Sorting books that change lives
I’m sure, like me, you have never even thought about the stories behind the second hand books you buy off sites like Amazon – how they got there, who sorted them, cleaned them and packaged them up?...
View ArticleWorking together to fix our broken society
Camberwell and Peckham, where I am the Conservative candidate, is one of the poorest constituencies in Britain. It also has a well-known Member of Parliament in Westminster, having been represented...
View ArticleA thriving example of the Big Society in action
We woke up to glorious sunshine in Blackpool yesterday – ideal weather conditions for Dave and me to make a return visit to the Chepstow Community Garden on Grange Park Estate. Three years ago the...
View ArticleThe Big Society can become a reality
Well, it’s finally arrived – the last day of the campaign. I can’t quite believe this day has come, it feels like it has been on the horizon forever. For me it has been a whirlwind of visits to some...
View ArticleJob Clubs are for life, not just elections!
Like a number of parliamentary candidates for the May 2010 general election, I was inspired by David Cameron to set up a Job Club to help job seekers back into work as quickly as possible. Statutory...
View ArticleHow social action can build the Big Society
At last year’s conference I decided that I wanted to use my background in business and event management to host a Jobs Fair in my constituency to bring together businesses, volunteer organisations and...
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Giving time to help make the Big Society
Most of us get involved in social action activities at some point in our lives and I have never met anyone who fails to find it rewarding. This ‘social capital’ that underpinned society before the war...
View ArticleProject Umubano 2011 has launched
Over 120 volunteers have joined the Conservatives’ project to teach skills in Africa. Volunteers with the party’s Project Umubano have travelled to Rwanda and Sierra Leone to work in key areas of...
View ArticleProject Umubano kicks off
It has been a very busy start all round for the Project Umubano team in Sierra Leone. After a long flight we arrived on Monday and crossed the water from the airport at Lungi into Freetown. The journey...
View ArticleStreet Children welcome Umubano
The Street Child of Sierra Leone Children’s Centre sits at the edge of the town of Makeni. Travelling north from the capital Freetown, the beauty of the landscape contrasts harshly with the chaotic...
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