Welcome to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East
We call upon people in the North East - from Tees to Tweed - to join us in demanding that our government, and indeed the governments of the world, should act to alleviate poverty for the world's poorer countries by:
- Trade justice
- Dropping the debt
- Providing more and better aid
- Curbing climate change
- Promoting Fairtrade
See review of 2008 relating to these five areas.
Latest planned events and activities
The events listed below are organised by us, or by groups or individuals affiliated to us who have asked for their event to be included in this listing.
Wind Farms in North Northumberland
On 27th May, Dr David Golding CBE, Development Coordinator of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East, and Chair of PANiC Stations, gave evidence at the Public Enquiry into the application to build a number of wind farms in North Northumberland.
Read it here.
Vote with your feet to stop climate chaos
London, 5 December ‘09
Organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition
This will be a massive event and we are planing to take several coachloads of people from the North East to join in this event prior to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen this December. For details of the event see here - but watch this space for the details of how you can book your place on one of our hired coaches. So - please put the date in your diary now.
Great news....
Cadbury Dairy Milk is to go Fairtrade this summer. Hurrah!! Just shows what campaigning can do.
See news story here.
More great news. As from March 2009....
North Tyneside is officially a 'Fairtrade borough'. Several strong supporters of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East were on the Steering Group, including John Fleet, the North Tyneside's Town Centre Manager; Alastair Menzies, a Director with Divine Chocolate; and David Golding, development co-ordinator of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East.
See details here.
Up and coming Christian Aid events
Christian Aid have a number of events coming up soon in the North East. Details here.
Click here for a full list of current, future and past events.
Occasional papers / articles for thought and debate
Environmentalism and spirituality - added April 2009
A paper by Peter Sagar
Carbon Fast - Carbon Diet - added March 2009
A paper by David Golding
Climate Change - A brief outline of the strength of the scientific consensus - added March 2009
A paper by David Golding
Is Environmental Concern 'A New Morality'? - added March 2009
A paper by David Golding
The Real Global Warming Swindle - added July 2007. This is a continuation from the article in the Climate Change Special Edition newsletter 2007. By David Golding
Carbon Offsetting - added May 2007
A paper by David Golding
I count - added May 2007
A personal look at his own carbon offsetting by David Golding
Is the Trade Justice Movement politically biased?
Written by Dr David Golding, November 2006.
Honorary Degrees Acceptance Speech by Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
The speech that he made during the honorary degree ceremony of Newcastle University in January 2007 ends....
" I say to this great audience today, at this historic ceremony that we will remember for years to come: 'Have confidence and have faith. Hold fast to the belief that it can and will be said of our generation that we built a movement on ethical foundations that had the vision, had the courage and had the moral strength and the greatness to do the right thing; that we will continue to work unflinchingly and unfailingly to build justice in our time and indeed to Make Poverty History' ".
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East in the press....
And a letter from Downing Street, July 2006. In this letter the prime minister encourages campaigners to "...keep up the pressure...". We agree as, although there has been progress, there is still plenty to achieve to Make Poverty History.
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East has the following aims and objectives:
- To continue to promote the aims of the national MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign of 2005, with its emphasis on 'Trade Justice, Drop the Debt and More and Better Aid', in accordance with the manifesto of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.
- To promote urgent action to curb climate change, given that "The impacts of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor....within all countries". (Third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
- To promote Fairtrade, and support the wider work of relief and development NGOs (non-government organisations).
- To support all those in the Tees-to-Tweed region seeking to promote the above aims.
- To work with other organisations having similar aims, and network with groups in other areas.
- To encourage other areas in the country to set up local groups to promote economic justice.
The full constitution of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East can be found here.
