A fantastic and very busy week with a wonderful surprise at the end This week we:
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• Attended the DCC Chairman’s dinner. What a wonderful event to see out Cllr Watts Stelling’s time as Chair
• Voted in #CllrBeatyBainbridge Chester-le-Street East Councillor as the first conservative Chairperson of the council ever! We work closely with Beaty and we know she’ll do a fabulous job
• At the same full council AGM we voted in all of the chairs and vice chairs for different committees at the council
• Made even more exciting plans for Crookhall Community Centre along with the committee. Watch this space!
• Attended the AAP meeting to make sure our community benefits as much as possible from local funding opportunities
• Visited Reed in Partnership in Consett and heard all about their fantastic Restart scheme which helps unemployed residents overcome all of their barriers to get back into work. They have a really personalised approach and help many people find jobs. If you’d like to know more please ask at the Consett Job Centre
• Finally we met with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Teesside International Airport which was a wonderful unexpected surprise. Thanks to Richard Holden MP for organising and the introduction. We invited the Prime Minister to pop in to Delves Lane at any time
• #delvescouncillors #DelvesLane #delves #consett #templetown #crookhall #knitsely #stationroad #MamsThatCan

What a lovely week! This week we…

• Delivered our leaflets in the Station Road area of our ward with Richard Holden MP, Tom Hunt MP & Lord Parkinson as well as the youth division of North West Durham Conservatives and Mike and Doug - Lanchester, Burnhope & Castleside Councillors
• Our team delivered our newsletters across the ward (suffering a nasty dog bite in the process, we love you for it Scott!)
• Attended the Council Planning Committee South West and approved some lovely housing developments
• Shared info about pop up covid vaccinations in Consett
• Prepared to speak at the Conservative Women's Organisation North East Conference tomorrow - tickets still left so inbox us if you’d like to come along or join for future events
• Secured £8,000 of funding for Crookhall Community Centre
• Helped residents with a whole host of issues

Wow! What a week!

Today we celebrated one full year in our posts We invited lots of important community members to County Hall for a celebration to say THANK YOU to them for all of their support this last year. We are proud of the job we’re doing, but none of it would be possible without the wonderful residents we work with each and every day. Here are a few photos but we’ll be sharing more details and individual thank yous Over the coming days.

This week we also:
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• Spoke up for our community in the County Planning Committee. We didn’t get the result everyone was hoping for, but we are proud to see our lovely community working together. You can watch our speeches, residents’ speeches, the full debate and result here: https://youtu.be/yOSyis19eRM
• Attended the Children and Young People's Overview and Scrutiny Committee which was very interesting and important
• Continued to help residents resolve a whole host of issues