Outreach

Ellie has made it a priority to get to know and speak to as many of her constituents as possible. Based in Herefordshire and used to working in Birmingham, Ellie made sure to travel to all corners of the West Midlands region: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and of course the WMCA. As a representative of such a diverse region, she wanted to make sure that she was hearing from people on the ground.

Ellie’s two main focuses in politics have been: youth engagement in politics, and the transition to zero-carbon. Ellie therefore has also prioritised visiting places, companies and institutions with links to these aims. She has visited schools, colleges and universities across her patch about young people in politics and spoken to Local Economic Partnerships and local governments about the transition to zero carbon. Not to mention hundreds of other engagements with various different festivals, protests, charities and businesses!

After being elected in May 2019 and formally joining the European Parliament in July 2019, Ellie had August 2019 off-duty as part of the European Parliament summer recess. She dedicated this time to travelling round her constituency and learning from people of all social, political and business backgrounds, as seen below:

Ellie’s August 2019 Outreach

Ellie or her team have been all over the West Midlands … see the map above, chronological details below and check Ellie’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for what she got up to at each event.

20.07.19, Team Ellie had a great time at Birmingham Mela and then went on to the Halal Food Festival in Digbeth

21.07.19, Simmer Down in Birmingham was a fantastic trip for Team Ellie

27.07.19, Team Ellie enjoyed Warwick Folk Festival and Fringe

28.07.19, Team Ellie had a fab day at Big John’s Mela in Birmingham

30.07.19, Ellie spoke alongside Jess Phillips MP, Phil Bennion MEP and Michael Heseltine at the ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rally in Birmingham

03.08.19, 8-10am, European Corporate Games in Coventry, Ellie swam 1500m in the River Avon, raising money for Birmingham-based charity Sport4Life

03.08.19, 11am-2pm, Viva Vegan Festival, Coventry

03.08.19, 3-5pm, Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire

03.08.19, 7-10pm, Three Choirs Festival – final performance, Gloucester Cathedral

04.08.19, Team Ellie enjoyed the whole day at Herefordshire Country Fair

04.08.19, 2-5pm, Art In The Park, Leamington Jephson Gardens. Then Ellie also popped along to Biker Lott and Leamington’s Hindu temple, Shree Krishna Mandir

07.08.19, 11am-2pm, Wildchild Festival, The Wolseley Centre, Stafford. Then Ellie popped into Roots too

10.08.19, 11.30am-1pm, Staffordshire Vegan Festival in Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent. Ellie also popped into Stoke Library. In the afternoon 2-4pm Ellie was at Hednesford Summer Festival

11.08.19, 11am-2pm, Ellie was at Worcester Show, then from 2.30-4pm she was at Far Forest Countryside Show – with support from TeamEllie at both

13.08.19, Ellie met with staff at the National Grid in Warwick to discuss their zero carbon future energy strategy, plans for electric vehicle car charging and collaboration with other European countries to improve electricity supplies

14.08.19, Ellie met with the Leader & Chief Exec of Birmingham City Council

15.08.19, Ellie enjoyed visiting Jasmine Road Community Gardens in Dudley, went on to a meeting with Solihull Council’s Leader and Chief Executive, and took in the sights with a bike tour of Solihull – then cycled back to Birmingham along the canal

17.08.19, Ellie had a great afternoon at Warwickshire Pride in Leamington Spa

18.08.19, 7-9pm, Ellie answered questions at the Meet Your MEP event organised by Herefordshire 4 EU

19.08.19, Ellie was in Warwick to meet with the Leader and Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council

21.08.19, Ellie had a delicious lunch at the Real Junk Food Project in Birmingham, then travelled on to Stafford to meet with the Leader and Chief Executive of Staffordshire County Council. In the evening 7-9pm Ellie spoke at the Farmers Against Brexit event in Leek.

23.08.19, Ellie & her team spent the day at The Big Feast 2019 in Stoke on Trent city centre

26.08.19, Ellie visited Craven Arms mosque, then enjoyed the music and sunshine at Shrewsbury Folk Festival

28.08.19, Ellie met with Dudley Council, Walsall Council and Warwick University and then rushed to Birmingham for a #StopTheCoup protest

29.08.19, Ellie was back in central Birmingham for another #StopTheCoup march, then met a community group in Solihull

30.08.19, Ellie met with Worcestershire Local Economic Partnership in Malvern, then went on to Sandwell Valley RSPB Nature Reserve in the afternoon, before heading to central Birmingham for another #StopThe Coup protest

31.08.19, Ellie spoke at the #DemandDemocracy protest in central Birmingham and then unwound at Moseley Folk Festival