Friday evening saw the launch of the Kidderminster Arts Festival – 12 days of various events throughout Kidderminster. The launch was held at the Kidderminster Library where an exhibition of paintings was the focal point of an evening highlighting the events coming up during the rest of August. Mark joined some of his Conservative colleagues at the launch, meeting with the organisers and chatting to visitors.“This is a great event and I was pleased to have been asked. There is a lot going on over the next couple of weeks and it is great that all our three towns are putting on their own festivals.” Said Mark. “I’m certainly looking forward to going along to as much as I can.”
Conservative MPs and candidates from across Worcestershire have joined forces to call for a proper consultation process on any the decision that could lead to Head and Neck cancer surgery being moved from the Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
Mark Garnier, Wyre Forest's Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman, yesterday backed the campaign to keep head and neck cancer operations at Worcester Royal Hospital. Mark met with campaigner Paul Crawford after the Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust board meeting at Kidderminster Hospital.
The Wyre Forest Conservative Association yesterday hosted a Kemp Hospice ‘Tea @ 3’ event to raise awareness of Kemp Hospice’s important local work. Kemp Hospice launched its ‘Tea @ 3’ promotion on the 1st June with an open afternoon at Kemp Hospice.
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Mark Garnier today joined Conservative calls for the Government to take immediate action to protect voluntary groups across Wyre Forest from soaring water charges. As a result of Government guidance, charges for surface water drainage are being introduced by some water companies, dubbed the 'rain tax'.
Mark Garnier, Wyre Forest's Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman, this week gave his strong backing to Conservative new rural policy proposals. With a significant proportion of Wyre Forest residents living in rural communities, these important proposals are designed to make a significant different to many local resident's lives.
The 22nd annual Bewdley Festival staged its 2009 launch at the Bewdley Ramada hotel on the 10th July, where a great many people came to learn about the programme of events scheduled for this year's festival.
Mark joined festival director Jenny Paddock at the launch of what promises to be a terrific fortnight in October. Tickets for the festival go on sale from the 25th July.
Almost a year ago, 144 further education colleges across the country were thrown into turmoil as the Learning and Skills Council, who had given provisional approval to building projects financed by the LSC, announced that funding had been suspended. Since then just 13 colleges have been given the go ahead - every one in Labour held constituencies.
