Write to election candidates 

A General Election has been called for 4th July 2024. We need your help to contact candidates of all parties standing for election, to urge them to support a right to roam.

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To find out the different party candidates standing for election where you live, visit Who Can I Vote For. Enter your postcode and click through to view each candidate and see if they have a public email address. If no email address is provided, you may wish to send them a letter in the post, or attend a local hustings to ask questions of the candidates. 

 

Here’s a template email / letter you can use to contact your local candidates - feel free to adapt it:

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Dear candidate,

 

I’m writing to you as a voter in the seat you’re standing in for election. 

 

The Right to Roam is an issue I care about deeply. Access to the countryside is vital for public health and for reconnecting us to nature - yet in England, people only have a right to roam over 8% of the country.

 

Please commit to bringing in a right of responsible access to the English countryside and urge your party to include it in their manifesto commitments.

 

For more information, please read this 2-page briefing from the Right to Roam campaign.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks and best wishes,

 

[YOUR NAME; INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS / POSTCODE SO THE CANDIDATES KNOW YOU ARE A LOCAL VOTER]