@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzLittle pic from the Green Fair today!
(renamed from Green Fest to acknowledge the lack of the political stalls, see up-thread)
I was glad I went. Had a few good little chats with people I didn't know. Left at the right time too, before the rain got going :-)
#Nottingham #GreenFest
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Here's the list of the stalls that the Green Festival have been forced to cancel under pressure from the Insurers
Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Amnesty International
Bahš’ís of Nottingham
CND, Nottingham / Stop the War Coalition
Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Nottm
Friends of the Earth, Nottingham
Global Justice Nottingham
Greenpeace, Nottingham Support Group
Keep our NHS Public (KONP)
Make Votes Matter
New Lucas Plan /Just Space
Nottingham Anti Capitalist Resistance
Nottingham Climate Assembly
Nottingham Friends of Standing Together
Nottingham Green Party
Nottingham Labour Group
Nottingham Morning Star Readers and Supporters Group
Nottingham Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
Nottingham Stand Up to Racism
Nottingham Unite Community
Nottinghamshire Trades Council (TUC)
Open Homes
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC)
People for Palestine
Refugee Forum, Nottm & Notts
Socialist Party, Nottm
Soka Gakkai - Nottingham (SGI-UK)
XR Extinction Rebellion
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I must say, I feel very unimpressed by this behaviour from the insurers. Is it not obvious from the start that something called a Green Fest is going to be "political"??!! eleventy!
#Nottingham #GreenFest #environment #UKPol #insurance
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzGreen Fest being let down by their long-standing insurers at the last minute!!
Not cancelling the whole thing, but having to make some changes.
(the event is tomorrow as I write, Sunday 14 September 2025)
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A statement from Nottingham Green Festival:
Due to a policy change by our insurers, that we weren't informed of until now, we have had to let go of some of our planned stallholders.
This is because they won't provide the one day cover needed to any stalls promoting "political, religious or cultural issues". If we were to include these stalls, the insurance we've paid for the entire event would be invalid and we would not be covered at all. As you can imagine this isn't a risk we can take.
We considered cancelling the event, but we didn't want to let down the wonderful caterers, artists and other stall holders who've been working so hard and investing money into the event. So, we will be going ahead, but not as planned; we're doing a bit of last minute rebranding and today's [tomorrow's, but I guess when writing this statement they were imagining people seeing it tomorrow] event will now be known as a Nottingham Green Fair.
Please enjoy the amazing local entertainment, goods, and vegan food stalls here today. We will not let this dampen our spirits!
We are still in touch with the stallholders who were unfortunately turned away and we sincerely hope to be able to host an event with them again. Keep an eye on our social media and email newsletter for more information regarding this very difficult decision.
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#Nottingham #GreenFest #environment #UKPol #insurance