News - Justin Tomlinson

Justin Tomlinson MP Calls For Young Men To Join Anthony Nolan Registar

Jul 14, 2011

Justin Tomlinson MP is calling for young men in Swindon to do something special this summer. The MP has joined other politicians in pledging to recruit at least ten men each between the ages to 18 and 30 to join the Anthony Nolan stem cell register.Anthony Nolan is a pioneering charity that saves the lives of people with blood cancer. Every day, they use their register to match remarkable donors willing to donate their blood stem cells to people who desperately need potentially lifesaving transp...

Salvation Army Rehabilitation Centre Campaign Gains Support From Local MP

Jul 05, 2011

Justin Tomlinson, MP for Swindon North constituency is backing an appeal for donations to enable life-changing work by The Salvation Army’s Highworth-based Lifehouse to be available to more people. The MP will visit the centre on Friday 24 June to see the premises and meet staff and clients.The 15-bed centre in Highworth near Swindon provides accommodation and support to men who are determined to make a new start after experiencing problems with alcohol or substance abuse.The MP will arrive at G...

Justin Tomlinson MP Supports Anti-Bullying Campaign At Oakhurst Primary School

Jul 05, 2011

Staff and pupils at Oakhurst Primary school held a non-uniform blue day in aid of Swindon Ten to Eighteen project, which supports children and young people who are struggling at home or at school, particularly with bullying.At a special school assembly attended by Justin Tomlinson MP and Swindon Youth MP and anti-cyber bullying campaigner Carney Bonner, STEP coordinator Paul Dodson highlighted the importance of creating a safe environment at school.Parent Vicky Gleed came up with the idea of run...

Justin Tomlinson MP Supports National Eye Health Week

Jun 28, 2011

Justin Tomlinson MP joins National Eye Health Week campaign to raiseawareness of eye health and prevent avoidable sight lossJustin Tomlinson MP joined eye health professionals and representatives of national sight loss charities in Parliament to mark National Eye Health Week (13 – 19 June). At least 50 per cent of sight loss is avoidable if identified early enough. A simple sight test offers the quickest and easiest way for all of us to check our eye health and make sure our sight is not in dang...

A Sweet Treat For North Swindon MP as he raises Awareness Of Breast Cancer Care's Strawberry Tea

Jun 22, 2011

Justin Tomlinson took time out for a special Strawberry Tea party in the House of Commons.Arranged by Breast Cancer Care, the event was a chance for Justin to find out more about the charity’s work supporting people affected by breast cancer and the issues that are important to the 50,000 people diagnosed with the disease each year.And as well as sampling a superb selection of mouth-watering strawberry treats, Justin also had the chance to meet some of the charity’s volunteers, who are instrumen...

Justin Tomlinson MP Backs Money For Life Programme

Jun 22, 2011

Justin Tomlinson MP backs Money for Life programme to support learners in Swindon to tacklethe financial education gap amongst struggling Further Education, Adult and Community LearnersJustin Tomlinson MP is supporting a financial capability and personal money skills programme, Money for Life, targeted at Further Education (FE), Adult and Community learners in Swindon. The programme aims to deliver vital financial capability learning where it is needed most. It equips practitioners – such as tut...

Justin Tomlinson MP Welcomes BMW £500m Investment

Jun 14, 2011

BMW has annouced it will build its next generation of Minis in Britain in a move that will help safeguard more than 5,000 jobs.The German car giant, which employs 1,200 at the plant in Swindon, said it will be investing another £500m in UK car manufacturing in a move David Cameron said is a 'tremendous vote of confidence' in the workforce.New production facilities and equipment are to be installed at the Mini pressings plant, in Bridge End Road, the assembly base, in Oxford, and its engi...

New Online Financial Health Check Launched

Jun 14, 2011

I attended the launch by the Money Advice Service of the new online financial health check.In less than ten minutes, the free and unbiased health check – www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/healthcheck provides a personal action plan to help people stay on top of their money today, and plan to meet future goals.This is an excellent resource ensuring people know where to go for help, know their choices and how to take the practical steps to improve their own situation. For example information is provid...

Justin Tomlinson MP Made Honorary President Of Heart Charity

Jun 14, 2011

After campaigning for emergency life-saving skills to be compulsory in schools, one of the town’s MPs has been made honorary president of the Swindon branch of the British Heart Foundation.Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, was invited to take up the post at the end of May following an article in the Adver.Mr Tomlinson said he was very proud to have been given the opportunity.“I will be pro-active in my support. I have a long standing commitment to supporting the activities of the British H...

Justin Tomlinson MP Opens New Highworth Community Centre

Jun 14, 2011

It was a great pleasure to help officially open the brand new Highworth Community Centre on the site of the former Northview Primary School in Highworth.It is amazing to think a community the size of Highworth only had a community room, so it is a real credit to the fantastic vision, drive and enthusiasm of the Highworth Community Association, a group of seven trustees, who have worked tirelessly for the past nine months to reopen the school as a community centre for the town.It was a real pleas...