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03 FEB 2012

Students in round table talks with MP!

Sixth Form students studying at the St Augustine Academy in Maidstone, engaged in round table talks last Friday, with the Member of Parliament for Maidstone and the Weald, Helen Grant MP. Ever intent upon engaging young people in politics, Helen visited the St Augustine Academy and spent some quali...

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01 FEB 2012

Chance to be Chancellor

Young people in Maidstone and The Weald are to be given the Chance to be Chancellor and share their opinions on the Youth Budget 2012. Helen Grant (Con), MP for Maidstone and the Weald, is supporting the launch of Chance to be Chancellor 2012 and is calling on local schools and young people to take...

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27 JAN 2012

MP speaks to Maidstone Older People's Forum

Maidstone and the Weald MP, Helen Grant (Con), met numerous senior citizens when she spoke at a meeting of the Maidstone Older People's Forum, last Friday. In a packed Hazlitt Theatre Exchange Studio, members of the Maidstone Older People's Forum were joined by some local councillors, as they enjoy...

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20 JAN 2012

Helen Grant, MP, supports Maidstone 'Big Energy Week' event

Local MP Helen Grant took part in a special event run by Citizens Advice held at the Gateway office of Maidstone Borough Council on 20 January. Part of the nationwide 'Big Energy Week' programme, the event was designed to provide hands-on help for people to cut their fuel bills and get the best dea...

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19 JAN 2012

Helen Grant MP supports charity calls for urgent action to prevent babies' deaths.

Maidstone and the Weald MP, Helen Grant, has attended a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons, organised by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, for the launch of their new report, Preventing Babies' Deaths: what needs to be done. 6,500 babies are stillborn or die shortly aft...

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12 JAN 2012

Helen Grant MP Fights Forced Marriage

Survivors of early and forced marriage have got backing from a local MP – who took their cause to Westminster. Helen Grant, Conservative Member of Parliament for Maidstone and the Weald, stood up during Prime Minister's Questions this week to urge action. "I asked what the government is plan...

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06 JAN 2012

School's Speech Day leaves local MP speechless

Friday 6th January 2012, Maidstone, Kent: Local MP for Maidstone and the Weald (Con), Helen Grant, visited Maidstone Grammar School for Girls for their Sixth Form Speech Day. The occasion marked the return of A-Level students who sat exams last year, but were returning to receive their much deserved...

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21 DEC 2011

MP Meets Skateboard and Break-dance Entrepreneurs

Helen Grant, Member of Parliament for Maidstone and the Weald, met two budding young entrepreneurs when she visited the Trinity Foyer Project in Maidstone today. Trinity Foyer is a charitable organisation which undertakes remarkable work with young single homeless people aged 16-24 who have low to ...

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21 DEC 2011

MP Hears Maidstone’s "Good News"

Maidstone and the Weald MP, Helen Grant, was encouraged by hearing good news about the County Town, when she attended an informal lunch meeting of local business leaders today. Hosted by Maidstone's Town Centre Manager, Bill Moss, in the boardroom of the Maidstone Town Centre Management, Helen met ...

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28 NOV 2011

Preventing Forced Marriage in the UK

Speaking in Parliament on the 3rd anniversary of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act, Helen Grant MP (Maidstone & the Weald), urged caution in response to calls for the offence to be criminalised. She said "Forced Marriage is a terrible offence which crushes self-esteem and is often acco...

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