Amanda Saunders, Author at Liz Kendall

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Liz pledges support for new homeless charter

30/10/2018

I am extremely proud to have signed Leicester’s Homelessness Charter. The Charter brings together organisations from right across the city, including charities, businesses, the City Council, health services, the police and faith groups, to commit to work together to tackle homelessness. The number of people sleeping rough in our city […]

Caring for older people, Homepage, leicester, NHS, Safer, greener communities, Social Care, Supporting families, Young people

Liz joins event to mark new beginnings for community organisation

23/10/2018

On Friday I attend an event to celebrate the achievements of community group B-inspired, congratulated them for taking over ownership of the Health and Social Care centre and heard more about their plans of the future. I always enjoy visiting the B-inspired team. They are an absolutely fantastic organisation which […]

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Liz gives support to Leicester’s Homeless Charter

23/10/2018

On Friday I met with the Rev Alison Adams from Leicester Cathedral to learn more about the City’s Homeless Charter. The charter aims to bring people together to look at how we can prevent homelessness and make Leicester a place where no one needs to sleep on the streets. Charities, […]

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Liz visits Barley Croft Primary School

23/10/2018

Peppers, broccoli and blueberries were on the menu last week as I joined students at Barley Croft Primary School for a lesson in health eating! The scheme is being run in partnership with NHS school fruit & veg scheme and aims to encourage young people to try more fruit and […]

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Liz celebrates teacher’s fantastic achievement

16/10/2018

I was thrilled to join the Lord Mayor in celebrating Maggie Scott’s incredible achievement of fifty years teaching at Forest Lodge Primary School here in Leicester West. Maggie is such an inspiration and I am delighted to see her achievement recognised.

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Liz visits Stokes Wood Primary School

16/10/2018

I had a really lovely time at Stokes Wood Primary School last week. It was great to see the headteacher Jane Gadsby and all the other teachers and staff there. They all share such determination and commitment to giving children the best start in life.

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Liz Visits Local Engineering Company

16/10/2018

I loved visiting Samuel James Engineering last week. Samuel James is such a fantastic company providing switchgear and control systems for the railway industry. The company are looking to expand and I am hoping to help them get space they need so we can ensure this great company has a […]

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Liz talks to students at the University of Leicester

15/10/2018

I was delighted to have been invited to the University of Leicester last week to talk to students about the role of an MP and how Parliament works. I had a great time and really enjoyed answering their questions. They asked me about the role of an MP, here in […]

Glenfield, Homepage, NHS, Supporting families, Young people

Liz attends launch of new Children’s Air Ambulance

28/09/2018

Today I attended the Leicestershire launch of the new Children’s Air Ambulance. The new Children’s Air Ambulance will make such a difference to the lives of children and their families right across the country. The Children’s Air Ambulance has now launched two new helicopters, one will be based in Doncaster […]

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Liz visits Beaumont Leys Children’s Centre

24/09/2018

On Friday I visited Beaumont Ley’s Children’s Centre to meet with mums who are receiving help and support from Leicester Mammas. Leicester Mammas support local mums who are pregnant, new mums and parents from across the city and who want to breastfeed their babies. The mums told me how vital […]

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Update from Feeding Leicester Steering Group

18/09/2018

On Friday I chaired this month’s Feeding Leicester Steering Group. At this month’s meeting we looked back at the success of the Holiday Hunger project. It was absolutely fantastic to hear that the project delivered over 32,000 meals to children across the city over the summer holidays – 10,000 more […]

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Liz talks to Fullhurst students about social media

18/09/2018

On Friday I held my second consultation event with local students about the impacts of social media and screen use on their health. This time I was at Fullhurst Community College and had a really interesting chat with the students. They told me all the things they thought were […]

Author: Amanda Saunders