Tor Support in Okehampton opened their doors to local MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride recently to discuss the important work they do in supporting young people between 5 and 25. Dependent on grants and donations, their counselling services are free and confidential.
Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride has welcomed the announcement that three swimming pools in his constituency are to benefit from national funding. Across the country 196 swimming pools and leisure centres have been awarded a share of £20 million.
Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride offered to “go into bat” for the cider industry during a recent visit to Sandford Orchards Cider Works in Crediton.
Young People’s mental health was top of the agenda when Okehampton’s Member of Parliament recently caught up with Mike St John Cooper, Senior Youth Worker at Room 13 Youth Centre in Okehampton.
Central Devon MP Mel Stride recently opened the Ashburton Hub & Spoke to improve lives across Dartmoor. It is the brainchild of Ashburton Postmaster Stuart Rogers.
A NEW PURPOSE-BUILT specialist dementia and complex nursing home for residents in South Devon is the vision of Rowcroft Hospice Chief Executive Mark Hawkins, who recently met Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride in Chudleigh to brief him on the hospice’s ambiti
The future of Post Office provision in and around South Zeal was top of the agenda when Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride met with South Tawton Parish Council Chair Paul Warne in South Zeal recently.
Action for Children, the children's charity that runs Devon’s early help targeted service for families with children aged 8 and under, welcomed Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride to Hatherleigh Community Centre on Friday.
Central Devon MP and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride has leant his support to residents in and around Drewsteignton who are launching a crowdfunding campaign to buy their local pub.
To celebrate the opening of a new, custom-built school in Okehampton, Mel Stride, MP for Central Devon and Percy Prowse, Chairperson of Devon County Council, paid a visit to the school on Friday to learn about the school’s transformative approach to raising the aspirations of children with social
