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Category Archives: Youth Issues
A strong call from some MPs for children in Schools
On Monday in the Argus newspaper here in Sussex I had written a piece called “Issues we need to tackle to help our children” and it was repeated in this blog. The content included a focus from during the Prime … Continue reading
Will the Office for Students respond to a Sussex MP?
It is always fascinating how some MPs can ask questions that are treated by the Government as that they are unable to respond to the details. Back on Friday one of the Sussex MPs who had set out a written … Continue reading
Government must focus on the needs for Children
At the beginning of last week, a letter that was sent from a group of South East Councillors to the Education Secretary Minister was released to an online magazine called Children and Young People Now. The magazine published the response … Continue reading
Young people’s experiences of food insecurity
Nearly two weeks ago on Monday 7th November a significant Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams from Arfon next to Anglesey at the North West of Wales raised an Early Day Motion with the headline of “Young people’s experiences of food … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Health Reform, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Hywel Williams
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Prime Minister and DfE Ministers must respond urgently
Last week several elements emerged in our Nation that require the Government to deal with. Some of them were raised within Parliament and others were raised externally but they were all being focused to the Government and indeed to the … Continue reading
Two very disturbing education news pieces yesterday
Both of these pieces of news require our Government to respond to. As it happens the two most senior Ministers on these themes are based in Sussex. They are Gillian Keegan and Nick Gibb that are bost MPs in West … Continue reading
Funding of Schools must be addressed Gillian & Nick
Yesterday in the Evening Standard newspaper this article was written by Anna Davis and Julie Henry. I have reproduced its text below and it was focused on London School issues. However, it is clear that the challenge for funding for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Anna Davis, Gillian Keegan, Julie Henry, Nick Gibb
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Nevis Ensemble in St Clements Church, Isle of Harris
As I wrote yesterday, we visited the Isles of Harris and Lewis in 2014 and 2019. When we visited them on the second time we discovered that the Nevis Ensemble were visiting at St Clements Church. St Clements Church is … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Youth Issues
Tagged Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis, Leverburgh, Nevis Ensemble
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Aurora in the Isle of Lewis, thank you Eunice
Back in 2014 I had the privilege of visiting the Isles of Harris and Lewis because one of my family members was intending to visit the Harris Tweed location as part of their Degree that they were studying in the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Youth Issues
Tagged Aurora, Eunice Clarke, Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis
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Very useful questions and answers for STEM issues
Back on Monday Sheryll Murray, the Conservative MP for South East Cornwall began with the first couple of questions and the Minister who responded was Jonathan Gullis who was a Minister for Education. The other MP who took part was … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, STEM, Youth Issues
Tagged Jonathan Gullis, Lindsay Hoyle, Meg Hillier, Sheryll Murray
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