It should be a really good day. Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice is visiting Harlow.
We have a jam packed visit. IDS starts off as Guest Speaker to the Essex Chamber of Commerce Lunch.
After, he will be visiting the Canal Boat Project and Raktrain. Both - in a different way - are community ventures which transforms the lives of young people.
The Canal Boat Project gives youngsters - many with disabilities - the chance to explore our canals and enjoy our beautiful scenery through the eyes of a canal boat.
Raktrain helps equip young kids - who may have dropped out of full time education - with the skills they need to give them a chance for the future.
After these visits, IDS is guest speaker at Harlow Conservatives Ladies Committee annual dinner.
We have over 100 people attending in what should be a remarkable event. Ladies Chairwoman, Sarah Dangerfield - with her committee - has been working day and night to make the event run smoothly. It is a mammoth task: organising the venue, selling tickets, doing table plans and much more besides.
Our dinner is called 'The Churchillian' in recognition that Winston Churchill represented Harlow when he was MP for the Epping Constituency.
I am looking forward to IDS coming very much. He is a man who has transformed Conservative politics with his emphasis on social justice and helping the vulnerable through empowering community organisations. It should be fascinating to hear what he has to say.
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