How to Help

• Keep up to date at The McGuffins website
• Join our weekly or monthly mailing list to find out what you can do.
• If you’re on Facebook there is a page you can join which will list any help that is needed.
• Lobby your local councillors about how important it is that the EMD reopens as a cinema. You can find out who your councillor is on the Council website here. Write to them or email them at the addresses on that site. Or attend one of their public surgeries – details are also on the site.
• Lobby the local party leaders. They are Chris Robbins (Labour), Matthew Davis (Conservative) and John Macklin (Liberal Democrat). Their details are available from the same site. Please note, as Cllr Davies is on the planning committee, he has to remain neutral on any planning issues.
• Be aware if a councillor is on the planning committee they will not be able to tell you what they think about the application in advance – although there’s no reason why you cannot make your views known to them. The members of the planning committee are listed here.
• Remember: objections to the planning application need to be made on planning grounds.
• Many people have very strong opinions on UCKG. Please do not use these as a basis for objecting to the planning application. This needs to be fought on planning grounds.
• Around 600 people demonstrated against the plans in April. Please support any other public action which is organised. Send an email to the McGuffins marked ‘Mailing List’ to be kept informed.
• Please inform friends, family and neighbours about the latest developments.