by Liz Twist | Apr 1, 2020 | 3 Featured, Community, COVID-19, Office News
Sport England has opened a new £20 million Community Emergency Fund to help sports clubs, community sport and physical activity organisations, through the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
The fund is now open and welcomes applications for grants between £300 and £10,000 to help organisations experiencing short-term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the impact of Coronavirus.
All information, including criteria, FAQs and the application process, can be found on Sport England’s website below.
https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/community-emergency-fund
by Liz Twist | Mar 25, 2020 | 3 Featured, COVID-19, Office News
Charities are providing much of the frontline support in our communities during this crisis, but they need additional funding to continue their work. It is vital that the Chancellor recognises this and provides contingency funding, so they can continue to respond to the needs of our most vulnerable.
I raised this with the Minister yesterday. Listen to my speech here:
by Liz Twist | Mar 24, 2020 | 3 Featured, COVID-19, Office News
Advice from Gateshead Council in relation to bin collections states:
To help protect our crews and you and your family, we need you to wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds before you do any of the following:
- before you put anything in your bin
- when you put your bin out for collection
- when you bring your bin in after collection
Full information on bin collections can be found here.
by Liz Twist | Mar 21, 2020 | 3 Featured, COVID-19, Office News
It is vital that we filter out any “fake news” about the Coronavirus, which can be very misleading and puts you and your family at risk.
The official website of the Government – Gov.uk – is the best place to find official advice relating to Coronavirus.
You can sign up for a daily or weekly email briefing from .Gov.uk by clicking below, so you have all the correct information at your finger tips.
Click here to sign up.
by Liz Twist | May 21, 2019 | 3 Featured, Office News
This afternoon I sent a cross-party letter to BioMarin, calling on them to make Kuvan more affordable so PKU patients in the UK are able to access it. It is about time BioMarin put patients before profits.
This follows the petition handed in to BioMarin’s London HQ last month, signed by more than 16,000 people, which asked that BioMarin make Kuvan affordable to the NHS. With BBC Newsnight recently covering the problems those with PKU face, we believe this issue is starting to get the attention it deserves.
You can read more about the campaign here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48218737
by Liz Twist | Nov 11, 2018 | 3 Featured, Office News
Over last weekend, I attended some moving Remembrance Day services across the Blaydon constituency, to remember those killed and wounded in conflict, as we marked 100 years since Armistice Day. On Friday morning, pupils from Crookhill school joined residents and local councillors and myself at a service where we remembered those from the Crookhill area who gave their life. In the afternoon, I joined pupils from Dunston Hill Primary School, St. Philip Neri RC Primary School and Kingsmeadow School in a service at the War Memorial in Dunston. Later that day, I attended the Community Remembrance Service at Lucy Street Methodist Church, Blaydon – where we saw a particularly poignant Tommy silhouette.
On Sunday, I joined residents of Whickham and was proud to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph. And later that afternoon, I took part in the Remembrance Service at the Metrocentre. Many other Churches and Communities across the constituency held their own services – from Chopwell to St Paul’s Church, Winlaton, and Birtley.
Thank you to all of you who took part in remembering all those who gave their lives in war and conflict.
