What can I do to help Save Greenwich Park?

The Park needs your help

22 February 2010: LOCOG's planning application is due to be considered by the Greenwich Council on 23 March 2010 - further details to come - more than 2,000 representations have already been made but late submissions will be considered by the Council. Please do not be inhibited about making your objection, either by post or e-mail. E-mails should be sent to planningapps@greenwich.gov.uk. Letters should be addressed to Greenwich Council (comments on applications), Planning Department, Crown Building, 5th Floor, 48 Woolwich New Road, London SE18 6HQ (or fax to 020 8921 5442). Please note that e-mails and letters should include the Planning Application reference numbers - 09/2598/F and 09/2599/L - and the full name and address of the objector. It would be very helpful if you could bcc an e-mail objection to reply@nogoe2012.com and simply send/e-mail us a copy of anything sent by post (NOGOE, 17 City Business Centre, Lower Road, London SE16 2XB). It is most important that we send in as many objections as possible. So please do your best to write as soon as possible.

The decision to use Greenwich Park for the 2012 equestrian events is not a done deal. There is still time to change LOCOG's plans and persuade them to find a more suitable venue for the event.

But this won't happen without you. Your support is crucial.

LOCOG still need to obtain planning permission to use the park. It is vital that everyone who cares for the welfare of the park makes their voice heard. Here are some of the ways that you can make your opinion count:

Write letters and e-mails

Please write to or e-mail the key decision makers and your elected representatives. E-mails and letters are the quickest and easiest way of ensuring your view is heard. The people who receive your letter will take it seriously and the more letters and e-mails they receive the more likely they are to take action. Contact details for the key decision makers and elected representatives are at the bottom of this page.

Display posters

Please print off our posters - see righthand side of this page - and display them in the windows of your home, school, office, shop, place of worship and any other places you can. This is a really quick and effective way of bringing the campaign to life and showing the world your support.

Had a brilliant idea?

If you've got a great idea to raise awareness and support we'd love to hear from you! Please e-mail us.

Contact details for the key decision makers:

Seb Coe, Chairman, London Organising Committee for Olypmic Games

enquiries@london2012.com

London 2012
One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5LN

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

mayor@london.gov.uk

City Hall
London
SE1 2AA

Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the Olympics

jowellt@parliament.gov.uk

House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Lord Moynihan, Chairman British Olympic Association

boa@boa.org.uk

1 Wandsworth Place
London
SW18 1EH

Contact details for Members of Parliament (MPs):

Letters or e-mails to MPs are an effective way to raise campaign awareness. Your MP has to listen to your views. Contact details for MPs with constituencies close to Greenwich Park are listed below. If you
oppose the plans for the park but are not resident in the local area, you can find your MP's contact details here.

Constituency: Erith and Thamesmead

John Austin MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A OAA

Tel: 020 7219 5195
Fax: 020 7219 2706
Email: austinj@parliament.uk

Constituency: Eltham

Clive Efford MP
132 Westmount Road
London
SE9 1UT

Tel: 020 8850 5744
Fax: 020 8294 2166
Email: clive@cliveefford.org.uk

Constituency: Greenwich and Woolwich

Nick Raynsford MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A OAA

Tel: 020 7219 5895
Fax: 020 7219 2619
Email: raynsfordn@parliament.uk

Contact details for local councillors:

Express your opposition to your local councillor and explain the reasons that you are opposed to use of the Park during the Olympics. Councillors do take notice of what the people who elect them think. If you receive a response, we would love to hear about it.

Residents of the London borough of Greenwich can search for their councillor's contact details here.