I support action to tackle the minority of people who create anti-social behaviour. I’m also campaigning for more things for young people to do, and more help to make your community a cleaner, greener place to live.
I’m backing New College School’s bid for funding from Sport England to become a Sports Village. The school wants to develop top class facilities for hockey, football, ruby and other sports which can be used by the local community, residents across the city, and the East Midlands region as a […]
Fosse Primary School, which is in the heart of my constituency, was recently awarded with the Leicester City anti-bullying award for the excellent work they’ve done to stamp out bullying. It was a real privilege to present this award at the school assembly and I was particularly pleased to meet […]
Sir Clive Loader is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire. At my recent meeting with Sir Clive. I stressed the importance of tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in Leicester West. We discussed the need to address the underlying causes of crime, and the benefit of initiatives like the […]
On Tuesday 23rd October I hosted an event in Parliament to showcase the best of Leicester’s youth services. More than 30 young people came along with Soft Touch, Streetvibe and Essensual Rejuvenation. They were joined by Leicester City Councillors Vi Dempster and Wayne Naylor, and some of our great Youth […]
The residents of Mowmacre Hill have experienced problems from foul odours since the Biffa plant opened at Hoods Close in 2003. Residents tell me that their quality of life has been ruined by the smell and they are unable to sit in their gardens, hang their washing out, or just […]
I recently had the honour of re-opening the gym at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara on Holy Bones. The updated gym has been made possible using £1,300 from the local Abbey ward community fund. Local councillors Harshad Bhavsar, Annette Byrne and Colin Marriott joined me at the event, which was great […]
I remain extremely concerned about the long standing problems with the smell from the Biffa waste plant. Last week I spoke to residents on Bedale Drive. They told me the smell has got much worse during the warmer summer months and that they cant open their windows, let alone sit […]
Liz talks to local residents in Mowmacre about smell from Biffa plant
You may have previously read about me supporting local efforts to bring restorative justice to Leicester. As part of this work, I recently met with PC Sandy Hastings to discuss how restorative justice can be used to help reduce anti-social behaviour, which is a really important issue in my constituency. […]
Whizz-kidz is a brilliant charity that helps give disabled children more independent lives, including by providing wheelchairs and other mobility equipment. I recently went to see our local Whizzkidz group at Beaumont Leys School. The young people I met told me about their ‘Be Aware, Don’t Stare’ campaign, showing me […]
I’m exceptionally excited about the Olympics but didn’t get tickets for any of the games. So like most people, the closest I’ll get to seeing the games is on the sofa in my living room, glued to the TV. That’s why I was so thrilled to be at the Abbey […]
On Saturday I went to Braunstone Carnival at Fullhurst School, along with hundreds of my constituents. There were some great performances from local dancers, keep fit demonstrations, and Street Vibe were on hand with a youth pod to demonstrate the fantastic work that they do. I was also really pleased […]
