Rory met staff and members of Wigton charity Chrysalis last Tuesday April 12th at their Longthwaite Road site, and visited their wholefoods shop in the town. In discussions with managers Claire Doherty and Julie Kemp, Rory focused on the charity’s contract with Adult Social Care, and discussed ways in which it is might generate business income and more charitable […]
Rory visited Penrith’s Eden Rural Foyer on Saturday 19th March, where he was given a tour of the Foyer, met with current residents and presented certificates as part of the Foyer’s award-winning healthcare programme. He joined Chief Executive of the Foyer Federation Jane Slowey, and Chief Executive of Impact housing Association Mike Muir in a ceremony […]
Rory joined the Eden Fairtrade Network outside the Bluebell Bookshop in Penrith last Saturday, where children and adults were being asked to decorate fabrics in a national challenge to break the world record for the longest piece of bunting. Rory’s colourful floral design sat alongside illustrations of fruit, jars of honey and jam, sub-Saharan farmers […]
Praise for Cumbria Constabulary’s Budget Measures Rory met with Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Craig Mackey, on Friday December 17th at the constabulary’s Carleton headquarters in Penrith to discuss the forthcoming reductions to the county force’s budget. Rory was very impressed by the professionalism with which Craig Mackey and the Cumbrian police have approached […]
Greg Clark, Minister for Decentralisation, grants parish councils more powers Bradford Trident community councillors (from left): Shahzada Meer, Taj Salam, Munawar Khan and Shah M Khokhar, with council clerk Rebecca Holmes. Photograph: Asadour Guzelian Shahzada Meer knows everyone and everyone knows him. The community councillor says: “If somebody wants me, they can pull […]
Alston residents create community snowplough Residents of England’s highest market town have come up with a solution to combat its winter isolation. Alston in Cumbria is frequently cut off by blizzards and snow drifts, with the past winter one of the most severe for a generation. The town has a number of co-operative enterprises, and […]
Wigton Christmas Lights Rory Stewart MP for Penrith and the Border switched on Wigton’s Christmas lights on Saturday 27th November in front of hundreds of Wigton residents. After spending the afternoon watching a musical concert at Wigton’s Methodist Church and walking and chatting to stallholders in the town’s festive street-market, Rory led a walkabout […]
CUMBRIA’S BID TO PILOT NATIONAL CITIZENS SERVICE Rory has thrown his weight behind Cumbria’s bid to pilot the government’s voluntary National Citizen Service (NCS) scheme. The scheme will allow 11 leavers from different backgrounds and locations to become community volunteers and participate in youth initiatives all over Cumbria. The project would be run by Connexions […]
THE COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE AWARDS ‘CELEBRATING RURAL BRITAIN’ The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’, were borne of a need to support and promote rural communities. They celebrate people going the extra mile to ensure that rural Britain’s food and farming industry, small businesses, traditional skills, forward-thinking enterprises and, most of all, its people, […]
Rory joined recently appointed Rector of Morland, the Reverend Stewart Fyfe, for the opening of Morland Parish Fete on Saturday June 12th 2010. The fete, which has been a Morland tradition since 2006 when the annual church garden party and the village school fete were combined, attracted a few hundred visitors. Organised by a joint […]