MP encourages young people to get involved John Baron MP is supporting the vInspired cashpoint scheme which opened on 16th April and offers grants of up to £500 to 14-25 years olds to help change their community for the better. The scheme has been running for the past five years and has been...
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John Baron MP supports vInspired cashpoint
John Baron MP visits Quilters Junior School Billericay
MP: great enthusiasm for ‘chocolate debate’ On Friday, John Baron MP visited Quilters Junior School, Laindon Road, Billericay at the invitation of Headteacher, Michael Wade. John discussed his role as an MP with 20 members of the School Council and then attended the whole school assembly where he held his popular ‘chocolate debate’ as...
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John Baron MP visits Janet Duke Primary School
MP tours school and sees new walkway and pupils John Baron MP today visited Janet Duke Primary School, Markhams Chase, Basildon. He met Mrs Harriet Phelps-Knights and was shown around the school and talked with children and teachers. John also invited the school to join him at the Fun Walk this year to...
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John Baron MP: Fun Walk subsidises Billericay School students’ visit to Auschwitz
MP supports Holocaust Educational Trust project The Fun Walk Committee is helping to subsidise two students from Billericay School to visit Auschwitz in Poland. The visit is part of a wider project to educate students about both the Holocaust and its contemporary lessons. The project is organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust , and...
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John Baron MP welcomes St Peter’s Catholic Primary School to Parliament
MP takes questions from Key Stage 2 members of School Council This week in Parliament, John Baron MP met with a group of 8 Key Stage 2 students from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Billericay. The students had been on a specially designed tour which was followed by an interactive workshop where the students...
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John Baron MP presses Business Secretary on Government university admissions policy
MP argues against ‘social engineering’ Yesterday in the House of Commons, John Baron MP asked the Secretary of State for Business, Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, about university admissions policy. The incoming director of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA), Professor Les Ebdon, has stated that he will penalise financially those universities which do...
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John Baron MP welcomes Mayflower High School to Parliament
MP takes questions from years 9 and 10 Yesterday in Parliament, John Baron MP met with a group of 32 students from years 9 and 10, Mayflower High School, Billericay. The students had been on a specially designed tour which was followed by an interactive workshop where the students had the chance to explore...
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John Baron MP: Prime Minister responds to Mayflower High School campaign
MP applauds pupils’ ‘Send my Sister to School’ campaign John Baron MP has forwarded the Prime Minister’s response to Mayflower School’s ‘Send my Sister to School’ presentation, which focused on the need to increase the numbers of girls in education around the world. John said: “In his letter, the Prime Minister reaffirms his pledge...
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John Baron MP receives “Send My Sister to School” presentation from Mayflower High School
MP congratulates School on its hard work John Baron MP has visited Mayflower High School, where a group of pupils from years 8, 9 and 10 and their Religious Studies teacher, Miss Bergin, gave a presentation based around the “Send My Sister to School” campaign. The campaign, which is jointly run by many...
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John Baron MP helps support Abbeyfield Week 2011
AGEnda – A Generational Skills Swap John Baron MP this week lent his support to Abbeyfield Week 2011 by taking part in a generational skills swap in Parliament. John Baron was joined by the actor and Abbeyfield patron Geoffrey Palmer in Parliament to raise awareness of this innovative scheme, which brings together older...
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