Blog Posts

  • GCP wound down – where did all the money go?

    With the change of government regions are no more. Also to go are the economic sub regions which sit below them. In our case we have the Greater Cambridge Partnership ( GCP). The GCP is an odd organisation with a complex structure. It has the full board, that member organisations sit on ( County council,… Read more

  • Vicky Ford – MEP good catch up chat

    In my attempt to stay on top of things, at all levels, I meet local council leaders and MP’s on a regular basis. It is not always as easy to track down our MEP’s as they are responsible for a much larger geographic area. Monday was my lucky day. I had a one to one… Read more

  • Children’s locality team Huntingdon

    I was invited to visit the Huntingdon Youth Center. I had a look around the excellent facilities most of which has been decorated and arranged by the young people. I heard what I think was music coming out of one of the two sound studio’s ( no offence this is generational thing). I also met… Read more

  • Children’s social care team – Huntingdon

    I had the opportunity to visit the Buttsgrove centre in Huntingdon. An odd building more like a rabbit warren than usable office space but it did have the benefit of being located in an area of need. I met a number of staff who look after each of the stages of supporting families and in… Read more

  • The Manor School – Arbury Cambridge

    I have been pleased that I have been pointed in the direction of all sorts of schools with a mixture of styles, abilities and challenges. This was my first visit to a secondary school in my recent tour of the county. I was met by Ben Slade, the principle. What a fine example of an… Read more

  • Enterprise Zone might come to Cambridgeshire

    I attended a board meeting of the Local Enterprise Zone (LEP) on Thursday evening. It was a long meeting. I think I eventually got home at 10 pm having started in the office at 0745 which probably explained my fatigue. We had 5 presentation of possible sites for an Enteprise Zone (EZ). They were all… Read more