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| Graham Jones MP out campaigning on the doorstep in Haslingden and Hyndburn with Labour's Shadow Secretary of State Caroline Flint |
Graham supporting the 'walk for water' campaign at Westminster as part of a global campaign to raise awareness for the world water and sanitation crisis.
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Graham taking part in a charity football match to mark World AIDS day on the 1st of December and raise awareness of the campaign to end mother to child transmission of AIDS by 2015. A team from Parliament and a team from the UN braved the wind and the snow for a great cause. |
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| Graham with Ed Miliband in Burnley. A sunny day in which Ed was able to chat to plenty of people in the local area. |
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Graham Jones with X Factor celebrity Dermot O'Leary and presenter of BBC’s ‘Live and Deadly’ in Parliament raising awareness of the work of the Young People's Trust for the Environment which encourages young people to get involved in working to protect the environment for the future. |
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| Graham at the 1GOAL! campaign at Oswaldtwistle Short Stay School catering for secondary age pupils who are permanently excluded or vulnerable to exclusion or who have moved into the area and need assessment pre-admission to schools. Graham said: “It is really important that the young people in the area lead happier lives. Where they are valued and not discarded. For personal reasons it was really satisfying to attend the school, listen to the children and see them doing something positive supporting the 1GOAL! campaign.” |
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| Graham meeting with business leaders in the north west. MPs and business figures from across the North West attended a seminar at Lingley Mere in Warrington to talk about the economic future of the region. |
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| Graham visiting local business Acorn Digital Inks on Victoria Street, Accrington who develop and manufacture high quality labelling inks for bottles or cans such as date stamps, or batch stamp. The company received an award for excellence in the international export market. Graham said: “Within six months of setting up they are already winning export contracts as far away as China and gaining a reputation for innovation and quality.” |
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Graham at Reading Young Offenders Prison where he played against inmates as part of a programme of rehabilitation. |
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| Graham meets with students from Mount Carmel High School at Hyndburn Senior Schools Art Exhibition - An exhibition of paintings and contemporary art done by students from the four Accrington secondary schools. The Haworth Art Gallery is a fantastic art gallery in the constituency and well worth a visit. |
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| Graham at The Dave Smith Football Tournament in Great Harwood. Graham said: “I'd like to thank Mark and the rest of Great Harwood Rovers for their dedication and sterling efforts in not only providing kids in Greta Harwood with something to look forward to with the multitude of junior football teams they run so professionally, but going one stage further and putting on a huge all ages football tournament.” “I was delighted to hand some of the trophies to the kids and maybe next year get involved with some refereeing - if asked!” |
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Graham attending the Community fair at Tesco's in Haslingden. |
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| Graham supporting residents of Baxenden in the campaign to modify the huge over-development of Hilltop. Graham said " Hyndburn and in particular Baxenden, needs accommodation for the elderly, preferably rental accommodation. What can't be allowed to happen is a development that covers the vast majority of the site with the removal of 17 trees and which is built 5 storeys high; an over-development so significant that car parking for the development is to be acquired by leasing car parking spaces from Haworth Art Gallery some 200 yards away. I have campaigned relentlessly in my capacity as a councillor for rental accommodation for the elderly which would allow them to enjoy their retirement with at least some equity. This development is all about expensive flats and profit and does nothing to solve much of the problem of the lack of accommodation for the elderly in Baxenden or Hyndburn. Indeed other sites better suited would provide more accommodation; the problem is that they will also produce less profit not being in Baxenden. I want to see accommodation for the elderly built on this site which respects the conservation area, provides a quality build and environment and affords an opportunity to rent that is available for the many and not the few" |
