It was a pleasure to attend a fantastic reimagined youth production of ‘First Encounters: Romeo & Juliet’ by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), at the Core at Corby Cube recently, and to meet some representatives from the RSC to hear about how they are making Shakespeare more accessible to
My latest Westminster Report newsletter has just landed in inboxes, filled with lots of interesting news and updates from across Corby & East Northamptonshire and my work in Westminster.
• British Gas have just opened a fund offering £100,000 grants for net-zero projects in the Midlands, which could help organisations in Corby & East Northamptonshire to develop their ideas to tackle climate change, bring down energy bills, and deliver a real impact to communities in our area.
English Tourism Week 2024 is happening now, and if you ever needed an excuse to get out and experience the sights that England has to offer, this is definitely it!
Following my visit to Huxlow Academy in November, and raising their site issues with the council, I was pleased to visit again with representatives from North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) recently, to discuss what are much-needed improvements to their school buildings.
Cottingham Parish Council are due to take delivery of 315 free trees from the Woodland Trust, and the wonderful Friends of Green Spaces (FroGS) group of volunteers are holding a community planting event tomorrow morning (Saturday 16th March).
I was glad to be back at Adrenaline Alley in Corby on Friday to meet up with Mandy Young, their fantastic, brilliant, and inspiring CEO, to see the new ‘Active in Motion’ facility for myself, which opened its doors not long ago.
I was really pleased to get involved in an Eco-Day hosted by the Northamptonshire RAIN Team, in partnership with North Northamptonshire Council’s Grounds Maintenance Team, at Oakley Vale recently, to learn more about their ambition to create a ‘tiny forest’ on a small green space in Oakley Vale.
