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North Swindon MP Delighted As Swindon Climbs Prestigious PWC Good Growth for Cities

North Swindon MP Delighted As Swindon Climbs Prestigious PWC Good Growth for Cities

Justin Tomlinson MP has welcomed the news that Swindon that has come in the top 10 nationally of the prestigious PwC Good Growth for Cities index.The Demos-PwC GGfC Index measures the performance of the UK’s largest cities against a range of categories including, housing affordability, income inequality, and new this year, business start-ups. This index seeks to measure growth in a more holistic way (rather than a purely economic focus), capturing the human side of the story. PwC worked with mem...

Justin Welcomes New Jobs & Investment For Swindon Following India Deal

Justin Welcomes New Jobs & Investment For Swindon Following India Deal

Justin Tomlinson MP has welcomed the news that a new deal between India and the United Kingdom will create jobs and investment in SwindonEarlier today, the Prime Minister visited Dynamatic Technologies’ facility in Bangalore, India, as Airbus takes delivery of the first set of A330 wing components, produced jointly in the UK and India.Dynamatic, who have sites in Bristol, Swindon and Bangalore, are providing the flap track beams for Airbus’ twin aisle A330 model, machined in Dynamatic’s faciliti...

Justin Tomlinson MP Launches Collection For Salvation Army Christmas Present Appeal

Justin Tomlinson MP Launches Collection For Salvation Army Christmas Present Appeal

Justin Tomlinson MP will be using his community office to collect toys for the Salvation Army’s Christmas Toy Appeal. Many Salvation Army centres across the UK will be running a Christmas Present Appeal. You can support your local Christmas Present Appeal by donating new unwrapped toys and gifts for children, families, older people and homeless people in need this Christmas.All you have to do is bring it along to Justin’s office on the Orbital Shopping Park (First Floor, Customer Service Hub, SN...

North Swindon MP Praises Local Charity Trustees

North Swindon MP Praises Local Charity Trustees

To mark the start of the seventh annual Trustees’ Week, Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, is celebrating the important contribution that charity trustees make to their local communities and thanking the 1455 trustees in North Swindon for their hard work over the last year.A wide range of activities and services are carried out by the charities in North Swindon. All of which couldn’t carry out their important work without the diligent efforts of trustees, most of whom are volunteers.Trustee...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 4th November

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 4th November

We are currently experiencing record levels of employment as the economy continues to grow. Consequently for people of working age, there is now an 80% chance that they will be in work - one of the highest levels we have seen.However if you have a disability, the chance of being in work falls significantly to 48%. Although this is a vast improvement to the 44% it was at three years ago (as we have seen 500,000 more disabled people find work), there is still some way to go if we are to halve the ...

Local MP Highlights Importance Of Reforms To Apprenticeships For People With A Learning Disability

Local MP Highlights Importance Of Reforms To Apprenticeships For People With A Learning Disability

North Swindon MP and former Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, has highlighted the important reforms to apprenticeships which will support disabled people and those with a long-term health condition during a debate in Parliament.The vital role of apprenticeships is summed up in the fact that 90% of those who complete one will go on either to work or to further training. That compares well with the 80% of the working age population in work, and 48%, which is the percentage of people ...

Local MP Elected As Officer For APPG On Learning Disability

Local MP Elected As Officer For APPG On Learning Disability

North Swindon MP and former Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, has become an officer of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disabilities.The cross-party group, supported by Mencap, focuses on ensuring that Government policy provides the very best opportunities for people with a learning disability. The term 'learning disability' covers a wide-range of conditions including Cerebral Palsy, Down's Syndrome and some forms of Autism. A learning disability is viewed as a reduced...

Justin Welcomes Local Samaritans To Community Office

Justin Welcomes Local Samaritans To Community Office

The Swindon & District branch of the Samaritans undertook their volunteer training in Justin Tomlinson MP’s community office at the weekend.The charity listens by providing a phone service, e-mail, SMS and face to face as well as working across local communities to help vulnerable, higher risk individuals.In Swindon and across Wiltshire, the Samaritans receive thousands of calls for help and they are exceptionally active across the whole of the community. The training undertaken at the weeke...

North Swindon MP Calls On Local Residents To Back Swindon Groups In Aviva Challenge

North Swindon MP Calls On Local Residents To Back Swindon Groups In Aviva Challenge

Justin Tomlinson MP is calling on fellow local residents to vote for the excellent Swindon organisations who are participating in the Aviva Community Fund.The Aviva Community Fund offers you the chance to get funding for an important cause in your community. The Fund will finance over 800 projects across four different fund levels and six categories, spreading our awards to communities throughout the UK.This year, dozens of local charities and voluntary organisations from across Swindon have put...