Action SE17 bids to Stop Knife Crime
On Friday 31st October I joined Action SE17 to call for people to join together to fight knife crime.
Action SE17 are a new organisation which works with the police, schools, youth offending teams, local charities and community wardens to help combat the issue of gun and knife crime in SE17.
I was delighted to present the winners of the positive profile’s awards and look forward to continue working with organisation in the future.
Small Business Breakfast
On Wednesday 29th October I held a business breakfast at Southwark Town Hall. I have been working closely with the Southwark Chamber of Commerce who chaired the event.
It was an opportunity for anyone who runs or works for a small business in Camberwell and Peckham to come and speak to me and raise any issues concerning their business during this difficult economic time. It was very well attended with over 40 local business men and women, The Southwark Chamber of Commerce, the Black Business Initiative, Val Shawcross AM, The Mayor of Southwark and local Councillors.
I will be feeding into the Government's National Economic Council the points raised by people during this excellent discussion.
Prime Minister's Questions
On Wednesday 15th October 2008 I stood in for the Prime Minister at PMQs.
Getting Involved!
If you are interested in reading about the role of Member's of Parliament, how you can contact your MP and the ways in which they can help you then click here.
You may also be interested in getting involved in your local community and are not sure where to start.
I have recently launched the Black, Asian and minority ethnic women Task Force to encourage more women to get involved in local government.
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women are scandalously under-represented in the democratic life of this country.
Only two women MPs come from minority ethnic communities and BAME women account for less than one per cent of England's 20,000 local councillors while they make up more than 5 per cent of the population.
To create a more representative picture the number of BAME women councillors needs to increase more than five-fold – from just 168 to nearer a thousand. Your local council needs you!
