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.
Parks Pantry is a lovely lunch club based at New Parks Library, I was delighted to be able to visit again last week: beef and vegetarian masala were on the menu, all created by chef Andy Duffin. The Lunch Club runs every Wednesday between 12-1pm. It costs only 75p for […]
I was delighted to visit Leicester’s Carers Centre as part of Carers week, which champions the needs of Britain’s 6.5 million unpaid family carers. Speaking to the families at the Centre highlighted, once again, that we need to do much more to help families who are looking after elderly […]
Last year, I welcomed the Government’s decision to overturn the flawed “Safe and Sustainable review” and to look again at the decision to close children’s heart surgery at Glenfield. We’ve been anxiously awaiting NHS England’s consultation, which we were assured would take place next month. But this week, we got […]
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Citizens Advice Bureau. The organisation has gone from strength to strength and its fantastic volunteers are its greatest asset. When my constituents feel that the odds are stacked against them and that they don’t have anywhere to turn, the Citizens Advice Bureau […]
I was really pleased to open Community Money Solutions: a new support centre that will provide debt and other money advice on Bateman Road in New Parks. The centre employs two full time advisers who will provide advice in person, online, by phone and at home. It is run […]
Residents in Mowmacre have set up a new lunch club with funding from the Abbey Ward Community Fund. The club will offer healthy, low cost meals for around 50p every Friday from 12 – 1pm at the Tudor Centre on Bewcastle Grove. It was great to see so many people […]
In her regular Leicester Mercury column, Liz talks about how carers deserve a much better deal from the Government. You can read Liz’s column here.
I went to an event at New Parks Youth and Community Centre organised by the Multiple Sclerosis Society where I met Amit, his wife Martine and their two sons Ethan and Keelan. Amit was diagnosed with MS in 1990 and he’s now in the secondary progressive stage of the […]
On 1st April I attended a training session organised by the Alzheimer’s Society to become a Dementia Friend. The Dementia Friends programme is an initiative that aims to improve people’s understanding of dementia and teach them how small things they can do that can make a difference to people living […]
On 21st March I attended the launch of a cyber safety program for teenagers called “Well Versed” at Fullhurst Community College. This program helps young people to manage their online lives, by getting pupils to share their experiences of being on the internet with one another. “Well Versed” is backed […]
On Friday 14th March I visited an amazing supported living service in Bendbow Rise that’s home to 6 people with complex physical and learning disabilities. The service, which is run by a not-for-profit charity called Community Integrated Care, helps people live independently by providing truly personalised care and support. […]
On Thursday 13 March I asked the Schools Minister how the pupil premium (the extra money for disadvantaged pupils) will work when the new scheme for free school meals comes in. This issue has been raised with me by Cas Evans, the headteacher at Parks Primary. At the moment, the […]
