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Risley Avenue Breakfast Club

I visited Risley Avenue Primary School to see its new government-funded free breakfast club, which is helping to give children a positive start to the school day while supporting families with the cost of living. The school has worked in partnership with the charity Magic Breakfast for several years to provide nutritious breakfasts and enrichment activities for […]

Southgate Celebrates Festival

Let’s celebrate Southgate! It was wonderful to join Southgate District Civic Voice at their celebratory festival in Southgate’s Pocket Park. This fantastic community event brought residents together through art, culture, and creativity and offered free workshops for all ages. It was wonderful to see so many people from across the community coming together to celebrate […]

Mental Health Awareness Week

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme this year is action, because while awareness matters, real change only comes when we act on it.  To mark this, I met with my constituent, Alina Marinca, who has just finished an outstanding research project on children’s mental health. Too many young people in our community […]