title: Residents Against SARP Pollution
text: # Residents Against SARP Pollution
  
  Residents Against SARP Pollution (RASP) was formed in June 1998 in response to two incidents of toxic gases escaping the SARP UK chemical plant in May 1998, in the town of Killamarsh on the border of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, England. The campaign was formed by local residents and members of the Socialist Party (England and Wales). The campaign eventually succeeded in forcing the closure of most of the SARP plant.
  
  ## Formation of RASP
  
  After a public meeting called by the Socialist Party (England and Wales), Ken Coates MEP, who was invited to speak, called for further meetings, which gave rise to the campaign, and also set up an independent inquiry into the site.
  
  The year-long campaign involved marches and rooftop protests. RASP protesters even travelled to SARP's headquarters in France to protest.
  
  ## Victory
  
  The campaigners eventually won the closure of six of the seven sections of the site in late 1999, with the local council looking at siting non-toxic recycling processes on the site.
  
  ## Campaign Officers
  
  Chair - Kevin Jones
  
  Secretary - Faye Moran
  
  Treasurer - Pat Whitehouse
  
  Vice Chair - Roger Barraclough
  
  Membership Secretary - Samantha Martin
  
  Press Officer - John Moran
  
  Campaigns Officer - Alistair Tice
  
  Legal Officer - Bev Smith
  
  Youth Organisers - Tracey Nettleship, Emma Horsford
  
  Publicity Officer - Trevor Cockerill
  
  Contacts for the Townships:-
  
  Beighton - Dave Milsom
  
  Wales/Kiveton - Mike Sampson
  
  Swallownest - Paul Marshall
  
  