
Doncaster shop window display, preparing for the Tour de Yorkshire, 1 May 2019. Photo: DrillOrDrop
Events in May 2019 and beyond about UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and campaigning.
- Tour de Yorkshire unveiling of Team Ineos cycling team and protests
- Parliamentary debate on climate emergency
- Release of latest government data on public attitudes to fracking
- IGas AGM
- Regional Strategy Meeting for East Midlands and South Yorkshire campaigners
- Talks on Surrey earthquakes, fracking for shale gas and UK energy policy
- Chesterfield May Day
- Plus fundraisers, planning meetings, film screenings
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Wednesday 1 May 2019
Sheffield Green Parents protest planning meeting. 10am-11.30am, Unity Yoga Sheffield, 150-153 Carver House, Sheffield S1 4FS. Details
Opposition day debate on climate emergency. About 12.40pm, House of Commons, Westminster, London SW1. Details
Frack Free Sherwood Forest and Edwinstowe Group. 7.30pm, Suite 2, Old Station, High Street, Edwinstowe NG21 9HS.
Harthill Against Fracking public meeting. 7pm, Peregrine Centre, Peregrin Way, Harthill S26 7UP.
Thursday 2 May 2019
Tour de Yorkshire. Scheduled unveiling of Team Ineos kit. Stage 1: Doncaster-Selby. Details
On yer bike Ineos. Protest against Ineos as it unveils Team Ineos kit on the first day of the Tour de Yorkshire. 10am-2pm, Doncaster Markets, Doncaster, DN1 1NF. Details
Friday 3 May 2019
Tour de Yorkshire. Stage 2: Barnsley-Bedale. Details
On yer bike Ineos 2. Protest against Ineos sponsorship of Team Sky. 1pm-3pm, Barnsley Town Hall, Church Street, Barnsley S70. Details
Saturday 4 May 2019
Tour de Yorkshire. Stage 3: Bridlington-Scarborough. Details
On yer bike Ineos protest. From 12 noon. Queen’s Parade, opposite the Clifton Hotel, Scarborough. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking stall at Barlborough Hall Country Festival. 11am-10pm, Barlborough Hall Country Festival, Park Street, Barlborough S43 4ES. Details
Sunday 5 May 2019
Tour de Yorkshire. Stage 4: Halifax-Leeds. Details
Ineos greenwash at the Tour de Yorkshire. 1.30pm-5.30pm, The George, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3BB. Details
Monday 6 May 2019
Chesterfield May Day. Assembles at 10.30am at Chesterfield Town Hall, followed by march at 11am. Rally in New Square at 11.45pm. speakers due to include: John McDonnell MP. Mosborough Against Fracking and Clay Cross Against Fracking stalls at the event. Details
Tuesday 7 May 2019
Anti-fracking prayer meeting at Ineos proposed shale gas site in Woodsetts, south Yorkshire. Organised by Chris Sadler, of St George’s Church, Woodsetts, 6.30pm, shale gas site, off Dinnington Road, Woodsetts. Details
Sheffield Against Fracking monthly meeting. 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, 60 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Thursday 9 May 2019
Release of latest results of BEIS Wave 29 public attitudes tracker survey. 9.30am. Website
Scheduled start of trial of first two protesters arrested outside Egdon Resources’ Biscathorpe site. 10am, Lincoln Magistrates Court, High Street, Lincoln.
Travels with my red bag: an illustrated talk by Barbara Hickman. 7pm-9.30pm, Worsley Arms Hotel, High Street, Hovingham YO62 4LA. Details Donations for Frack Free Ryedale
Where are we with climate change? Free talk by researcher and writer, Nikki Jones. 7.30pm, Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath BA1 2BX. Details
Frack Free Misson meeting. 7.30pm, Angel Inn, Dame Lane, Misson, Doncaster DN10 6EB.
Saturday 11 May 2019
Festival of Debate: Our Planet Hub Day. Speakers include David Burley, of Frack Free South Yorkshire. 11.30am-5pm, Theatre Deli, 202 Eyre Street, Sheffield S1 4QZ. Details

West Newton-A well site, East Yorkshire, April 2019. Photo: West Newton Gateway to the Gasfields
West Newton Community day. 1pm-7pm, Pipers Lane, near Marton, East Yorkshire HU11 5DF. Details
Frack Free Bingo. Fundraising bingo, raffle, refreshments. 7pm, Birchfield Community Centre, Birchfield Road, Yeovil BA21 5RL. Details
Monday 13 May 2019

Amelia Womack
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Amelia Womack, deputy-leader of the Green Party. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Tuesday 14 May 2019
IGas Annual General Meeting. Details to be confirmed
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Derbyshire County Council debates motion on climate emergency. 2pm, Council Chamber, County Hall, Matlock, DE4 3AG. Agenda to be confirmed.
Extinction Rebellion Preston public meeting. 7.30pm-9pm, The Mandala Yoga and Wellbeing, 18 Derby Street, Preston PR1 1DT. Details
Thursday 16 May 2019
Free talk: Global Energy Trends. 7.30pm-10pm, Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath BA1 2BX. Details
Friday 17 May 2019
Screening of the documentary, Unfractured, about the work of biologist and campaigner, Dr Sandra Steingraber. Includes pre-screening talk by anti-fracking campaigner, Tina Rothery, and followed by Q&A with the film’s director, Chanda Chevannes. 7.30pm-9.45pm, The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, University Drive, Norwich NR4 7TJ. Details
Saturday 18 May 2019
Regional Strategy Meeting. 10am, The Wesley Centre, Blyth Road, Maltby, Rotherham S66 8JD. Details
Groundswell Darlington. Friends of the Earth event looking at solutions to climate change. 10.15am-5.30pm, Darlington Friends Meeting House, 6 Skinnergate, Darlington DL3 7NB. Details and to book
Earthquakes and unconventional drilling in the Weald Basin. Talk by David Smythe, emeritus professor of geophysics, University of Glasgow. 7pm-8.30pm, Beare Green Village Hall, Beare Green, Dorking RH5 4RD. Details and flier above
Unfractured – fight with your whole heart. Frack Free Ryedale screening of documentary about the work of Sandra Steingraber, with Q&A with the producer and director, Chanda Chevannes. Free entry. 7pm, Kirkbymoorside Methodist Hall, Main Street, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6DQ. Details
Monday 20 May 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Unfractured. Free film screening about the biologist, Sandra Steingraber, who became an activist. Followed by Q/A with the filmmaker, Chanda Chevannes. 6.30pm-9pm, Chester Quaker Meeting House, Union Walk, Frodsham Street, Chester CH1 3LF. Details
The potential health implications fracking will bring to our community. Presentation by Carol Hutchinson, co-founder of Concerned Health Professional of the UK. 7.30pm, Bolsover Assembly Hall community centre, Hilltop, Bolsover S44 6NG. Details
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Fracking shale for oil and gas: a technical lecture. Event by the Manchester retired members group of the IET. 6.30pm-8.30pm, Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester M1 3BB. Details
Thursday 23 May 2019
Free talk on UK Energy Policy. 7.30pm-10pm, Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath BA1 2BX. Details
Friday 24 May 2019
Sheffield youth strike 4 climate. Part of global youth strike against climate change. 11am assembly at Devonshire Green, Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield S37. Followed by march to the town hall and a rally until 2pm. Details
Details of youth strikes across the UK
Tuesday 28 May 2019
Protest at Surrey County Council. Extinction Rebellion Farnham and other groups in Surrey protest to put pressure on the council cabinet over public concerns about Weald shale oil extraction. 12.30pm-4.30pm, Surrey County Council, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2DN. Details
Wednesday 29 May 2019
Coal Aston and Dronfield Against Fracking meeting. 7.15pm-9pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
30 May 2019
Demonstration outside Derbyshire Dales Council due to debate motion on climate emergency. 5.30pm, Town Hall, Bank Roadd, Matlock DE4 3NN
Climate emergency: Let’s talk solutions. 7pm-8.30pm, Patagonia Manchester, 51 King Street, Manchester M2 7AZ. Details
31 May 2019
West Newton coach trip. Coach trip arranged from Lancashire to West Newton oil and gas exploration site. 6.30am-4.30pm. Pick up at Maple Farm in Little Plumpton, Preston and motorway services. Details
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Saturday 1 June 2019
Groundswell Manchester. Friends of the Earth event looking at solutions to climate change. 10.15am-5.30pm, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD. Details
Sunday 2 June 2019
Non-violent Direct Action training for trainers. 12 noon, University of Manchester Students’ Union, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR. Details
Monday 3 June 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3P3.
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Sheffield Against Fracking monthly meeting. 7.30pm, Central United Reformed Church, 60 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 2JB. Details
Saturday 8 June 2019
Groundswell Birmingham. Friends of the Earth event looking at solutions to climate change. 10.15am-5.30pm, Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, 138 Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6DR. Details and to book
Resistance – futile gesture or supreme act of faith? Author, campaigner, and Ryedale mother, Heather Stroud, will reveal how against all odds she took on international governments and made a real and lasting impact. 6.30pm for 7pm, Hovingham Village Hall, Main Street, Hovingham YO62 4LF.
Sunday 9 June 2019
Stand up for your planet. Event by Peak District Against Fracking for people to link arms along the Mam Tor ridgeline in the Peak District. Gather from 4.15pm for a short walk, Mam Tor, Derbyshire S33 8WA. Details

Kate Hudson
Monday 10 June 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.45pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Kate Hudson, general secretary of CND and media officer for Left Unity. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Woodsetts Against Fracking mass assembly outside public inquiry on Ineos Woodsetts shale gas scheme. 9am, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE.
Scheduled opening date of public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. 10am, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Frack Free Misson meeting. 7.30pm, Angel Inn, Dame Lane, Misson, Doncaster DN10 6EB.
Wednesday 12 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Rathlin Energy community liaison meeting for West Newton A oil and gas site in East Yorkshire. Questions can be sent to Rathlin Energy on 0207 2689860 or fielduk@rathlinenergy.co.uk
Plastic Free Chesterfield action planning meeting. 7pm-8.30pm, Chesterfield Alehouse, 37 West Bars, Chesterfield S40 1AG. Details
Thursday 13 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Friday 14 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Saturday 15 June 2019
Groundswell Bristol. Friends of the Earth event looking at solutions to climate change. 10.15am-5.30pm, Creative Youth Network, Kingswood Estate, 20 Old School House, Britannia Road, Bristol BS15 8D. Details and to book
Monday 17 June 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Henry Chown, a member of the Friends of the Earth fossil-free team. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Tuesday 18 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Scheduled hearing at Court of Appeal in appeal against UKOG injunction. Time and location to be confirmed.
UK Onshore Gas and Oil Summit. Birmingham city centre. Details
Wednesday 19 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed. The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
UK Onshore Gas and Oil Summit. Birmingham city centre. Details
Meeting of Surrey County Council planning and regulatory committee. 10.30am. Details to be confirmed.
Thursday 20 June 2019
Public inquiry into Ineos plans for Woodsetts. Time to be confirmed, The Gallery, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham S60 1AE. The inquiry is scheduled to last eight days, not sitting on Mondays. Details
Avoiding climate breakdown – what we must do. A talk by Alan Simpson. The shadow chancellor’s adviser on sustainable economics speaks about climate threat, what governments can do, international lessons and the next steps. 7pm-9pm, The Saints Parish Centre Cafe, 3 St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield S41 7TD. Details and to register
Friday 21 June 2019
How can our community work together to avoid climate breakdown? Public meeting and debate with Alan Simpson, advisor to the shadow chancellor on sustainable economics. 7pm-10pm, Town Hall, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Matlock DE4 4EU. Details and to register
Sunday 23 June 2019
Waste Not Cafe Trial Meal. 6pm-8pm, Loundsley Green Community Centre, Cuttholme Road, Chesterfield S40 4QU. Details
Monday 24 June 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Marina Prentoulis (pictured right), senior lecturer in media and politics at University of East Anglia. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Closing date for comments on additional documents in UK Oil and Gas plc planning application for additional wells and long-term oil production. Details
Wednesday 26 June 2019
Coal Aston and Dronfield Against Fracking meeting. 7.15pm-9pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
Saturday 29 June 2019
Groundswell Cambridge. Friends of the Earth event looking at solutions to climate change. 10.15am-5.30pm, Cambridge Junction, Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX. Details
Monday 8 July 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is John Ashton (left), former UK special representative on climate change. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Wednesday 10 July 2019
100th Women’s Call for Calm event. 10am-3pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE. Details
Meeting of Surrey County Council planning and regulatory committee. 10.30am. Details to be confirmed.
Monday 15 July 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Sian Berry (right), co-leader of the Green Party. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Wednesday 17 July 2019
Demonstration and debate on climate emergency motion. 4.30pm, Chesterfield Borough Council, Town Hall, Rose Hill, Chesterfield S40 1LP.
Thursday 18 July 2019
Release of latest results of BEIS Wave 30 public attitudes tracker survey. 9.30am. Website
Friday 26 July – Wednesday 31 July 2019
Power beyond borders: A ridiculously big action camp for climate and migrant justice. Reclaim the Power event. Starting 7.30pm on 26 July. Location: South East England. Details
Wednesday 31 July 2019
Coal Aston and Dronfield Against Fracking meeting. 7.15pm-9pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
Thursday 1 August 2019
Trial of only two people arrested at protests at Biscathorpe oil site, in Lincolnshire. 10am Lincoln Magistrates Court, 358 High St, Lincoln LN5 7QA.
Monday 12 August 2019
Green Mondays at Preston New Road. Main speaker, at about 12.30pm, outside the Preston New Road site, is Lindsey German, founder member of the Stop the War Coalition. 10am-1pm, Maple Farm, Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, near Blackpool PR4 3PE.
Wednesday 28 August 2019
Coal Aston and Dronfield Against Fracking meeting. 7.15pm-9pm, Gosforth Lodge, Cliffe Park, Callywhite Lane, Dronfield S18 2XP. Details
Thursday 7 November 2019
Release of results of BEIS Wave 31 public attitudes tracker survey. 9.30am. Website
Thursday 6 February 2020
Release of results of BEIS Wave 32 public attitudes tracker survey. 9.30am. Website
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