensive information which is largely absent from mainstream media. The film covered topics including weather and climate, health, economics, food and farming, energy and security. After the film the group discussed personal, community and for some, professional actions.
The film offered solutions which would address climate change and be more healthy and economically viable for us all. Whilst the film clearly describes the climate, health and ecological emergencies it challenged viewers to act and create hope in doing so.
Steff Wright, a Nottinghamshire Deputy Lieutenant and entrepreneur was there guiding the audience and hosting the event in Collingham.
The meeting closed with participants committing to personal actions and agreement that the film should be shown widely in businesses, local community groups and council and to young adults and students in Newark. If you want to put one on its easy to do with a lot of help available, start here: Emergency Briefing web site. https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
The UK drought and devastating fires in UK and Europe are a reminder that climate change is a reality. Many organisations are recommending that their members should see the film.
The National Trust supports the wider National Emergency Briefing initiative and its accompanying public film, The People's Emergency Briefing, viewing it as a valuable, non-partisan tool to foster informed community discussions about the urgent realities of climate change and nature loss.
The film has been screened more than 3500 times across the UK with more to follow and individuals and groups are campaigning to get it shown National Media.
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Saint-Gobain UK is planning to build 520 new houses on land near Middlebeck Way (south of Balderton and west of Fernwood). The proposed site is near Lowfield Lane and Staple Lane, Balderton. The project is currently in the pre-application phase. Heaton Planning Ltd Derby, acting on behalf of Saint-Gobain UK, boasts that it “provides positive outcomes on planning applications”.
Many residents of Fernwood and Balderton are already firmly against this proposed development, but will our District Council listen? After ignoring huge local opposition and pushing through the devastating development of Lowfield Lane by exerting immense pressure on councillors, NSDC is determined to continue its environmental vandalism and dump on Balderton yet again, further affecting the well-being of residents.
The existing developments at Middlebeck, Fernwood and Land East of Newark are only partially built. When complete, these three schemes alone – already approved in outline or in detail – will add more than 20,000 new residents to the area immediately surrounding Balderton. The majority of these new houses have yet to be built. The full impact on local infrastructure, open space and the natural environment has not yet been felt but the effect of the existing overdevelopment of Balderton is already extremely severe: congested roads, deteriorating air-quality, severe flooding risks, schools & health services, sewage & drainage systems all under immense strain. This represents a dangerous and unsustainable situation for local communities and their environment.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
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SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN: Sign up for a free NEST membership
Help us to spread the word, attend our campaign meetings and protests.
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Stand with us in our determination to stop this development and say:
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! NO MORE HOUSES IN BALDERTON. SAINT-GOBAIN, DROP THE PLAN!
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