Community News

News from Alan Campbell MP

Christmas 2018

Talking Politics with

King’s Priory 6th Form

Supporting Small

Business Saturday

King’s Priory recently invited me along to talk to a

group of Year 12 politics students about my role

as an MP.

Following my talk we had a wide-ranging

discussion and perhaps unsuprisingly, Brexit was

high on the agenda. The group are coming to

parliament in the New Year and as I said to them,

hopefully things will be clearer by that time.

I joined local Councillors at local businesses in

Monkseaton to show our support for Small

Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is a

great initiative which really encourages people to

shop local. We have a wealth of wonderful local

shops and before Christmas it’s important

that we use them. I’m urging local residents

to use our local shops this Christmas.

I went along to the Learning

Disability North East Annual Carol

Service at Christ Church in North

Shields.

For me this is where Christmas

really begins.

I am supporting Cats Protection UK in

their campaign to highlight the

problems faced by many renters who

are unable to own cats due to ‘no pet’

policies. I met them recently at an

event in Parliament.

Community Commitment Common Sense

Championing Communities

I went along to Tesco’s in North

Shields as part of their Food

Collection Project. Together with

the Trussell Trust and customers

they have provided more than 49

million meals to people in need.

I met with Mike Pratt from

Northumberland Wildlife Trust at a

recent surgery to discuss their

Nature Recovery Network Project to

bring nature into where people live

their daily lives, not just conservation

area’s and nature reserves.

Campaigning with Cats

Protection

Learning Disability North

East Carol Service

Meeting with local

Wildlife Trust

Tesco Food Collection in

North Shields

Community Commitment Common Sense

Championing Communities

I recently planted 5 trees in

Northumberland Park as part of the

Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy forest

conservation initiative.

Planting Queen’s Canopy

Lobbying against Puppy Smuggling

NTDF Christmas Party

It was a pleasure to go along to open

North Tyneside Disability Forum’s

Christmas Party at their new home in

Shiremoor.

Supporting Guide Dogs

The charity ‘Guide Dogs’ do a great job

raising awareness of issues such as

pavement parking. That’s why I was happy

to go along to an event in parliament

recently to show my support and receive

messages from local people.

I’m supporting Dog’s Trust UK and their

campaign to ban puppy smuggling. I will

continue to press the Government at

every opportunity to do more to tackle

unregulated dog breeders and dealers, in

order to improve animal welfare.

Useful and emergency numbers

Community Commitment Common Sense

Championing Communities Surfer’s against Sewage

Beach Clean

Woodlawn Boxing Day Xmas

Pudding Fun Run!

Flooding: Northumbria Water customer care centre : 0845 717 1100

North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane: 0844 811 8111

NHS: 111

Gas (including leaks) : 0800 111 999

Electricity : 0800 668 877

Water supply: 0345 717 1100

Water Leak: 0800 393 084

Out of Hours Dental Emergency and Advisory Service: 0191 219 5209

Samaritans: 116 123

Housing Advice and emergency homelessness: 0191 2006800

Blow the cobwebs away after too many mince pies!

I’ve been a regular attender of beach cleans this

year and have always been surprised by the level of

support. The North East has led the way so lets

keep supporting SAS in their important campaign.