About : Who We Are

The origins of Green Chorlton can be traced back to July 2008 when Bernard Leach and Emma Smail (Sustainable Chorlton), and Jessica Symons (Sustainable Chorlton and Krata), got together with Jeff Heie (Care of the Earth and Chorlton Beer Festival). They wanted to put on a new kind of festival – one that promoted sustainable living. A follow-up meeting in September saw several new members join the team, namely Adele Jordan (Krata and Unicorn), Helen Starr-Keddle and Odette O'Reilly (Action for Sustainable Living), and local events organiser Simon Steel.

In those initial meetings, the basics of Chorlton's Big Green Festival were agreed. Just ten months later – on Saturday, 4 April 2009, we staged our first festival.

The following pictures show several of the key people involved in Green Chorlton over the years. Some of these people are still heavily involved in Green Chorlton activities, while others have moved onto different projects. However, we will be forever grateful to every single one of them for getting us up and running.

Adele	Stan Music	Carole T	Odette	Matthew	Mary Stalls

Nigel	Simon	Helen	Guy Web	Les Ceilidh
Lesley	John P Ceilidh	Sue F	Carol M Schools	Michaela Press

Nowadays, the Green Chorlton full committee meets once a month to coordinate forthcoming activities. It is supported by dozens of volunteers who share their enthusiasm and expertise in key areas (such as press and publicity, music, schools, bicycles, funding and volunteer coordination) at regular Green Chorlton sub-committee meetings and during our events.

We welcome anyone who would like to get involved with Green Chorlton. If you're interested in finding out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us via the relevant email address on the Green Chorlton contact page.