In this week’s listings:
- Fylde Borough Council meeting on Cuadrilla’s Roseacre Wood traffic plans;
- Deadline for comments on Harthill and Bramleymoor Lane appeals;
- Three film screenings of The Bentley Effect;
- Frack Free zone for Sefton petition hand-in;
- Bolsover meeting with Jo and Steve White talking about fracking in Pennsylvania.
Plus meetings, gatherings, training, fundraisers and information events.
Please let us know (click here) if any of these details are incorrect or if other events should be included. Listings for the rest of January and beyond here.
Monday 15 January 2018
Hand in of petition, signed by 3,000 people, calling for Sefton to be a frack free zone. 12 noon-12.30pm. Town Hall,Sefton Council, Oriel Road,Bootle L20 7AE. Details
Green Monday at PNR. 10am, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
No fracking in Notts – January 2018 action planning meeting. 7pm-9.30pm, Lincolnshire Poacher pub, 161-163 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3FR. Details
Bolsover Against Fracking meeting: We are going to be fracked – unless we make a stand. Includes speakers Steve and Jo White from Ryedale who will present their video of fracking in Pennsylvania from the residents’ point of view. 7.30pm, Assembly Rooms, Hill Top, Bolsover S44 6NG. Details
Tuesday 16 January 2018
Film screening of The Bentley Effect. Free but donations welcomed. 7.30pm, Dukes Gallery, Moor Lane, Lancaster LA1 1QE. Details

IGas site at Tinker Lane, 4 January 2018. Photo: Used with the owner’s permission
Tinker Lane Community Action Group meeting. 7.30pm, The Red Hart, Bawtry Road, Blyth S81 8HG. Details
Harthill Against Fracking meeting. 7.30pm, Peregin Way, Harthill. Details
Penistone & Stocksbridge Against Fracking meeting. 7.30pm, The Friendship, 536 Manchester Road, Sheffield S36 2DW. Details
Wednesday 17 January 2018
Deadline for comments. Final date for comments to the Planning Inspectorate on INEOS appeal over Harthill shale gas exploration appeal (reference APP/P4415/W/17/3190843). Rotherham Council has requested an extension to this date. Details
Deadline for comments. Final date for comments to the Planning Inspectorate on INEOS appeal over Bramleymoor Lane shale gas exploration appeal (reference APP/U1050/W/17/3190838). Details
Women’s Call 24. 9.30am, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Ladies First. 1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Film screening of The Bentley Effect. Free but donations welcomed. 7.30pm, Dukes Gallery, Moor Lane, Lancaster LA1 1QE. Details
An update on the threat of fracking by Kevin Ogilvie-White, hosted by Frack Free North Somerset. 7.30pm-9.30pm, The Bell Inn, 1 The Square, Banwell, BS29 9BL. Details
Thursday 18 January 2018
Meeting of Fylde Borough Council planning committee. Cuadrilla’s traffic mitigation measures for Roseacre Wood are due to be discussed. 2pm-5pm, Kirkham Community Centre, Mill Street, Kirkham, Lancashire PR4 2AN. Details
Film screening of The Bentley Effect. 7pm-10pm, Regather, 57-59 Club Garden Road, Sheffield S11 8BU. Details
Friday 19 January 2018
Black Friday action day at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site. 10am-4pm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Lancaster Climate Action vegan feast. 6.30pm-9pm, Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster LA1 1TX. Details
Saturday 20 January 2018
Solidarity Saturday at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site. 10am, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton PR4 3PE. Details
Public meeting on drilling on the Isle of Wight. Speakers include Keith Taylor MEP for south east England. 11.30am, Wilberforce Hall, North Street, Brighstone, Isle of Wight PO30 4AX. Details
Know your rights training. Hosted by A Voice for Leith Hill. 2pm-4pm, Burgundy and Black, 12 Saint Martins Mews, Dorking, RH4 1DP. Details
Isle of Wight community workshop and information session. 2pm-4pm, The Gaslight Cafe, Sandown Railway Station, Station Avenue, Sandown, Isle of Wight PO36 9BW.
Anti-fracking benefit Burns night and ceilidh. Hosted by Friends of the Earth Sheffield. Three course meal, speeches, poetry and live band, tickets £18, 7pm-11pm, St Andrews United Reformed Church, Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield S3 7RQ. Details
Frack Free Music Event with Kieran Dunne. St Annes. 7.30pm, Urban Arts Studio, Lytham St Annes FY8 1RD. Details
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