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.

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

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.  

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.