I’m working in partnership with local baby bank Little Village, who are currently in urgent need of clothes and kit for the families they support. We are planning to run a big donation session together on the morning of Saturday the 23rd of April at St Margaret’s Church (10am-12pm) and are seeking volunteers to help this run smoothly.
joined kids and parents from charity Autism Voice alongside local councillor Marianna Masters for some half-term gardening fun
Thank you to St Andrew’s Primary Staff and students gave me a very warm welcome when I paid them a visit, including a brilliant tour of their big red library bus.
I met with residents of Gwynne House this month, who have reported repeated difficulties with their lift, to try and help them get it sorted
The Girls’ School Day Trust (GDST), which runs 23 independent schools across the UK, is proposing to leave the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, threating the financial stability of teachers in retirement. This month I met with teachers from Streatham and Clapham High School and their National Education Union representative to discuss the impact of these proposals, which they are being threatened with.
The Government recently detained two of my constituents, a mother and daughter, ahead of a mass deportation flight to Jamaica. Thankfully, following my letter to the Home Secretary and pressure from migrant justice campaigners, the Government decided to pull them off the flight.