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Debbie Young
​Conservative Councillor

Working for the people of Stroud and Chalford

Air Ambulance

27/3/2014

 
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Today Debbie met with Emma (right) and Nicole (left) from the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity. Debbie had previously visited their air base in Filton and this was time for the fundraisers to repay the visit. The aim was identify some key players in the county to help with fundraising. The air ambulance needs £1.75 million a year to run and all this comes from charitable donations and volunteer help.
Debbie said "The Great Western Air Ambulance is literally a life save for everyone and I do hope that I have been able to give the fundraisers some key people who may be able to help them raise the enormous sum they need"

Meeting with the Environment Agency

20/3/2014

 
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After meeting with residents, Cllr Chas Fellows and Debbie, agreed to contact the Environment Agency to talk about flooding issues on both the canal and river.
The outcome of that initial contact was not promising, but a site visit was arranged for today. Together with representatives of the Cotswold Canal Partnership and Stroud District Council Chas, Debbie and the EA met to look at the problem.
"Walking the route and talking about the problem on site has identified some solutions to avoid homes flooding. Ensuring that water from the canal does not overtop into the river is key and there are measures that can be employed

Olympic Rower James Cracknell

19/3/2014

 
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On Friday 14th March James Cracknell the double Olympic gold medallist attended the Stroud Conservatives AGM. James is standing as a Euro MP candidate in the European elections in on May 22nd this year for the Conservatives.

​In an exclusive interview with Debbie he spoke about why politics is so important to him and why he is so keen to be elected. Following his near fatal accident 2 years ago, James has fully recovered and is running a punishing schedule of visits throughout  the South West from Gibraltar, the Scilly Isles up to Gloucester.  
He has often been asked the question ‘ Just because you were good at rowing why would that make you a politician? ’ His response was ‘rowing was what I did, not who I am’. He believes firmly that politics affects everyone’s lives and that it is important to be involved in the process. Asked about his punishing schedule he replied just like the top athlete he was “ I want to do my best, if I lose it is not because I haven’t worked hard enough, and I will take that through if I am elected to be an MEP for the South West”.  James Cracknell has had the most interesting life Olympic champion to MEP ?  I hope so

You can follow James Cracknell on @CracknellSW if you are interested in politics or @James Cracknell for the more sporting side of his life

Community Payback

13/3/2014

 
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Debbie met with Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Matthew Haynes today to promote REACH, a Social Enterprise which works with offenders as part of a community payback scheme. REACH who have recently worked with Chalford Parish Council and Debbie to replace posts around The Old Common which has saved the tax payer around £1,250 on this project alone.  
Matthew was concerned that proposed changes to the Probation Service would have an adverse impact on the role of social enterprises within the rehabilitation agenda and was therefore invited to put his concerns directly to the Minster.

Matthew said “ I am so grateful Debbie invited me to this event. It  was an amazing opportunity to raise my concerns directly with the Minster and I spent at least 10 minutes talking to him about the role of REACH and the positive impact it has on the lives of offenders and communities."

Debbie continued  “ People often  criticise non custodial sentances however community payback makes a huge difference. For low level offenders prison is  costly and often detrimental, whilst community payback benefits local communities in a positive way and actually benefits the tax payer, as in the case of the replacement post on The Old Common”

Debbie as an ex Prison Governor really appreciates the role REACH has in changing offending behaviour patterns which will benefit the community and was really pleased she was able to help them ​
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