Armed Forces Day
John Whittingdale joined hundreds of people including many Forces Veterans who gathered in the sunshine at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome on Saturday to pay tribute to the nation’s Armed Forces at Maldon District Council’s Armed Forces Day. In support of the event many vintage and modern aircraft flew in, including a rare 1930s Aeronca […]
Danbury Pre School
John Whittingdale attended the Danbury Pre-School 50th Anniversary Village Fayre on Dawson’s Playing Fields at Danbury Sports Club. John is pictured with organiser, Sarah Clarkson-Reid and Manager, Charlotte Jones.
Superfast Broadband
More than 2.5 million homes and businesses can now benefit from superfast broadband as a result of the Government’s nationwide rollout. Latest official statistics show that as of 31 March 2015 an additional 2,411,395 properties are now able to access superfast speeds thanks to the Government’s £1.7bn investment programme. This means that with the project […]
Dengie Enterprise Support Service
The new Dengie Enterprise Support service was officially launched on Friday 27 March, with John Whittingdale among those showing their support for the initiative. Made possible with funding from the Magnox Socio-economic Scheme through the Bradwell Legacy Partnership, Dengie Enterprise Support will bring fully funded business support and training to new and existing businesses on […]
Dementia Fundraising Coffee Morning
John Whittingdale attended the coffee and cake morning organised by D-Caf: the Dengie Dementia Cafe and Activity Group in the Town Council offices, Burnham on Crouch. The morning was organised to support the work of Admiral Nurses who are specialist dementia nurses. John is pictured with Mayor of Burnham, Cllr Ron Pratt, Cllr Mrs Babs […]
Beer Champion Award
John, who champions Britain’s beer industry, has been honoured with a unique award in Parliament. He was presented with a certificate and souvenir pump clip by the British Beer & Pub Association and SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers. The special award is a joint initiative from the BBPA and SIBA, who wanted to recognise […]
Sports Aid
John Whittingdale attended an event organised by the SportsAid charity to highlight the support that they give to promising young athletes with money raised from My Lotto 24. At the reception, John met Danica Brazier who lives in Bicknacre and plays water polo for the GB ladies junior under 17s water polo team. Her home […]
NSPCC Share Aware campaign
John Whittingdale attended the NSPCC’s Parliamentary Reception on Online Safety to support the charity’s new ‘Share Aware’ campaign which aims to get families talking about socialising safely online. The NSPCC has created a new online guide to help inform parents about the risks of different social networking sites used by children. This comes after an NSPCC […]
McCarthy & Stone’s Construction in Maldon
John Whittingdale MP, formally marked the commencement of construction at McCarthy & Stone’s forthcoming Retirement Living development on Whitehorse Lane, Maldon. Mr Whittingdale joined the site manager, Andy Chinery, in an official ground breaking ceremony to commemorate the first steps in the construction of the development, which will be designed specifically to help those aged […]
John Whittingdale Nominates Maldon Primary School for 2015 Flag Project
Next year, in 2015, Parliament will be celebrating two historic anniversaries that mark the beginning of democracy in the UK; the 800th year since the signing of the Magna Carta and the 750th anniversary of the de Montfort Parliament. To mark the de Montfort anniversary, where elected representatives from around the country came together for […]