According to Whicham GDF Chat, the anti GDF Community Group will aim to support and seek support from both Whicham and Millom Council in their respective rejections of the area of focus and try to ensure that NWS and Cumberland Council abide by the NWS statement “that express consent must be given by those living alongside a GDF”
Presently the group is formed by a small committee and is seeking members to support the group objective of removal from the process of the Kirksanton/Haverigg site.
The group will aim to support those who have and are being severely impacted now and seek to demonstrate the flawed process and the contempt our communities have been shown within that process.
The group understands the need for both legacy waste and future waste to be managed and are not campaigning on an anti nuclear stance. We as a community have for decades supported the nuclear industry both at Sellafield and Barrow and further afield.
There has never been a mass exodus to live near these sites but we choose to stay in our own unique beautiful community. A community which rallies when support is needed. Seen more than ever with the formation of the Millom Community Action Group which emphasises the spirit here.
Post Covid has seen the areas beauty being more widely recognised by others. With Millom and Haverigg’s Town deal and the community efforts for improvement we have the opportunity for the best of both worlds. Exploit the beauty of the area we live in carefully managed so not to the detriment of the community and the continued support of the industry which we have always supported.
We believe that extending the nuclear coastline will severely affect our sense of community and place and is not the development this area deserves.
Please support us in supporting those who are being unfortunately negatively impacted now.
Contact the new group https://www.facebook.com/groups/742106820244567/?multi_permalinks=1377250910063485¬if_id=1749130121954961¬if_t=group_activity&ref=notif