Last week I really enjoyed the opportunity to get a tour of Castle Mead Academy‘s new building, and to talk to the Principal, Tom Hague, about the challenges of building a new school and its city wide catchment area.
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Liz visits West Gate School
I recently visited West Gate School, a school that supports 4 – 19-year-olds with a range of learning needs including moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism spectrum conditions. It was fantastic to catch up with Rhian Richardson, Head Teacher, and Brian Jones, Chair of Governors, about the challenges and brilliant work […]
Liz meets Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes
I really enjoyed meeting Jonathan Bostock recently to learn about the brilliant work of Leicestershire & Rutland Blood Bikes. The Blood Bikes provide a free, “out of hours” courier service to the NHS, ferrying not just blood, but also pathology samples, surgical equipment and donated breast milk between our hospitals, […]
Liz visits Preloved@45
Last week I met with Marian and her brilliant team of volunteers at Preloved@45 – the new community shop on Wellinger Way, Braunstone. Pop along and see their great range of quality children’s, women’s and men’s clothing, household items, white goods & toys!
Liz helps tackle traffic problems
On Friday I met with brilliant pupils at Braunstone Frith Primary School who are campaigning to make their school safe by dealing with traffic problems on Tatlow Road. It was great to hear their concerns, and to discuss the possible solutions available, and to agree the next steps of the […]
Liz visits on Election Day Heatherbrook Primary
It was fantastic to see democracy in action on Election Day for school council at Heatherbrook Primary last week. There were some fantastic manifestos and candidates …. good luck all!
Liz visits Christ The King school
On Friday I visited the fantastic Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy in Leicester. I met with the wonderful school council, and especially enjoyed hearing about their “every second counts” approach in learning and achievement. Without doubt, the best part of any week is visiting our schools in Leicester West. […]
Liz meets with Health and Social Care Students
It was lovely meeting with Yvie Woods, Paige Snow & Luc Honey who are doing Level 3 BTEC in Health & Social Care at New College Leicester. They are so passionate about their work and raised concerns about the lack of provision of proper infant CPR training to new parents […]
Liz backs local efforts
On Friday I had a busy day chairing Feeding Leicester, a group trying to eradicate food poverty in the city, discussed the ground-breaking work TUC Midlands have been doing to tackle worker exploitation in Leicester’s textile industry, and spoke with Cllr Sarah Russell and Cllr Elly Cutkelvin on concerns with […]
Liz stands by Rights for Residents
I was so proud to stand alongside the amazing Rights for Residents today at 10 Downing Street, as they handed in their petition to allow care home residents the legal right to see their loved ones. Over 250,000 people have signed the petition to date – we […]
Liz attends opening of new football pitch
Last week I attended the opening of the amazing Walkers Re-play football pitch at the New Parks Hub in New Parks with Gary Lineker, Emile Heskey, and Abbie McManus, as well as other Leicester Legends and players from Leicester Women. The pitch, which has been funded by Walkers, is one […]
Liz raises concerns over crisis in Afghanistan
Over the past fortnight, my team and I have been working hard to support people in Leicester West affected by the devastating crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. However, none of the urgent enquiries we’ve raised with the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence, and Home Office have received a full response. […]