Last week I visited Stokes Wood Primary School and New Parks Adventure Playground who are both taking part in Leicester’s brilliant Holiday Activities and Food programme.
At Stokes Wood headteacher, Jane Gadsby, and her team have been giving children such a great start to their summer with mud monsters, henna hand painting, mini golf and delicious sandwiches.
At New Parks Adventure Playground, Jo and the whole team here are doing amazing work offering fun and food to children for 5 weeks over the summer.
Today I spoke in a Westminster Hall Debate on behalf of the Labour Party on unpaid carers.
I argued that in the century of ageing, we cannot build a better future for our country without transforming social care, and unpaid family carers must be at the heart of these plans.
I also used the opportunity to share my thoughts on the Government’s rumoured plans for social care. A cap on care costs alone will not “fix the crisis in social care”. The test facing the Prime Minister is whether he will deliver a full plan to transform social care. After a decade of failure from this Conservative Government, nothing less will do. You can read my speech here or watch it here
Energy efficient homes are both better for the environment and are cheaper to run, and I’d encourage all Leicester homeowners to take a look at the Green Homes Grant scheme
The scheme is open for applications now – Leicester City Council has been been awarded £3.75million in funding for the Green Homes Grant scheme, which its delivering in partnership with E.ON. Please note that it is not necessary to be a customer of E.ON to apply for the grants.
The grants are designed to help homeowners with the costs of making their properties more energy efficient.
Grants of up to £10,000 per household are available, and owner-occupied properties don’t have to pay a contribution towards the cost of work.
Eligibility criteria, and more general information about the scheme is set out on Leicester City Council website: https://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council/policies-plans-and-strategies/energy-efficiency/green-homes-grant-local-authority-delivery-scheme/
E.ON’s website also gives more information: https://www.eonenergy.com/green-homes-grant.html
Successful applicants can use grants to pay towards improvements including:
To apply to the Green Homes Grant scheme:
Last Friday I had an amazing day visiting Leicester City Council’s Holiday Activities and Food scheme at Fosse Primary School and the Woodgate Adventure Playground.
The City Council have been working with Premier Education UK at Fosse Primary and other schools across the city to provide lots of brilliant sports and games, including basketball and archery, alongside free food. The children were SO excited and I would like to say a huge thanks to Charlie, Owen & rest of the Premier Education UK team.
At Woodgate Adventure Playground young people have also been using roller skates donated by Babington Academy, have created art & music with Pedestrian and socialise with friends. They have had access to lots of lovely food and I am so glad young people in Leicester have had this opportunity to enjoy themselves after such a difficult year.
It has been a huge effort to make the Holiday Activities and Food scheme deliver for children who need it most. I am very proud of team!
I’m campaigning for more affordable housing in Leicester West – including building more social housing – and a fair deal for people who are private renters.
I’m campaigning for better services and support for older people, carers and their families, and a sustainable system for funding our NHS and social care in future.
I’m working to help your family by pressing for faster progress in local schools, more improvements in our NHS, and continued investment in children’s early years.
