Priti opens Witham Community Food Support Scheme
Witham’s new Community Food Support Scheme has been launched by the Town’s MP, Priti Patel. Priti called into the Witham Community Hub on Friday 25th November 2022 to formally declare the Scheme open and to hear all about how it will work from the Chair of the Hub’s Board of …
November rail update
Upcoming Strike Dates Rail users across the network will have read with interest the ongoing disruption to the rail network and strike action proposed by the RMT on a national level. Although they have suspended their strikes for the 5,7 and 9 November, yesterday the RMT announced further 48-hour strikes …
Priti officially opens the newly revamped Green Man Public House
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, called in at the Green Man Public House, Green Man Lane, Little Braxted on Friday (11th November 2022) to meet the new owners Ylli and Abi Vata and to formally declare their newly refurbished pub open to the public. Priti officially opened …
Priti presents AKA Restaurant & Lounge fundraising cheque to the Witham Hub
Witham’s Member of Parliament, Priti Patel, joined a special ceremony held at the AKA Restaurant & Lounge in Newland Street on Friday (11th November), to present a large cheque from AKA to the Witham Hub, represented by the Chair of the Hub’s board of trustees Tina Townsend. AKA held a …
Remembrance Day Parade for the fallen is led by Witham MP
The Witham MP, Priti Patel, was one of the leading marchers in the Remembrance Day Parade in the Town on Sunday (13th November 2022). Alongside Simon Brice, the Deputy Lieutenant of Essex, the Town’s Mayor, Cllr Jack Bayford, and the Chairman of the Witham Branch of the Royal British Legion, …
Priti joins students at Maltings Academy to support their plans for community engagement
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel joined students at Maltings Academy in Witham to support and encourage the development of their community engagement projects across Witham town. During her visit, Priti met with Head of School Sherry Zand and pupils from a range of year groups to discuss how they …
Priti meets Eastlight Community Homes CEO for catch-up session
Witham’s MP, Priti Patel has called in to Eastlight Community Homes’ HQ near Braintree Village for a catch-up meeting with the community housing association’s CEO, Emma Palmer. Eastlight, which owns some 3,700 homes in the Witham constituency and more than 12,500 in the East of England, plays a major role …
Priti Patel gives her support to the Royal British Legion’s annual Witham Poppy Appeal
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has given her support to the Royal British Legion’s 2022 Poppy Appeal in Witham. Priti visited volunteers from the Legion at the Memorial Hall in Newland Street on Friday 4th November, to give the annual Poppy Appeal a boost with her own donation. She gave …
MPs campaign for step-free access at Marks Tey Station
Witham MP Priti Patel and South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge have visited Marks Tey station to discuss their campaign to make the Station fully accessible with step free access to all platforms. Commuters using the Sudbury branch line to change trains at the Station currently have no step-free access and …
Priti meets the Eastlight community entrepreneurs tackling social isolation
Priti Patel, the MP for the Witham Constituency has called in to see the Witham team working as part of Eastlight Community Homes’ All-In community programme. The Witham Team, which consists of five members, are tackling social isolation affecting residents in Witham. They sat down with the MP at their …