Last week I visited a number of Harlow Community groups and local businesses, as I often do. Here's a brief update:
HARLOW COLLEGE
For the second time since becoming Harlow’s MP, I attended the Essex Police Keeping Safe show at Harlow College. This is incredibly important for young students, as it shows the tragedy of knife crime, and how it can ruin people's lives. The event was put on by two of our hardworking Police PCSOs: Karen Rogers and Phyllis Chipchase. They said that knife crime has dropped in Harlow over the last year, which is encouraging.
O-I MANUFACTURING
I’m incredibly proud that Harlow has one of the largest glass bottle manufacturers in the world: O-I Manufacturing. I was honoured to meet the bosses at O-I Manufacturing, and talk to them about their work: creating glass bottles for companies like Coca Cola and Carlsberg. They're also the largest glass recycler in the south-east. At the same time, it is a shame that of the 1.6 Million Tonnes of glass collected each year for recycling; only 600,000 Tonnes goes to recycling centres like the one at O-I. This isn't good enough, and we have to get better on green issues. I’ll be looking forward to going back to O-I early next year to go around the plant.
You can read last week's update here.
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
HARLOW COLLEGE
For the second time since becoming Harlow’s MP, I attended the Essex Police Keeping Safe show at Harlow College. This is incredibly important for young students, as it shows the tragedy of knife crime, and how it can ruin people's lives. The event was put on by two of our hardworking Police PCSOs: Karen Rogers and Phyllis Chipchase. They said that knife crime has dropped in Harlow over the last year, which is encouraging.
O-I MANUFACTURING
I’m incredibly proud that Harlow has one of the largest glass bottle manufacturers in the world: O-I Manufacturing. I was honoured to meet the bosses at O-I Manufacturing, and talk to them about their work: creating glass bottles for companies like Coca Cola and Carlsberg. They're also the largest glass recycler in the south-east. At the same time, it is a shame that of the 1.6 Million Tonnes of glass collected each year for recycling; only 600,000 Tonnes goes to recycling centres like the one at O-I. This isn't good enough, and we have to get better on green issues. I’ll be looking forward to going back to O-I early next year to go around the plant.
HARLOWBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FETE
Last stop of the day: the Harlowbury School’s Christmas Fete. It was fantastic to see all the Parents, Teachers and Children all getting stuck in raising cash for charity. But the greatest thing was the generosity of local firms, in helping to support the school by donating goodies for the raffle. I also did a little bit of shopping and got a lovely Christmas present for my partner, Vanda. I genuinely love going around schools like Harlowbury, and look forward to having more of their students come to Parliament next year.
You can read last week's update here.
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
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