SEW Community Fund recipients recognised for their work in Maidstone & The Weald Tuesday, 23 May, 2023 A few weeks ago I wrote in this column about a special fund being set up by South East Water (SEW) for charities in Maidstone & The Weald. It was created to thank the community for its patience when a rapid ‘freeze-thaw’ weather event in December caused widespread interruption to tap water supplies in the run up to Christmas. Local organisations across the constituency were invited to apply for a... Articles
Helen Grant MP Opens Newly Renovated Frittenden Memorial Hall 14th October 2022 After a £340,000 makeover Frittenden Memorial Hall has been formally opened by Maidstone and the Weald MP Helen Grant. Ms Grant praised the villagers for their... News
Helen Grant MP meets the founders of the Street Angels Café 7th October 2022 A successful Medway charity has just extended its reach to Maidstone with the opening of a new café in Thomas Place ME14 1FP, just behind Maidstone Library &... News
Helen Grant MP attends The Queen's Gurkha Engineers’ 74th Birthday Celebrations 1st October 2022 Helen Grant MP attended The Queen’s Gurkha Engineer (QGE) Regiment’s 74th Birthday celebrations at the famous Invicta Park Barracks in Maidstone last weekend... News
Peter Hall, Farming Hero for Maidstone & The Weald 30th September 2022 Helen Grant MP has presented the NFU’s Farming Hero Award for the constituency of Maidstone and the Weald to Peter Hall of Little Mill Farm, Marden. It was... News
Her Majesty the Queen 9th September 2022 The passing of Her Majesty has left me with a feeling of profound loss and sadness. Her leadership, diplomacy, dignity and unshakeable sense of duty to her... Articles
Maidstone Hospital Oncology Outpatients Suite Opening 26th May 2022 The past two years have reinforced, more than ever, how much we as a country value the NHS as a centrepiece of our society. It was therefore a great pleasure to... News
Shortage of GPs in Kent 19th May 2022 One of the most regular complaints in my postbag from Constituents is about difficulty in getting an appointment with a GP. Sometimes the problem can be... News
Ukraine is history repeating itself 18th April 2022 When I was a young girl at primary school, I remember our class reading a book called the Silver Sword, by Ian Serraillier. Based on fact, and set in 1940 in... Articles
Sissinghurst Castle Gardens and Helen Grant MP mark historic Platinum Jubilee with Queens Green Canopy Project 8th April 2022 Sissinghurst Castle Garden is reinstating the impressive Poplar Avenue, that was originally planted by former owners Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson in... News
