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Helen Grant MP supports #EqualRightToSight campaign

 ‘SeeAbility’ campaigner and local Maidstone resident Grace McGill visited her MP Helen Grant in Westminster last week, to recruit her support for a new national campaign to promote the Easy Eye Care pathway.

February Newsletter

The fireworks of New Year’s Eve seem long in the past as weather systems Ischa and Jocelyn stormed us through January toward the last month of Winter. Meanwhile my team and I have been as busy as ever with a wide array of activities in Maidstone & The Weald.

Helen Grant Points the way for Village Green Status

Protecting our green spaces from inappropriate housing developments and safeguarding our precious environment have always been priorities for me.

That is why gaining village green status for the field at Bunyards Farm in Allington is a campaign I am very pleased to be supporting.

Statement on Oaken Wood Quarry

Maidstone & The Weald MP Helen Grant MP and Chatham & Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch have joined together to express concern about Kent County Council’s proposal to include Oaken Wood in its Mineral Sites Plan.  The MPs have looked at the proposals and are unconvinced of the technical evidenc

HI KENT – A Charity for People Living with Hearing Loss

It is not a well-known fact that hearing impairments affect 1 in 5 people in the UK.  It is the second most common disability here, after those who have problems with mobility; and it is more prevalent than conditions such as diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer put together.

The campaign seeking a statutory duty of care for higher education students gains momentum in an impassioned parliamentary debate “Not closing the door on future legislation” says Minister Halfon.

Every four days on average, over the last 10 years in England and Wales, one student in Higher Education has committed suicide, according to the ONS. Campaigners believe that many of these deaths could have been prevented if there were a clear standard to be followed by universities under a duty