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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...

I visited Hereford Sixth Form College last Friday where I spoke with the wonderful students of the debate society and had an interview with the student newspaper. It was brilliant to meet such engaged young people with a real interest in the things that matter most -...

It was great to spend yesterday morning at a mental health awareness training workshop run by the brilliant local charity We Are Farming Minds. They do fantastic work around mental health in the farming community here in Herefordshire. It’s impossible to overstate the...

I had a brilliant time campaigning in Leominster this weekend. Thank you to all the hardworking volunteers who came out to talk with voters. We had a great turnout and an even better response on the doorstep - more and more people are saying they'll vote for me in the...

Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to 2024! I started the year in my traditional way, with a lovely windy walk on the Malverns and up British Camp and Herefordshire Beacon with some of my oldest friends!

On Boxing Day there's nothing I like more than a good long walk in the countryside, so this seems like a great day to post about Ali Allen's wonderful Walking Hub in Kington! The Hub has everything a walker needs and Ali is a real mine of information on all things...

The team at Leominster Food Bank are just amazing! Kathy, David and other volunteers told me about their inspiring work when I visited recently. The foodbank has dozens of volunteers, and supports hundreds of people. It's open every Tuesday and Friday, and offers free...