Best Practice
Here are some examples of work produced by local groups. Work is divided into four categories:
- Resources and information
- Surveys and reports
- Promotional material (adverts, leaflets, etc.)
- Campaign activities and events
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Resources and Information
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Title: | Video made against the M6 widening |
| Group: | GAME (Group Against Motorway Expansion) | |
| Description: | Students at Stafford College produced this video for GAME about some of the issues regarding M6 widening. | |
| Funded by: | ? | |
| Cost: | ? | |
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Title: | Leaflet against more M1 widening, offering alternative solutions and ideas for action |
| Group: | No Widening M1 | |
| Description: | No Widening M1 produced this generic leaflet to use on stalls, at meetings, and for distributing locally. | |
| Funded by: | ? | |
| Cost: | £?
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Campaign Poster |
| Group: | Bristol Friends of the Earth | |
| Description: | Poster promoting the campaign | |
| Funded by: | ? | |
| Cost: | FOE
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Postcard to Transport Minister |
| Group: | No Widening M1 | |
| Description: | No Widening M1 produced this postcard so that supporters could register their opposition to the M1 widening to the Transport Minister. | |
| Funded by: | ? | |
| Cost: | £?
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Title: | Information about Alternatives |
| Group: | Heysham M6 Link | |
| Description: | The local group website provides extensive information about alternatives to the proposed road scheme. | |
| Funded by: | - | |
| Cost: | £-
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Surveys and Reports
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Submission to Highways Agency option review of M6 Expansion |
| Group: | Group Against Motorway Expansion | |
| Description: |
Despite 98% of 9000 respondents objecting to expansion of the M6 between Birmingham and Cheshire in 2004, the Roads Minister ordered further work on two options: an entirely new tolled motorway through the Staffordshire and Cheshire countryside, or widening of the existing motorway. GAME propose a Third Option - traffic reduction and no roadbuilding |
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| Cost: | £0 | |
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Weymouth Relief Road: Alternatives to the Proposed Scheme |
| Groups: | Woodland
Trust, Transport 2000, Friends of the Earth and The Campaign to Protect Rural England |
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These groups commissioned top consultancy Steer Davis Gleeve to assess non-roadbuilding alternatives. |
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| Cost: | £5000 | |
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Title: | Survey of Desired Traffic Solutions in Tintwistle (Peak Park) |
| Group: | Save Swallow's Wood/Alternative Proposals for Transport | |
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To counter local Councillors' claims that 94% of local residents support the bypass proposals, the local groups devised a questionnaire and targeted homes within the National Park boundary. The purpose of the survey was for the campaigners themselves to ascertain the mood in the village, and to present the findings of the survey to the National Park Authority. |
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| Funded by: | Local group | |
| Cost: | £20 | |
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Title: | Preliminary Study into a Weight Restriction in the National Park |
| Group: | CPRE P&SY | |
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CPRE commissioned a study into the potential for implementing a weight restriction across the National Park and its effectiveness as an alternative to the proposed Mottram-Tintwistle bypass. Contact Anne Robinson for a copy of the report. |
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| Funded by: | CPRE P&SY | |
| Cost: | £unknown | |
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Promotional Materials
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Title: | Advert placed in local paper |
| Group: | Save Swallow's Wood | |
| Description: |
The local group organised a series of exhibitions in the local area, following on the "official" Highways Agency exhibitions of the bypass plans. To advertise the event they placed the following advert in the local paper. Over 150 people attended the exhibitions and £90 was raised at the three events, from donations and sale of refreshments. |
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| Funded by: | Manuka Club | |
| Cost: | £112 | |
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