October appointments have included visits to charities, to courts of different sorts, Awards ceremonies and Justice Services.

I started the month with a visit to Purcell School of Music, whose brass players will perform at my Justice Service.  We are lucky to have this...

I travelled to the furthest south west corner of Hertfordshire to spend a lovely day in Three Rivers with Chair Paula Hiscocks.

We started by meeting Interim Chief Executive David Hill and Head of Community Partnerships Andy Stovold. Andy gave a presentation on how Thre...

I visited 3 of the Districts and Boroughs in September and a highlight was the Love Herts Day, visiting 7 charities around the county with HCF (Hertfordshire Community Foundation).

I was pleased to be asked to be on the judging panel for the BBC 3CR People Awards. We ha...

I had a lovely day in North Herts with Chairman Jean Green, her consort James and Alan Fleck, Community engagement officer. I am grateful to her team for arranging a day with my particular interests in mind.

We started the day at the Council offices where I met the Lead...

On a beautiful sunny 19th September I set off with Helen Gray, Director of Hertfordshire Community Foundation and her colleagues Georgina and Danielle for a whistle stop tour around the county to visit and showcase some of the small charities and voluntary groups that...

Mayor Rabbi Alan Plancey looked after me very kindly during my day out in Hertsmere and drove us to all our appointments, making sure that we kept to time!

We started the day by meeting acting Chief Executive of the Borough Sajida Bijle and Inspector Mark Bilsdon...

I had a lovely day out in Welwyn Hatfield with The Mayor Councillor Roger Trigg and 

Chief Executive Rob Bridge. 

We began at Campus West in Welwyn Garden City where I met representatives of local Welwyn Hatfield groups and charities over a cup of coffee.  Welwyn Garden...

August has continued with visits and meetings and I cannot believe that I have been in post for 5 months already! 

I have had a catch up with the Police and Crime Commissioner, who is about to refresh his Crime Plan.  Caroline Malcolm, one of the Police Chaplains based...

We were a large party (travelling in my first cavalcade!) for my busy day in Dacorum which was beautifully arranged with kind attention to my particular interests.  Mayor Terry Douris and his Mayoress daughter Emma were joined by Chief Executive Sally Marshall, former...

On a beautiful hot day, I went out walking with Chief Executive Lesley Davies, Chair of Trustees, Mike Master and Tom Day, Head of Living Landscapes, from the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust to hear about plans for the Kings Meads Nature Reserve. They are thinking a...