Affirmative: Fracking Awareness North Somerset is go, go, GO! 30th April

Frack­ing Aware­ness North Som­er­set (F.A.N.S) is a new organ­i­sa­tion seek­ing to mobi­lize com­mu­ni­ty based resis­tance against frack­ing. We aim to build a net­work of groups all over North Som­er­set to col­lec­tive­ly strug­gle against the insid­i­ous threat posed by frack­ing to our local com­mu­ni­ties and land­scape.

Frack­ing Aware­ness North Som­er­set (F.A.N.S) is a new organ­i­sa­tion seek­ing to mobi­lize com­mu­ni­ty based resis­tance against frack­ing. We aim to build a net­work of groups all over North Som­er­set to col­lec­tive­ly strug­gle against the insid­i­ous threat posed by frack­ing to our local com­mu­ni­ties and land­scape.

F.A.N.S. will encom­pass and offer sup­port for all anti-frack­ing/en­vi­ron­men­tal groups in North Som­er­set, pro­vid­ing them with up to date infor­ma­tion, encour­age­ment and sol­i­dar­i­ty in fight­ing this cause.

Our Face­book page is now up and run­ning and we are cur­rent­ly in the midst of design­ing our new North Som­er­set focused leaflets. We are also cre­at­ing a new web­site so that we are eas­i­ly con­tactable and can pro­vide infor­ma­tion and help for oth­er groups around North Som­er­set.

Once our leaflet and web­site are fin­ished, we are plan­ning F.A.N.S Fort­night – two weeks of talks, pre­sen­ta­tions, meet­ings, work­shops and film show­ings around the towns and vil­lages of North Som­er­set. F.A.N.S Fort­night aims to edu­cate the res­i­dents of these areas on the often com­plex issue of frack­ing. We seek to show them how they may be affect­ed by frack­ing in the com­ing years, but also that there is light at the end of the tun­nel.

So it’s all go from North Som­er­set! Please feel free to get in touch if you are inter­est­ed in sup­port­ing us or have a new group that would like to join F.A.N.S. We would also very much like to hear from any­one inter­est­ed in help­ing out with fes­ti­vals or ideas for pro­mo­tion.

Frack­ing will bring indus­tri­al North Sea gas extrac­tion to our very doorsteps. Togeth­er, we can stop it.

Com­mu­ni­ty resis­tance will be one of the most effec­tive tools deployed against the frack­ing cor­po­ra­tions. Despite what may appear at first glance to be a very bleak sit­u­a­tion, hope can be found by stand­ing togeth­er in focused sol­i­dar­i­ty.

There­fore, we will be encour­ag­ing and pro­vid­ing sup­port for any­one who would like to start their own local group. Our aim is to help as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble take their first ten­ta­tive steps in this strug­gle. Unit­ed com­mu­ni­ties are key to end­ing (with a firm and res­olute full stop) frack­ing’s threat to North Som­er­set.

A lot of pro­mo­tion is need­ed to ensure that res­i­dents know who we are and when we will be in their area. There­fore, mem­bers of F.A.N.S are plan­ning to vis­it a large num­ber of local South West sum­mer fes­ti­vals this year to man­age stalls, run work­shops and hold talks. We will also be pro­mot­ing F.A.N.S Fort­night and the events/meetings that are going to be held dur­ing that time.

Last on our cur­rent agen­da is ‘Love and Rage’ — a month­ly spo­ken word poet­ry and acoustic music night held in Bris­tol. Love and Rage will be a reg­u­lar fund-rais­er to help con­tribute towards the mon­e­tary demands of our cam­paign. It will also be a plat­form from which to inform peo­ple of the dan­gers posed by Frack­ing and, at the same time, hope­ful­ly mobilise them into action.

Relat­ed Link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FANS-Fracking-Awareness-…07437