Blog Posts

  • 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

  • Safe pair of hands leading the council – declares Green supporter

    Although in fairness it was said at todays cricket match after I took 3 catches in 20 mins. I was ducking and diving more than the Lib Dems do when confronted with how they are ever going to fund some of their grand ideas. Although they seem to have stopped having bright ideas since I Read more

  • Alconbury Primary School visit – ICT focus

    Todays visit to  Alconbury primary school was devised so that I could see how a primary school uses ICT. This primary school must be at the leading edge of using software even though the hardware was looking old. Youngsters using complex software from a very early edge was a delight to see. They have no Read more