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Neil returns to take part in Tree Festival in Stroud

Neil returns to take part in Tree Festival in Stroud

28 November 2011 at 10:15

Neil Carmichael is once again participating in the Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival hosted at St. Laurence Church in the Shambles in the centre of Stroud, taking place from Sunday, 27th November to Sunday, 4th December.

The seventh occasion on which this event is taking place, organisations and individuals are encouraged to display either an authentic or artificial Christmas tree inside the church to be decorated in any manner that you so wish.

Every year since the festival begun in 2005 participation has been increasing, this year over 100 trees of all sizes have been committed to the event. The event is free to attend all week from 10:30 until 16:30 Monday to Thursday, 09:30 until 20:30 on Friday, 09:30 until 17:00 on Saturday and from 13:30 until 16:00 on Sunday.

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Rodborough | Chalford | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Cam and Dursley | Upton St. Leonards | Bisley and Painswick | Berkeley Vale

Posted in Events

Neil Carmichael visits Wycliffe

Neil Carmichael visits Wycliffe

28 November 2011 at 10:00

Neil Carmichael recently visited Sixth Form Politics students at Wycliffe in Stonehouse to discuss the life and work of a Member of Parliament and to answer wide ranging questions on matters of ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stonehouse | Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Painswick | Rodborough | Chalford | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Cam and Dursley | Upton St. Leonards Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Local Education | The Community

Neil meets Cabinet Office minister in Painswick

Neil meets Cabinet Office minister in Painswick

21 November 2011 at 12:30

During this last weekend, Neil Carmichael met with a Government Minister and a fellow Member of Parliament from Gloucestershire to discuss mutual interests and concerns. Mark Harper - the Member ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud West | Stroud East | North Stroud | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Rodborough | Chalford | Berkeley Vale | Cam and Dursley | Stonehouse | Rodborough | Upton St. Leonards, Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Events

Neil celebrates Boys Club anniversary

Neil celebrates Boys Club anniversary

21 November 2011 at 12:00

Neil Carmichael last weekend attended Frith Youth Centre in Bussage, to celebrate the Boys Club that has now been serving the youth of the surrounding communities of Bussage, Brownshill, Chalford ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Rodborough | Stonehouse | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Cam and Dursley | Berkeley Vale | Upton St Leonards Bisley and Painswick | Chalford

Posted in Culture and Tourism | The Community

Neil Carmichael supports church conservation

Neil Carmichael supports church conservation

21 November 2011 at 11:00

Neil Carmichael visited Brookthorpe last Friday in order to attend St Swithin's Church, a 13 th Century building no longer in use with the Church of England and is maintained by the Churches ... [ read more ]

Tags: Upton St. Leonards, Bisley and Painswick | Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Rodborough | Chalford | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Berkeley Vale | Cam and Dursley | Stonehouse

Posted in Culture and Tourism | The Community

The Post Office provisionally reverses position on Amberley services

The Post Office provisionally reverses position on Amberley services

14 November 2011 at 15:15

The Post Office has informed Neil Carmichael that their previous intention to downsize postal services in Amberley to a 'Post Office Local Service', thus rendering it unviable, is to be reversed ... [ read more ]

Tags: Rodborough | Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Stonehouse | Berkeley Vale | Cam and Dursley | Upton St. Leonards Bisley and Painswick | Chalford

Posted in The Community

Hundreds of millions to boost growth in Stroud and across the Country

Hundreds of millions to boost growth in Stroud and across the Country

14 November 2011 at 15:00

Neil Carmichael has welcomed a new initiative recently launched by the Coalition Government that is being funded to £500 million to assist in the economic growth of the country. The Growing ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Rodborough | Chalford | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Stonehouse | Berkeley Vale | Cam and Dursley | Upton St. Leonards Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Local Business

Gloucestershire First launches superfast broadband surveys

14 November 2011 at 14:00

The local enterprise partnership for the Constituency, Gloucestershire First, has begun its effort to demonstrate that public demand exists to upgrade our local communications infrastructure to ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Cam and Dursley | Berkeley Vale | Chalford | Rodborough | Upton St Leonards Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Local Business | Local Policy | Jobs and Welfare | The Community

Festival: Schedule for the Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering

14 November 2011 at 11:00

The schedule for the Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering, to be hosted across the Stroud Constituency by Neil Carmichael from 23rd - 27th April has now been released, it is as follows: ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Chalford | Rodborough | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Cam and Dursley | Berkeley Vale | Stonehouse | Upton St. Leonards Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Local Business

Nailsworth Brewery comes to Westminster

Nailsworth Brewery comes to Westminster

14 November 2011 at 10:15

Nailsworth Brewery's award winning "Alestock" beer came to Westminster this week thanks to local MP Neil Carmichael. Each week the Strangers Bar in the House of Commons hosts a guest beer from ... [ read more ]

Tags: Stroud East | Stroud West | North Stroud | Rodborough | Chalford | Nailsworth and Minchinhampton | Berkeley Vale | Cam and Dursley | Stonehouse | Upton St. Leonards Bisley and Painswick

Posted in Local Business