news bulletin from conor burns mp #74
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8/3/2019 News Bulletin from Conor Burns MP #74
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Subject: NEWSBULLETINFROMCONORBURNSMP#74
Date: Friday,21October201112:23:31UnitedKingdomTime
From: ConorBurnsMP
In this edition:
Conor Burns MPs DiaryWebsite of the Week:Fernheath Play AssociationConor visitsSt Aldhelms AcademyCombat Stress Anti StigmacampaignConor takes the pledge tomake a differenceFirefighters Union lobby ofParliament
Photo news:Conor welcomes his olduniversity tutor toParliamentConor joins Twitterand Facebook
How to contactConor Burns MP
Issue 74 Friday 21st October 2011
Since the past edition, Conor has:
Visited St Aldhelms Academy to look at the progress thatthis new academy is making.
Met with Dorset representatives from the Fire BrigadesUnion to listen to their concerns about pension reforms.
Spoke a reception at Speakers House to mark the launchCombat Stress campaign to try and end the stigmasurrounding mental health and traumatic stress.
Visited Heathlands Primary School to discuss with theHead Teacher powers available to teachers in dealing withchallenging behaviour in classrooms.
Met with Bournemouth development company to consider the
regeneration of Bournemouth town centre.
Welcomed his old friend and former university tutor, ProfessorFrank Gregory, to Westminster.
Joined Pete Waterman and Rachel Burden to raiseawareness for national CSV Make A Difference Day.
Visited the Fearnheath Play Association to show hiscontinued support to this facility, both as a Member ofParliament and as a Trustee.
Held a help and advice surgery for local residents atRossmore Library.
Been interviewed on LBC Radio by former Home SecretaryJacqui Smith regarding the strong legacy of MargaretThatcher.
Joined Twitterand Facebook so constituents, charities,schools and local businesses can keep up to date withConorin both Bournemouth and Westminster.
Website of the Week:
www.fernheath.org
The website of Fernheath Play Association, which is the onlyfully inclusive play and respite centre in the Bournemouth area.This allows all the children who attend to interact and engage inimaginative play. They cater for both children who have adisability and those who do not and we offer a fully supervisedservice. In recent times they have seen more and more referralsfrom local councils for their I.C.A.N. Play and Take A Breakrespite programmes and this has allowed them to greatlyincrease their provision for disabled children. They are always inneed of charitable donations in order to help them keep up theirgreat work.
Conor visits St Aldhelms Academy
Pupils of St. Aldhelms Academy show Conor the progress theyare making designing clocks in their engineering class.
Last Friday Conor paid a visit to St Aldhelms Academy in Rossmore.
This new academy has replaced Rossmore Community College andits sponsors and trust board have worked extremely hard withstudents and staff to ensure a first class education for all localchildren.Located in an area which suffers from relatively high unemploymentand poverty, the Adademy is striving to improve standards ofacademic education and strong discipline, as well as providingoutreach and community engagement to raise aspiration among localyoung people.Conor is extremely pleased to be able to show his support to theAcademy and has already worked to secure important funding for there-build of some of the buildings.Commenting, Conor said, I particularly enjoyed meeting some of the
pupils and seeing the work they are doing this term.Having secured the funding for their new buildings, I look forward to
plans coming forward and the physical building process beginning assoon as possible. With the money secure, these children need anddeserve the new buildings and facilities for their education.
Combat Stress Anti Stigma campaign
Conor speaking at the launch of the Combat Stress charitysAnti Stigma campaign.
Last week Conor joined veterans, fellow MPs and the media inWestminster to launch the Combat Stress Anti Stigma campaign. Thecampaign seeks to battle the stigma of psychological disorders thatprevents hundreds of veterans from seeking help.Combat Stress is the UKs leading charity specialising in the treatmentof Veterans mental health. In a recent survey carried out by thecharity, 81% of Veterans who responded revealed that they feelashamed or embarrassed about their mental ill-health. The fear ofstigma and discrimination means that more than one in three of thosepeople dont even feel able to tell their families about their problems.Conor was one of the key organisers of the event which was held inthe State Rooms of Speakers House and the occasion coincided withthe Governments own initiative to support troops suffering from the
long-term effects of the mental stress of war. The Ministry of Defencelaunched a parallel Dont bottle it up Campaign to encourage thoseveterans suffering mental health problems to come forward.Conor is keen to stress the importance of this issue since a significantminority of Service men and women suffer from mental ill-health as aresult of their experiences and on average veterans wait 13.1 yearsbetween leaving the Armed Forces and seeking help from CombatStress.This delay often results in their mental health needs becoming worse.Research suggests that of the 191,000 personnel who have served inIraq and Afghanistan, about 7,600 people (4%) could develop PostTraumatic Stress Disorder and another 37,600 people (19.7%) may bebattling other debilitating mental health problems, such as depression,mood disorders and anxiety.However, with the help of charities such as Combat Stress andGovernment programs such as Dont Bottle it Up, over 4,600Veterans are currently receiving support through the charitys UK-widenetwork of multidisciplinary Community Programs.Within Dorset there are 44 Veterans currently seeking help fromCombat Stress Outreach teams who provide clinical care and welfaresupport at a community level.
Commenting after the event Conor said: It is so important that thestigma surrounding mental health has been brought to the forefronttoday. Many of our brave service men and women who have fought,or continue to fight, suffer from mental ill health. Without a diagnosis,appropriate treatment or support, Veterans can feel isolated, angryand even suicidal.
The Anti Stigma campaign is doing a great job at raising awarenessto our brave ex-Service men and women, and their families andfriends, so that they seek treatment for their mental wounds.
Conor with the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt HonJohn Bercow MP and representatives of Combat Stress at the
launch of their Anti Stigma campaign in Westminster.
Conor takes the pledge tomake a difference
Conor with pop mogul Pete Waterman and BBC Radio 5 LiveBreakfast Presenter Rachel Burden promoting the UKsbiggest volunteering day, CSV Make a Difference Day on
Saturday 29th October 2011.Conor has taken the pledge to encourage people throughoutBournemouth West, Alderney and Branksome East to give time tobenefit the local community, after joining pop mogul Pete Watermanand BBC Radio Five Live presenter, Rachel Burden in the build up toCSV Make a Difference Day, the biggest single day of volunteering on
Saturday 29th October 2011.Pete Waterman and Rachel Burden have given MPs across the nationa pledge kit with a host of ideas to benefit others, such as writingletters and drawing pictures to sick children in hospitals, baking aChocolate Fridge Cake to donate to a lonely neighbour, homelessshelter or nursing home, planting a mini meadow in a local park toattract wildlife or even knitting blankets for lonely pets in shelters.
Commenting Conor says, To show my support this CSV day I will bevolunteering at a Marie Curie charity shop in Westbourne. I am lookingforward to the opportunity of working alongside local residents whoregularly offer their time to make a difference in our local community.Volunteering gives us the opportunity to give back to our communityand to support people facing social or economic difficulties. I amfortunate in my work to meet so many of the people who by givinggenerously of their own time make a real difference to our localcommunity.CSV Make a Difference Day ambassador, Pete Waterman, saysRachel and I are encouraging MPs and people of all ages to take partin CSV Make a Difference Day to combat feelings of isolation,loneliness and anxiety, as well as making local communities ahappier, more welcoming place.Get to know your neighbours, make friends, get fit and transform the
place where you live into a beautiful haven. Lift community spirits byorganising a garden makeover, Halloween street party or bingoevening at a homeless shelter, nursing home or hospital ward. Evensimple changes like reporting faulty street lights can have a positiveimpact in strengthening communities.CSV Make a Difference Day, is the UKs biggest single day of
volunteering on Saturday 29th October 2011 with events taking place
a week either side. This year the focus is isolation and loneliness. Thecampaign is looking to demonstrate how giving time throughvolunteering with friends, family and neighbours and being an activemember of the community can make people feel less lonely, anxiousand isolated.The campaign is looking to empower individuals and groups tovolunteer this year. New independent research shows that nearly athird of young people are currently more anxious about their futuresince the onset of recession, while 1 in 10 of the population reportanxiety following the summer riots.
Firefighters Union lobbyof Parliament
Conor discussing pension reforms with a Dorset Fire BrigadesUnion lobby of Parliament.
During the recent lobby of Parliament by the Fire Brigade Union ,Conor met up with Dorset representatives to listen to their concernsabout upcoming reforms to their pension and retirement plans.The Fire Brigades Union wished to stress that, the Fire BrigadesUnion is opposed to the governments proposals to make firefighters
pay more, work longer and get less for our pensions. The unionbelieves the government has not accounted for the costs of thechanges or their unfairness to firefighters.Whilst expressing great admiration for the important and oftendangerous work firefighters do, he stressed that the economic
situation meant everyone across all public sector services need tocontribute to getting Britain back on track.
Photo news:Conor welcomes his old universitytutor to Parliament
Conor met with his old friend and university tutor ProfessorFrank Gregory outside Parliament. Professor Gregory is also a
former policy adviser to the Home Affairs Commons SelectCommittee and has extensive experience with various aspects ofpolicing in the UK, having authored several research papers on
the subject and at one time being a Special Adviser on Police andrelated matters. During the visit they discussed concerns over
the summer riots and reforms to UK border regulations.
Conor joins Twitter and FacebookConor Burns MP is now on Twitter and Facebook!You can now use Social Media to show keep up to date with whatConor is doing to represent you in Bournemouth and Westminster.Follow him on Twitter: @Conor_BurnsMP.Or
Find him on Facebook.
Three ways to contact Conor Burns MP:
By Phone: 020 7219 7021
By email: [email protected]
By post: Conor Burns MPHouse of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA
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