I was pleased to meet with representatives of the About Dereham Partnership this past Friday to learn more about their work to champion good causes in Dereham, foster more tourism opportunities and help create a bigger vision for the town.

The About Dereham Partnership consists currently of dedicated volunteers who put energy and commitment into the overall aim of improving the image of Dereham. Their adopted mission is:

“To promote and contribute to Dereham as an economically successful and culturally vibrant centre: a good place to live and a great place to visit.”

I look forward to working with the Partnership in the coming months and years ahead.

To find out more, please visit:

Website: https://aboutdereham.org/partnership
Email: hello@aboutDereham.org
Phone: 01362 695084

What is the key to tackling poverty, homelessness and anxiety? A good job.

Through Conservatives welfare-to-work reforms Universal Credit via DWP we have transformed Job Centres to help long-term unemployed job seekers back into work.

I was delighted to visit their main Norwich Work and Health Hub this past Friday to hear first-hand about the great work they are doing across Norfolk to support people into work through the Work and Health Programme – even getting to meet Mid Norfolk constituents currently enrolled on it.

It was a privilege to meet with the staff and volunteers and I look forward to continuing to support their work in the coming months and years.