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I was delighted to be invited to speak last week with sixth formers at John Masefield High School in Ledbury. It's a place close to my heart, since my own sons went there not so long ago. The young people asked some brilliant questions about topics including river...

It was fantastic to be joined by the wonderful Caroline Lucas at the weekend, campaigning in North Herefordshire. We're getting such a warm response on the doorstep; so many former Conservatives are telling us they are now going to vote Green. People want change and...

It was a real pleasure to visit the Bromyard History Society's shop and community hub History on Broad Street recently. Their lovely volunteers will be very happy to tell you about their work and help you find out more about the history of Bromyard and your own family...

The NFU's annual conference starts today. Outgoing president Minette Batters has been a passionate and impressive advocate for British food and farming. It's so important that the government provides more support for farmers to grow more food locally and sustainably.

Bromyard Methodist Church offers a brilliant community service every Wednesday - they are a Talk Community Herefordshire Hub, offering a warm safe, space and refreshments from 10am to 2pm. I popped in last week to learn more from the volunteers who make it happen, and...

Herefordshire Skills Show was a brilliant celebration of local opportunities! More than 40 organisations took part, with over 1,000 young people visiting from local schools to find out about post-16 training and employment. There was a fantastic buzz! Thanks...

Herefordshire Mind provides an amazing range of mental health support services to local people; including counselling, peer support groups, and the Safe Haven service every evening. I was privileged to visit their base at Heffernan House in Hereford, where David...

It was lovely to meet the brilliant volunteers and book enthusiasts at the Wellington Village Community Library. The library offers a wonderful service to the village: books, friendly chat and even coffee!

How can we support and encourage young people to get more engaged with politics? That was the theme of this workshop in Hereford last week facilitated by local arts project Rural Media. It was great to chat with colleagues from all sorts of organisations - and across...

It was a pleasure to sit down with Euan McPherson, chief executive of Services for Independent Living (SIL) to learn more about the organisation. SIL is a Leominster-based charity and company that supports many local people to live independently. With nearly 150...