REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE ‘EAT OUT TO HELP OUT’ SCHEME FOR AUGUST!

Corby & East Northamptonshire has very welcomely been allocated a share of the £434 million being invested in upgrading education facilities across the country, which will help ensure schools have well-maintained facilities to support high-quality education.

Today is the NHS’ 72nd birthday! I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our wonderful NHS staff who do an amazing job day in, day out, working across our incredible NHS services locally, and their contribution is something we are more mindful of than ever at this challenging time.

I really welcome the announcement made over the weekend providing greater clarity on the discretionary element of the small business grants scheme, along with some extra resourcing, which will undoubtedly address a small number of challenging cases I have been taking up with the councils locally.

To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day tomorrow, The Royal British Legion is calling on individuals and communities across the UK to come together during key moments to pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the entire Second World War generation, who did so much in the name of our freedom.

Today is the 9th annual National Postal Workers Day and I wanted to take this opportunity to say a big ‘thank you’ to all our postal workers who are working tirelessly to make sure we stay connected with our loved ones and businesses can carry on through this really challenging time.

NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT) need people who are fit and healthy to keep donating blood as normal. Blood donation sessions and donor centres are still open, and travel to them is essential for the NHS and allowable under the ‘lockdown’ rules.

I’m proud to support Sport England’s ‘Join the Movement’ campaign, because being active can improve your physical health, help manage stress and anxiety, particularly at the challenging time and generally makes people feel better.

Want to learn more about how to connect with family and friends by using video calling during this emergency period?

I was delighted to attend the GVC SportsAid Reception (pre-social distancing) and meet the next generation of talented athletes that GVC are supporting. I look forward to watching their careers develop and hope to see them representing TeamGB in the near future – many ones to watch!