I was absolutely delighted to be invited to open St Clare Hospice’s latest charity shop in Ongar on Saturday 14th June. With more and more people keen to embrace recycling and sustainable fashion and homewares, the shop offers a great opportunity for the local community to support hospice care
There have been some wonderful events in the constituency over the last few weekends, not least the opening of the new St Clare Hospice charity shop on Ongar High Street, and the ever-wonderful Strawberry Fair in the King George’s Playing Fields.
Getting men to talk about their mental health and how they are coping with all that life can throw at us has always been something of a difficulty.However, the Brentwood Men’s Shed hopes to change that but providing a safe space for men to come to talk to someone outside the family, make frien
After a number of complaints from constituents across Mid and South Essex about the lack of community audiology appointments available for those who felt their hearing was beginning to deteriorate, I joined some of my fellow Conservative Essex MPs in writing to the Mid and South Essex Integrated Car
Today [Tuesday 18 March 2025] Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party, announced the Policy Renewal Programme. We are living off the inheritance of previous generations. For three centuries, every era in our country’s history left a better legacy for its children. The greatnes
St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood is just outside my constituency boundary but provides excellent end of life care and support for patients with life limiting illnesses when they need some extra care in difficult times.
A big slice of cake and some messy play with a group of toddlers is a great way to spend a Friday afternoon, and the team at Larchwood Family Hub in Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, did not disappoint when I visited recently.The Family Hub, run by HCRG Care Group and Barnardo’s for the Essex Child a
Working in social care can be a hugely rewarding job, and it was a delight to meet some of the staff and residents at the Quiet Waters residence in West Horndon last week.Quiet Waters, part of the Voyage Care group, provides full time supported living for young adults with learning disabilities.
My Friday visits in the constituency have resumed after the Christmas and New Year break, and I was busy in and around North Weald, Hastingwood, Ingatestone and Brentwood on Friday last week.St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood is just outside my constituency but provides excellent end of life care and s
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has been in touch to ask us all to think carefully about using 999 while the health system is experiencing a huge spike in demand. The Trust moved to the highest escalation alert level on New Year’s Eve, in response to high demand across t
