My Work
This page is intended to Log the work i have done in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, wether it be local community improvements or joining of a local management committee you can find details here.
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Here is a picture from a charity fundraiser i did for Children in Need after Come dine with me last year. Pictured are the former Lord Mayor Denver Tolley and a representative from Tesco’s who donated the food for the event.
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Etruria Canal Festival!
This year was the first time i have ever been to the canal festival down at Etruria and i must say how great it was, a fantastic family day of fun and was great bumping into so many people i knew. I spent most of my afternoon down there with Mary from PMAG and Julie our council officer helping with the Ford green hall asset transfer project.
Oh and here is my son kissing a badger!
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The Saturday morning surgery on 28th May with Smallthorne Village residents association, The RSPCA and local police officers was an amazing morning where i met alot of people and talked at depth on a number of issues mainly around the swans, traffic and litter! Below are a few pictures from the day..
Here is the church after its regeneration, how amazing does it look!
And here is Pat from the residents association with a picture given to her by a lovely gentleman called Alan Rowley who took this picture shortly before they died.
And here is me and Ryan from the residents association and local hard working student who helped out by running the tombola all morning.
My Next surgery—–>
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21st May 2011
Today i have spent some time helping complete the memorial garden at the local community centre in memory of local lad Zak Cushack and other soldiers who have died fighting for the country. Along with Neil Hawkins Chair of Newford residents association (Who has driven the project forward) and friends and Family of Zak we managed to move a massive stone into position which will be laid in memory. The garden will be open from Thursday 26th May and will be a fantastic addition to the community centre, well done and thank you to all involved especially Neil, Zak’s Mum and Austin the gardener!
You can find details below about why the garden has been created from the sentinel news story.
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7th May 2011
Here is a picture of the Swans nest in Whitfield Valley Nature reserve that were killed the following weekend. I took the picture because the signets were so cute! Its a shame that someone committed such an awful crime.
You can find details about the incident here -
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5th May 2011
Election success! You will be pleased to know that i have been elected to serve the residents of Ford green & Smallthorne with a huge majority achieving around 50% of the total vote and winning by around 30% margin. Below is a picture of the announcement on the stage at election night.
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29th April 2011
Here are some pictures from our royal wedding celebration at the community centre, i was really proud to have been involved in this event and am looking forward to many more over the summer and beyond! It was great to see the whole community out enjoying and celebrating!
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Local area improvements…
Here is a picture of one of the first projects i was involved in through the ward budget and it was the renewal of the old broken fencing on Hanley road outside Horwood Gardens. It now looks fantastic and all the residents are really happy with the results.
At the end of the path we also installed this to help residents cross a muddy piece of grass!
Another contribution we made was to the Allotments down at Newford towards a new surface for their carpark, I also provided assistance for a wall that was crumbling at the rear and some money towards extra gravel to extend the work.
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Here is a picture with myself and Matt Fry who runs the local special olympics in Stoke. I took some time out to have a kick about with him and some of the lads from their cup winning football team, it was great to see despite having some mild to severe learning difficulties these guys could still play at a decent standard!
Some of you might recognise Matt who is the Labour candidate for Weston Coyney in the 2011 elections.
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Had an interesting time at Staffs uni where David Milliband came to speak to local political students and members of the public and local labour party.
