Celebrating our third birthday....

Deal With It held its third AGM on Saturday 13th February 2010. Rosemary Rechter, Deal With It co-ordinator said: “We have had a really successful year; both in the number & variety of events we have organised and in getting the message on climate change out to the people of Deal”.

The highlights in the past year have been:

• The very popular ‘Celebrate Your Deal’ event headlining local produce & green issues
• The packed meetings with Caroline Lucas, MEP and Michael Meacher MP
• Film showings of the ‘Age of Stupid’ at the Pines Calyx
• The groups involvement in the district council’s Local Development Strategy
• Working with the Energy Saving Trust to get local home energy audits.

The meeting agreed the following priorities for the Group in 2010:

• To become a supporter of Fair Trade
• To work towards Deal gaining ‘transition town’ status
• To support and extend the campaigns on transport and especially local train provision
• Establishing more local links with villages and other local organisations
• Re-run the ‘Celebrate Your Deal’ in October
• Organise meetings on Home energy in March and the impact of Climate change on wildlife (with the RSPB) in April.

This year’s committee is:
· Rosemary Rechter (Co-ordinator), Victoria Nicholls (Secretary), Helen Reeve (Treasurer)
· Becky Lythgoe, Sue Delling, Sarah Gleave & Steve Wakeford (Publicity)