Blog Posts

  • Community Land Trust – Publication Launch

    It was with great pleasure that on Monday I was able to launch an excellent publication on Community Land Trusts at the smartLIFEe in Cambridge. This guide sets out the experiences of early CLT and housing association partnerships and points the way for others who may wish to follow or improve upon them. CLTs are… Read more

  • Great weekend

    What a lovely start to the weekend, Like so many young people, my daughter and partner, went off to see “Take That” at Wembly on Friday. I had the pleasure of baby sitting my 7 month old grandson. Armed with all the tools of the trade, nappies, milk, spare clothes, high chair, cot, and endless… Read more

  • Today – not quite so busy

    In the office for 8 to prepare for a meeting to discuss a proposed new development. Planning still seems overly complicated to me but I guess getting it right is important particularly as developers need to fund public goods under a section 106 agreement. This can include schools etc. At 1000 I met with fellow… Read more

  • Huntingdonshire Regional College – annual awards

    Sometimes being the Leader of the Council feels really special. Tonight I had the honour to not only attend the Huntingdonshire Regional College annual awards, but to make the motivational speech. Young people often get a bad press but tonight was all about celebrating their success. It was fantastic to see our civic dignitaries looking… Read more

  • Libraries

    Wednesday was finished off with meetings to discuss the future of the library service and a regular 1 to 1 with Mark Lloyd the chief exec. I have been keen to understand what an excellent library service should look like and what that might cost, to shape our thinking moving forward. I have been encouraging… Read more

  • Cambridge City. – in your patch

    On my return from Fenland I attended an event hosted by the Colleges children centre off Campkin Road, Cambridge. This was attended by city councillors, county councillors and officers. This children’s centre is yet another great example of providing a service to families. I have a particular interest in this area of Cambridge building on… Read more