With Greens standing all across Cornwall, from Bude to Penryn and from Saltash to St Ives, Cornwall Green Party is running on a platform of:

• Democratically accountable planning and an end to destructive 'development'

• A joined-up approach to health and wellbeing

• Public transport that's regular, affordable and reliable.

• Housing policies that address local needs

• A Green recovery that supports local businesses and jobs

• Protecting climate, nature and biodiversity

In all, 71 candidates will be standing as Greens on 6th May, many of whom are already parish and town councillors.

Katharine Lewis, the Green Party's candidate for Helston North was instrumental in getting the town council to declare a climate emergency and to declare Helston an Earth Protector Town – the first town in Cornwall to do this.

She is one of the co-authors of the Helston Climate Action Plan which has been used as a model for communities across Cornwall and has worked hard to help get key projects off the ground that are already bringing real benefits to her local community, including a repair café and community growing project.

Katharine said:

"I'm standing because it's important that those of us that can, step up now. There are many changes ahead but I believe that we can work together to make Helston a place where people and nature can thrive.

"There's been much good work has been done here in Cornwall to address the climate and ecological emergency, but there's so much more still to do. The impacts of this crisis are already affecting us here in Cornwall. We need to go further and faster, and do much

more to reach out and engage with our communities, to take them with us and make sure no one is left behind."

To see all the Greens standing in Cornwall on 6th May, Cornwall Green Party has created an interactive map with details of its candidates, which is online here.

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