Green Party Spring Conference 2010

Spring Conference 2010 will be at The Arts Depot, 5 Nether Street, London, N12 0GA

Conference runs from Thursday February 18th (1pm) and closes on Sunday 21st (2pm)

On the eve of the General Election, conference is being held in London, the heart of the nation and home to Parliament, the original seat of democracy. The Green Party's conference will show how elected Greens continue to make a difference, highlighting the work of our key candidates - Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion), Darren Johnson (Lewisham Deptford), and Adrian Ramsey (Norwich South). All of these lead Greens have a real chance of sitting on the Green Benches. Come to conference to meet them and to show your support.

Highlights include:

The speeches from Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas and Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay

and panel sessions highlighting how the Greens lead the fight for fairness.

Low wages - chaired by Darren Johnson AM with speakers from UNISON, London Citizens and Citizens Income.

‘In conversation with Oliver James’ - Author of Affluenza, on how wealth and misery go hand in hand.

Equalities - chaired by Caroline Lucas MEP with Will Hutton (The Work Foundation and Observer columnist) and Kate Pickett (co-author - The Spirit Level).

Civil Liberties - chaired by Adrian Ramsay with Peter Tatchell (human rights campaigner, co-founder of direct action gay rights group OutRage! and Green Party human rights spokesperson), Afua Hirsch (Human Rights teacher, Barrister, blogger, and Guardian newspaper columnist), plus Phil Booth, (NO2ID National Co-ordinator).

Alistair McGowan to headline Saturday Night entertainment. Also featuring Seize the Day and Ian Smith.

You can buy your tickets from the Arts Depot box office now. Full price £8.00, concessions and delegates £5.00.

Media callers only please contact our press office, 020 7561 0282, press@greenparty.org.uk.

Conference is open to both members and non-members. Don't worry if you have not already booked - you can register on the door instead (payment in cash or cheque only please). A sliding scale of charges for entrance applies. The fees charged can be found in the latest issue of Green World and here (the 25% early bird discount no longer applies). Bookings forms are not accepted by email.

Click here for information on how to get to The Arts Depot. You may also find the Transport for London website helpful, especially the Journey Planner page. Please note that there are engineering works affecting the underground this weekend. The service to West Finchley is unaffected but is no service on the Northern Line (Edgware branch) on Saturday and Sunday between Euston and Golders Green; there's a bus replacement service instead. The nearest stations to the Arts Depot are Woodside Park, West Finchley and Finchley Central, all on the High Barnet branch. In addition there's no service on the Circle Line. Click here for more information.

Information for members

The conference will also include the usual fringes, workshops, plenaries, evening entertainment and an opportunity to campaign in Lewisham Deptford constituency or in winnable target wards near Finchley on Sunday afternoon. PLUS training sessions for members, with a focus on helping you fight and win election campaigns. Sessions on running General Election campaigns, the Freepost scheme, canvassing and surveys, "What happens when you've won" and much more.

The Conference Final Agenda and timetable can both be found on the conferences page of the members website.

Accommodation: There is no specific crash facility booked for this conference. PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CONFERENCE WITHOUT BOOKED ACCOMMODATION. Local hotels and guest house information available from Visit London: http://www.visitlondon.com/accommodation/

Crèche: A crèche staffed by professional child carers will be on site and free of charge to use. Please don't ask to use the creche if you have not already booked it, sorry. Emergency creche provision may be possible. Please call Leila on 01974 261340 to enquire.

For general information about conference please email conferences committee at conferences@greenparty.org.uk.

Future Conferences

Autumn 2010

Still tbc, but we are looking at venues in the West Midlands - Birmingham, 9th-12th September 2010.

Spring 2011

Arrangements are being made for conference to be held in Cardiff in the runup to the Welsh Assembly elections.

Autumn Conference 2009 was at ...

Hove Town Hall, 3rd-6th September 2009

In its final AGM before the next general election, the Green Party took its conference to Brighton & Hove

In Brighton & Hove, the Greens outpolled all comers in this year's European elections, across all three parliamentary constituencies. And having recently defeated the ruling Conservatives in a by-election - for the first time ever - the Greens now hold as many city council seats in Brighton & Hove as Labour (13), and far more than the LibDems (2).

Brighton & Hove is where, in the 2005 general election, the Greens achieved their highest ever parliamentary vote. And this is the city where the Green Party is working hard to achieve its Westminster breakthrough, with party leader Caroline Lucas MEP set to contest the Brighton Pavilion constituency.