Priti meets up with ‘Keep it 100’ to discuss youth violence and how to prevent it
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham has today (5th February) met up with Luisa Di Marco and Shirley Hume of ‘Keep it 100’ to discuss the organisation’s anti-youth violence campaign. ‘Keep It 100’ is locally based and works to empower communities against exploitation of young people, and to highlight youth violence, …
Priti meets new Headteachers and gets quizzed by students at two Witham schools
Local MP, Priti Patel has spent a morning (3rd December 2021) visiting two schools in Witham. She began with a visit to Maltings Academy during which she met, for the first time, new Headteacher, Sherry Zand and Damian Lee, who is the Executive Headteacher at the Maltings and New Rickstones …
4 year-old Acorn Academy pupil claims top prize in MP’s Christmas card design competition
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has today (3rd December 2021) called in to Acorn Academy in Witham to present prizes to the winner and two runners up, in the MP’s own annual Christmas card competition for 2021. The MP received more than 70 entries for her competition, from seven …
Witham MP leads ceremonial march for the fallen
After attending the commemorations at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday (14th November), local MP Priti Patel, returned to Witham where, together with Col. Charles Thomas, Deputy Lieutenant of Essex & Chairman of Witham RBL and the Town’s Mayor, Cllr Angela Kilmartin, she led the ceremonial march to the War …
Priti Patel gets a tour of social farm following £10,000 National Lottery grant for improved facilities
During a busy afternoon in the constituency, Witham MP Priti Patel, took time out to call into Lauriston Farm, on the Blackwater Estuary near Goldhanger. The Farm is a charitable, community owned social farming business and works with people who have learning disabilities. The Farm is a safe environment in …
Priti Patel salutes the Red Lion’s local hero landlady
On Friday (22nd October) the Witham MP, Priti Patel paid a flying visit to the Red Lion public house in Newland Street, Witham to meet landlady Dee Hayes. Priti was keen to meet her having heard about Dee’s efforts to support the local community during the pandemic. While she was …
Priti Patel calls in for a tour of the new Eastlight Community Homes Hub
On Friday (22nd October) the Witham MP, Priti Patel, took a break from Westminster for a tour of the newly refurbished Eastlight Community Homes Hub which is close to Braintree Village. The housing association owns some 3,700 homes in Witham and plays a major role in working to bring local …
Priti Visits Newly Renovated Witham Town Hall
Witham MP, Priti Patel, has been given a tour of the new refurbished Town Hall building and its grounds, on Newland Street, Witham (17th September) by the Mayor of Witham, Cllr Angela Kilmartin. During Priti’s tour, she was shown the new, renovated town council offices and council chamber as well …
Priti Patel MP tours new Provide medical facility
The Witham MP, Priti Patel has been given a tour of the Crouch Vale Medical Centre in South Woodham Ferrers. She called in on Friday (16th July) to see the Centre, which opened in December 2019, and brings together Provide and three local GPs and includes Specialist ENT & Audiology …
Priti calls in to help the Finishing Touches Salon celebrate 17 years of hair and beauty in Witham
The Witham MP, Priti Patel has called in to the Finishing Touches Salon at 3b Newland Street, Witham to meet proprietors and sisters Zoe Chivers and Hayley Jackson. The MP visited on Friday (16th July) to help them celebrate 17 years in the hair and beauty business. Zoe Chivers opened …