Be The Voice
For Our Trails
in Parliament
Make The Pledge
81% of adults in the UK are concerned about the threats to our wild places. As we look to a new government to restore nature, we need MPs who will commit to creating and supporting long-lasting change to protect the places we love.
We want MP candidates to make the pledge and be the Voice For Our Trails in the House. That means standing up for nature in parliament, advocating for nature rehabilitation and protection policies, and acting on the concerns of the general public you will represent to protect our wild places.
Make the pledge, or send to your local candidates today and share why your trails matter to you.
Why is the Pledge
Important?
Our trails are being overwhelmed, notably at the hands of single-use pollution (litter). With over 9 million items of single-use pollution on public rights of way in the UK, we need people from all walks of life to be standing up for the protection and restoration of nature. That has to include our political leaders and representatives.
As we enter a new term of parliament, we want politicians from every party to be voicing the concerns their constituents have for the places they love and adventure in.
Taking action is simple; we think the next parliament is up to the challenge. The only question is: will they take the pledge?
Hannah Temple (Green Party) - Faversham and Mid Kent
Ria Patel (Green Party) - Croydon West
Michael Boyle (Green Party) - Windsor
Natalie McVey (Green Party) - West Worcestershire
Rachel Cabral (Green Party) - Gateshead Central and Whickham
Carla Denya (Co-Leader of the Green Party) - Bristol Central
See Which Candidates Have Pledged
Catrin Wager (Plaid Cymru) - Bangor Aberconwy
Katherine Jones (Socialist Labour) - Bangor Aberconwy
Steve Marshall (Climate Party) - Bangor Aberconwy
Tomos Day (Conservative) - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Andrew Prosser (Green Party) - Witney
Karl Drinkwater (Green Party) - Bangor Aberconwy
Tom Hill (Green Party) - Rawmarsh & Conisburgh
Dom Tristam (Green Party) - Bath
Helena Mellish (Green Party) - Stockport
Vivien Lichtenstein (Green Party) - Queens Park and Maida Vale
Clare Slater (Green Party) - Daventry
Joe Salmon (Green Party) - Bournemouth East
Emily Torode (Green Party) - Bracknell
Emily Fedorowycz (Green Party) - Kettering
Lorraine Wrennall (Green Party) - Barrow and Furness
Kelda Boothroyd (Green Party) - Derbyshire Dales
Michael Welton (Green Party) - Bury South
Matthew Snedker (Green Party) - Darlington
Claire Hughes (Labour) - Bangor Aberconwy
Edmund Cannon (Green Party) - North East Somerset and Hanham
Frank Adlington-Stringer (Green Party) - North East Derbyshire
Trevor Rawson (Green Party) - Great Yarmouth
Send the Pledge to Your Future MP
Your next MP will represent you on the national stage. Let them know how much your trails mean to you and ask them to make the pledge for your vote.
Use the Democracy Club's list linked below to find your local candidates.
Then, copy and paste the email here and send it on. If you're short on time you only need add their name and yours before you hit send
We always recommend personalising your email. Add a story about your wild places, and how you'd like to see them protected.
COPY AND PASTE ME!
Dear [their name]
I am a local constituent writing to you as a prospective local representative pending the upcoming UK General Election. I wish to express my desire that you pledge to the a Voice For Our Trails if you are elected to parliament.
Set up by the not-for-profit Trash Free Trails, this pledge asks that, if elected, you commit to standing up for nature restoration and protection in the next parliament.
Our wild places are devastated and vulnerable. With our biodiversity depleted and species population in decline (State of Nature Report, 2023) across the UK, it is of great importance to me that the candidate I vote for showcase their commitment to acting in nature's best interests.
I would be delighted to see you make this stand for nature. I look forward to hearing from you and seeing your Pledge.
With gratitude,
[your name]
Statistics and data on this page has been pulled from a variety of sources, including the Trash Free Trails State of Our Trails Report, the 2023 State of Nature Report, the OfNS and YouGov.