Spent a productive few hours or so helping to make all the sandwiches for HCT's Children's Packed Lunches. I had great fun assisting the amazing HCT Team. We served 1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ packed lunches to local school children from #Hadfield, #Padfield & #Tintwistle this afternoon. The...1/9 lunch packs generally consisted of a sandwich (cheese, ham or chicken), a piece of fruit (apple, banana or orange), a packet of crisps, a carmel millionaire slice, a yoghurt and a drink (apple juice, orange juice or water) to wash it all down with. We also gave free arts...2/9

It felt wonderful to be back at Carmel Church for the very first Carmel Coffee Morning of 2023. I had a cracking time catching up with local residents after a pleasant Christmas and New Year. It was dead pleasing to see everyone enjoying themselves this morning. As usual,...1/5 the amazing Carmel Team were on hand to ensure that folk were very well looked after. It was nice to kick off my community engagements for the year with a couple of nice biscuits and I got treated to a lovely hot orange to wash it all down with. You always get well fed and..2/5

🗳️ East Midlands Combined Mayoral Authority 🗳️

@Derbyshirecc, @DerbyCC, @NottsCC and @MyNottingham are currently considering an offer from Government to merge, creating an East Midlands Combined Mayoral Authority which would be led by an elected Mayor. Whilst, additional...1/5 public funding per head and investment is always welcome, I am approaching the current proposal with caution as much of the detail is sadly lacking at the moment, and naturally, I'm concerned whether or not #Padfield, #Hadfield and other communities across the High Peak...2/5