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| Robert Halfon enters into the spirit of the St Clare Hospice Midnight Walk |
She is struggling with a difficult situation and is now in the process of having to sell her home to enable her daughter, Rachel, to live independently after a fruitless two-and-a-half year search for rented accommodation where Rachel could live, Rachel is 20 and has cerebral palsy and high functioning autism. For more on the issue click here
We need free school meals at Further Education colleges: This week I urged the Government to extend free school meals to FE colleagues – a loophole in the system that has been damaging the life-chances of young people at Harlow College and elsewhere for too long. To read more on this issue click here
Harlow Business Exhibition: I attended the Harlow Business Exhiition and met with local entrepreneurs and business people. Special thanks should go to exhibition co-director Brenda Bailey of Harlow-based Bailey Book-keeping Services and to all the sponsors ‘ exhibitors and visitors. The event organisers, Sowerby Group, really put on a great show. For more click here
St Clare Hospice Midnight Walk: On Saturday evening I went along to the St Clare Hospice Midnight Walk which set off from the Water Gardens, Harlow. Some 1,000 people took part, raising over £70,000 at least for the charity. The walk raises enough money to pay for 18 days of hospice care. It is an incredible event – a great tribute to both St Clare and local residents.
Harlow College arts awards:I was invited by Harlow College to present awards to some very talented art students. There was some fantastic art, fashion, photography and graphics on display.
Google Street View and the privatised surveillance society: The announcement by the Information Commissioner for an investigation into the alleged hovering up of Wi-Fi and email addresses by Google Street View is to be welcomed. The fact is that the Information Commissioner has been asleep at the wheel. It has taken 18 months for proper action to be taken, and even now it's only thanks to recent revelations as reported in newspapers that the ICO has finally woken up and decided to act.
Harlow Open Art Exhibition: I had a great evening at the Gibberd Gallery for the Open Art exhibition showcasing local Harlow artists. There were paintingsof all kinds - and of all shapes and sizes.
The exhibition began seven years ago in The Gibberd. This year saw a record number of participating artists – 65 - same age as the Harlow new town.
On display were 96 works selected from 140, chosen by judges, including David Mitchinson from the Henry Moore Foundation. I was asked to make a short speech and announce the artists whose work had been commended by the judges - as well as the winning painter.
ROBERT'S DIARY - WORKING HARD FOR HARLOW
– Welcomed party from St Albans School for tour at House Commons
- Attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Skills and Apprenticeships
– Attended Jack Petchey Foundation awards presentation evening at The Playhouse, Harlow
- Attended Harlow Business Exhibition
-Spoke in parliamentary debate urging Government to extend free school meals to Harlow College
- Met with Greater Anglia Rail. I asked them for the Stansted Express fast train to stop FOUR times an hour at Harlow town station, rather than the current two times an hour.
- Attended Harlow Alternative Education graduation night
- Met with Harlow Neighbourhood Watch to discuss the Government's new crime-fighting measures such as the Police.uk crime-map and new powers for neighbourhoods to tackle anti-social behaviour.
- Met with Elizabeth Palfreman, director of fundraising at St Clare Hospice
- Visited Harlow Occupational Health Service, Templefields, Harlow
- Visited Harlow Cinema
- Met with staff at Edinburgh Way branch of McDonalds
- Attended St Clare Hospice Midnight Walk at Water Gardens, Harlow
Robert Halfon's latest media releases
Nazeing residents enjoy tour of Houses of Parliament: A party from the Nazeing Association for the Elderly and Handicapped were given a tour of Westminster when they were hosted by their MP Robert Halfon… Read more
Victims of anti-social behaviour should not be forced to suffer in silence:Harlow MP Robert Halfon has welcomed new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour which have been announced by Home Secretary Theresa May just weeks after she saw first-hand the aftermath of such incidents on Harlow’s Berecroft estate… Read more
Harlow MP Robert Halfon congratulates residents and community groups who held events to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Harlow MP Robert Halfon has congratulated the town’s residents and community groups who celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee… Read more
Harlow MP Robert Halfon urges residents to "fight back" against crime on Police.uk website:After worrying incidents of anti-social behaviour in Great Pumtree, a local coach, and Harlow town centre - all reported in last week's Harlow Star - Harlow MP Robert Halfon MP has urged residents to fight back by coming forward to speak with the police if they are witnesses, and also to hold Essex Police to account online through the new website Police.uk… Read more
Harlow MP Robert Halfon welcomes Essex County Council’s potholes pledge:Harlow MP Robert Halfon has welcomed today’s announcement from Essex County Council that the authority is to invest an additional £11m to repair the county’s roads...Read more
Halfon vindicated about Google Street View and the privatised surveillance society: Harlow MP, Robert Halfon welcomes today’s announcement by the Information Commissioner for an investigation into the alleged hovering up of Wi-Fi and email addresses by Google StreetView.. Read more
Robert Halfon's latest media coverage
EVERYTHING EPPING FOREST WEBSITE - Nazeing residents enjoy Parliament visit: A party from the Nazeing Association for the Elderly and Handicapped were given a tour of Westminster when they were hosted by their MP Robert Halfon… Read more
EVERYTHING HARLOW WEBSITE - Nazeing residents enjoy Parliament visit: A party from the Nazeing Association for the Elderly and Handicapped were given a tour of Westminster when they were hosted by their MP Robert Halfon… Read more
BBC NEWS WEBSITE - Plans for new university technical colleges welcomed:There has been a warm welcome to the news the government will create three university technical colleges (UTCs) in eastern England… Read more
MAIL ONLINE WEBSITE - Privacy watchdog 'too soft' on Google over claims it took information from home computers:The privacy watchdog was last night accused of being ‘caught napping’ over claims that Google deliberately harvested information from home computers… Read more:
HARLOW STAR (31-5-12 edition, p1) - Go-ahead for tech college: Plans to open a high-tech University Technical College in Harlow have been approve by the Government…
HARLOW STAR (31-5-12 edition, p5) - MP opens charity’s recycling superstore: Disposing of unwanted items just got easier with the official opening of a new ‘reusable goods’ superstore in Harlow…
EVERYTHING HARLOW WEBSITE - MP praises community’s jubilee events: Harlow MP Robert Halfon has congratulated the town’s residents and community groups who celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee… Read more
METRO WEBSITE - Virgin Media in U-turn over Wi-Fi tube snooping plans: Virgin Media has backtracked over 'Big Brother' snooping plans to monitor London Underground Wi-Fi users' e-mails on tube platforms… Read more
MAIL ONLINE WEBSITE - How Google lied over street spies: Watchdog relaunches inquiry into search engine's data trawl: Google has been accused of misleading Britain’s privacy watchdog over the scandal of personal data stolen from millions of home computers… Read more
EXPRESS AND STAR WEBSITE – Free meals bid for college students: Ministers will discuss offering free meals to the poorest teenagers at sixth-form colleges, Education Minister Nick Gibb has said after coming under pressure to extend the handout beyond schools..Read more
PRESS ASSOCIATION WEBSITE - Free meals bid for college students: Ministers will discuss offering free meals to the poorest teenagers at sixth-form colleges, Education Minister Nick Gibb has said after coming under pressure to extend the handout beyond schools.. Read more
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