Following on from last month’s “Community Champions” reception in Number 10 Downing Street, in which I was invited by the Prime Minister to nominate an individual from Northampton North who has had a positive impact on our local community to come to No10, I also recently had the privilege of nomi
Recently I was invited by the Head Teacher of Fairfields School, Mrs Lesley Felder, to visit the school in Northampton. I visited several times over the years and I used to visit dressed as Father Christmas!
On Friday 21st April I visited Piroto Labelling, a Northampton-based business in Moulton Park Industrial Estate which makes bespoke labels and tags for commercial businesses.
I hosted question and answer sessions with pupils at both Headlands School and at Thorplands Academy who had previously attended a seminar with the senior BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg discussing how to interview political figures.
Recently I had one of my regular meetings with the Leader of West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), Councillor Jonathan Nunn, at the Council’s Angel Square offices in Northampton town centre.
I was pleased to recently visit a Northampton-based charity, Diversiti UK, which assists in expanding opportunities to those in our local community who are in greatest need.
I previously visited the organisation in 2018, and it was a pleasure to be invited to visit again.
I enjoyed my recent visit to Stimpson Avenue Academy, where I was greeted by the Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher of the school after which we discussed how the school has developed since my previous visit a few years ago.
Throughout my 13 years as Member of Parliament for Northampton North, and indeed for years before that too, I have held regular canvassing sessions in Northampton North with local volunteers.
I was recently invited by those who manage the Community Payback Scheme for the East Midlands to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Scheme by planting a tree in Bradlaugh Fields.
