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Campaigning for better public transport and safer streets in Epping Forest.
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Dear <<Comms name>>,
It’s safe to say we’ve had a fairly busy few weeks, with the Epping Forest Rally for Buses and Public Transport, and the campaign to save the 250 and 251.
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Save the 250 and 251 campaign
The campaign to save the 250 and 251 bus routes has had a fair bit of attention, with a couple of items in the Epping Forest Guardian and a guest blog on the Campaign for Better Transport’s site and newsletter, which has helped gain a lot of support.
Nearly 400 people have signed our online petition, and another 2-300 signatures have been collected on paper petitions, mostly in Waltham Abbey. We hope to hand the petition to Essex County Council over the next couple of weeks, depending on the relevant councillors’ availability.
How you can help
There are several ways that you can help the campaign, including:
- Discuss the campaign with friends and neighbours
- Distribute paper petitions to local businesses, community groups, community centres etc
- Write to your county councillor
- Film a short clip for our next campaign video
There are details about all of the above, along with comments from the petition, videos and some background, on the campaign page of our website: eftag.org.uk/250251.
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Epping Forest Rally for Buses and Public Transport
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On Monday 3rd July we held a lunchtime rally in Waltham Abbey to raise the 250/251 campaign and mark the start of Catch the Bus Week. It was a small affair but we got the message out to a lot more people through promoting the rally and our videos from the event.
Lianna Epkind from Campaign for Better Transport came along to let people know about Catch the Bus Week. We think it was the only event for the week in Epping Forest but are happy to be corrected!
You can see film of Lianna and our own Dave Plummer addressing the rally on our YouTube channel.
Please subscribe to the channel while you’re there – we’ve got plenty of views but only two subscribers!
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Can you help out?
We’ve a very small team of active campaigners who take care of the website, social media, research, press releases, events, leafleting and everything else we do.
Can you join in? Whatever your skills and however much time you can donate we’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch at: info@eftag.org.uk.
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