A number of people have asked me what meetings, training and speaking events I attend; so I thought it might be a good idea to list some of them so you can see the sort of work I undertake on our community’s behalf and mixed in is some of my political activities to boot!
This list is far from exhaustive as I have not listed all the management and officer meetings I attend as a part of my responsibilities on Suffolk County Council, As Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Civil Aviation Noise and as an Local Government Association Member Peer nor the numerous day-to-day dealings with resident’s enquiries and concerns, not to mention a number of daily calls and emails in these roles as well as being Deputy Chairman (Political) of Eastern Region Conservatives.
Thursday 21st December 2017 – EELGA East of England Transport Summit, Genome Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge.
Wednesday 20th December 2017 – FHDC Full Council Meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Tuesday 19th December 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 18th December 2017 – LGA Reception, Smith Square London.
Friday 15th December 2017 – 3rd River Crossing meeting, Riverside House, Lowestoft then Staff Appointment Committee interviews, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 14th December 2017 – Meeting with SoS for Education Justine Greening, Ipswich.
Wednesday 13th December 2017 – Joint Suffolk Growth Portfolio Holders Meeting, Grafton House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 12th December 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet then SCC Leadership Team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 11th December 2017 – Regular meetings with fellow SCC Conservative members, Bury St. Edmunds.
Friday 8th December 2017 – SCC Cabinet meeting with some of Suffolk MPs, Ipswich Hotel, Copdock, Ipswich.
Thursday 7th December 2017 – SCC Full Council Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 6th December 2017 – Ipswich Northern Relief Road meeting, Grafton House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 5th December 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet, Endeavour House Ipswich then Buurtzorg Reception, RSA London.
Monday 4th December 2017 – 21st Century Councillor Training, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Friday 1st December 2017 – On BBC Radio Suffolk’s Mark Murphy’s Hot Seat slot, then SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 30th November 2017 – Ipswich and Suffolk Business Club Lunch with Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond MP, Milsoms Kesgrave Hall then Keepmoat Regeneration presentation, I.C.E., London.
Wednesday 29th November 2017 – FHDC Performance and Audit Committee meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall, then Norfolk and Suffolk Area Conservatives AGM, Freckenham Village Hall.
Tuesday 28th November 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 27th November 2017 – Meeting with Boards Authority Chairman and CE, Yare House, Norwich.
Friday 24th November 2017 – SCC We are Listening Event, Haverhill.
Thursday 23rd November – SCC Budget Scrutiny Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 – NALEP Board Meeting, Adastral Park, Ipswich then SCC Constitution Working Party, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 21st November 2017 – Chairman Health and Social Care session, CCN Conference, Marlow.
Monday 20th November 2017 – Attended CCN Conference, Marlow.
Sunday 19th November 2017 – Attended County Council Network (CCN) Conference, Marlow.
Friday 17th November 2017 – SPSL meeting, Ipswich.
Thursday 16th November 2017 – Launch of SCC Transformation 2.0 at ITFC, Ipswich.
Wednesday 15th November 2017 – Meeting with Localis, London.
Tuesday 14th November 2017 – Informal Cabinet the Leadership team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 13th November 2017 – SCC Section 151 Officer selection interviews, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 10th November 2017 – Chaired SCC Upper Orwell Task Force meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 9th November 2017 – Speech at Suffolk Public Health’s Annual Conference on Health Ageing, Worsted Park, Ipswich then on to SCC Effective and Efficient Public Services Cabinet Committee, Endeavour House, then presented an award at the Stars of Suffolk Annual Awards, Trinity Park, Ipswich.
Wednesday 8th November 2017 – SCC We Are Listening event in Bury St. Edmunds then Inclusive Growth Cabinet Committee, Endeavour House Ipswich.
Tuesday 7th November 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet Meeting then Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich then onto LGiU Annual Awards Ceremony, Livery Hall, City of London.
Monday 6th November 2017 – LGA Peer presentation, Surry County Council, Kingston on Thames.
Friday 3rd November 2017 – SCC Conservative Group Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 2nd November 2017 – Meeting with SoS DCLG Sajid Javid MP, Marsham Street, London.
Wednesday 1st November 2017 – SCC Barley Homes meeting then Scrutiny Chairman meeting then Leaders meeting then LinksEast meeting then meeting with Sue Cook interim CE, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 31st October 2017 – Annual National Infrastructure Conference, DeVere Centre, Portland Place, London.
Monday 30th October 2017 – Attended the Funeral of Robert Gordon OBE , Leader of Hertfordshire County Council, St. Albans Cathedral.
Thursday 26th October 2017 – We Are Listening Event, Cornhill, Ipswich.
Wednesday 25th October 2017 – New Anglia LEP Board Meeting, Norwich, then Section 151 shortlisting meeting followed by the Suffolk’s BME Business Awards evening, University of Suffolk Campus, Ipswich.
Tuesday 24th October 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting followed by SCC Leadership Team Meeting then Speaker at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce Board Dinner, ITFC, Ipswich.
Monday 23rd October – Peer Training event, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford.
Friday 20th October – We Are Listening event, Britten Centre, Lowestoft.
Thursday 19th October – SCC Full Council Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 18th October – Attended Suffolks Stand at the MIPIM Property Show, Olympia, London.
Tuesday 17th October – LGA Conservative Executive Council meeting, Etc. Centre, Hatton Garden, London.
Monday 16th October – LGA Conservative Peer Meeting, Layden House, Hatton Garden, London.
Wednesday 11th to Friday 13th October 2017 – National Children’s and Adults Services Conference, BIC, Bournemouth.
Tuesday 9th October 2017 – SCC Cabinet Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 6th October 2017 – SECDB Meeting, Fellows Maltings, Ipswich.
Thursday 5th October 2017 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Sunday 1st October 2017 to Wednesday 4th October 2017 – Conservative Party Conference, Manchester.
Saturday 30th September 2017 – Travelled to Conservative Party Conference, Manchester.
Friday 29th September 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet Away Day, Concertus, Ipswich.
Thursday 28th September 2017 – EELAG Improvement and Efficiency Panel meeting then EELGA Management Executive meeting, Trinity Centre, Cambridge.
Tuesday 26th September 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting then SCC Leadership Team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 25th September 2017 – Opening of the Eastern Relief Road, Bury St. Edmunds then Grant Thornton Industrial Strategy meeting, The General Practitioners Institute, London.
Friday 22nd September 2017 – Lake Loathing 3rd River Crossing Taskforce meeting, Riverside Offices, Lowestoft, then meeting with Peter Aldous MP, his Constituency office, Lowestoft.
Thursday 21st September 2017 – Road and Belt Hong Kong Conference QE2 Centre, London then Reception at No.10 Downing Street, London.
Wednesday 20th September 2017 – CCN AGM, Chartered Insurance Institute, London.
Friday 15th September – Suffolk Public Sector Leaders Meeting, Riverside House, Lowestoft.
Thursday 14th September 2017 – meeting with SCC Interim CE Sue Cook, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 13th September 2017 – Suffolk Economic Growth Portfolio Holders meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich then TCPA Parliamentary Dinner, Parliament, London.
Tuesday 12th September 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet followed by SCC Cabinet Meeting.
Monday 11th September 2017 – New SCC CE interviews, Ipswich Town Football Club, Ipswich.
Friday 8th September 2017 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 7th September 2017 – SCC ‘We Are Listening’ event, the Triangle, Felixstowe then Deborah Cadman’s Leaving Do, Endeavour House, Ipswich then out campaigning in the St. John’s by-election, Ipswich.
Wednesday 6th September 2017 – LGA Peer Conference, City Hall, Manchester.
Tuesday 5th September 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet, Endeavour House, Ipswich then Leadership Team meeting, Suffolk New College.
Monday 4th September 2017 – Media launch of the Lake Loathing Third River Crossing, Lowestoft then meetings in Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 11th August 2017 – SCC Long listing for new Chief Executive, Endeavour House, Ipswich then visit to Age UK Suffolk, Claydon.
Tuesday 8th August 2017 – Site Visit to Upper Orwell Crossing landing points, Ipswich.
Tuesday 1st August 2017 – Meeting with SCC Chief Executive, Deborah Cadman, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 31st July 2017 – Attended the ground breaking for Their River Crossing Site investigations, Lowestoft.
Friday 28th July 2017 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 27th July 2017 – SCC Meeting with Housing Providers, Endeavour House, Ipswich then FHDC PASC Committee Meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Tuesday 25th July 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet then Leadership Team Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 20th July 2017 – SCC Full Council, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 19th July 2017 – CCN Group Executive and Board meetings, LGA House, Turnmill Street, London.
Tuesday 18th July 2017 – SCC Cabinet Away Day, Woolpit Cricket Club.
Monday 17th July 2017 – EELGA Positive Ageing Conference, Genome Campus, Cambridge.
Friday 14th July 2017 – Suffolk Public Sectors Leaders meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Thursday 13th July 2017 – Meeting with James Cartlidge MP and Minster of Stare for Transport Jesse Norman MP, Sudbury then SCC Staff Appointment Committee, Endeavour House Ipswich.
Wednesday 12th July 2017 – Mayor Palmer Cambridge to Haverhill Light Rail Meeting, the ABP Annual Parliamentary Lunch then Meeting with Dan Poulter MP, Houses of Parliament, London.
Tuesday 11th July 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet then Cabinet Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 10th July 2017 – Meeting with SCC Group Leaders and then Press with regards the Independent Remuneration Panel recommendations then onto the LGiU Local Government Parliamentary Reception, House of Parliament, London.
Friday 7th July 2017 – Meeting with SCC HR then SCC Conservative Group meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Thursday 6th July 2017 – LGA Conference, Birmingham.
Wednesday 5th July 2017 – LGA Conference, Birmingham.
Tuesday 4th July 2017 – LGA Conference, Birmingham.
Monday 3rd July 2017 – Travelled to the LGA Conference, Birmingham.
Friday 29th June 2017 – Spoke at Housing LIN Conference, Endeavour House, Ipswich then onto SECDB meeting and then chaired Upper Orwell Crossings Taskforce meeting before heading to the West Suffolk College Student Award Winners Evening, Bury st. Edmunds.
Thursday 29th June 2017 – Health and Care Show Excel, London and then First Women Awards, London.
Wednesday 28th June 2017 – BBC Radio Suffolk Mark Murphy Show’s Hot Seat, then Constitution Working Party meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 27th June 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting then SCC Leadership Team Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 26th June 2017 – A11 Fiveways Community meeting at FHDC Offices Mildenhall, then onto Suffolk Raising the Bar Awards Evening at Trinity Park, Ipswich.
Friday 23rd June 2017 – Port of Felixstowe 50th Anniversary Dinner, Cutty Sark, London.
Wednesday 21st June 2017 – Suffolk Day Interview with Mark Murphy, then NALEP Board meeting, CEFAS Lowestoft.
Tuesday 20th June 2017 – CCN/KPMG Health and Social Care Conference, KPMG offices Governor Street, London.
Wednesday 14th June 2017 – NALEP Economic Summit, Norwich Arts College, Duke Street, Norwich.
Tuesday 13th June 2013 – SCC Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 12th June 2017 – Localis Fellowship Dinner, IoCE London.
Friday 9th June – Colin Law’s Funeral, Lowestoft.
Thursday 8th June 2017 – General Election Poll Day campaigning.
Wednesday 7th June – Eve of General Election Poll Day Campaigning.
Tuesday 6th June 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 3rd June 2017 – Out campaigning with Ipswich Conservative Candidate Ben Gummer in Ipswich.
Friday 2nd June 2917 – Out campaigning with West Suffolk Conservative Candidate Matt Hancock in West Suffolk.
Thursday 1st June 2017 – Attended Bill Sadler’s Funeral, St. Mary’s Church Newmarket.
Wednesday 31st May 2017 – Attended SCC stand at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich.
Tuesday 30th May 20127 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 29th May 2017 – Out campaigning in West Suffolk with Conservative Candidate Matt Hancock.
Saturday 27th May 2017 – Out campaigning in West Suffolk with Conservative Candidate Matt Hancock.
Friday 26th May 2017 – Suffolk Public Sector Leaders Board Meeting, East Suffolk House, Woodbridge.
Thursday 25th May 2017 – SCC AGM Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 24th May 2017 – CCN Meeting in London, then Highways meeting at West Suffolk House, then FHDC Group meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Tuesday 23rd May 2017 – NALEP Board meeting in Norwich then Suffolk Fire Service Drop in Event about Mildenhall Hub proposal.
Monday 22nd May 2017 – Annual Lakenheath Parish AGM, Lakenheath Peace Memorial Hall, Lakenheath.
Saturday 20th May 2017 – Out campaigning in West Suffolk with Conservative Candidate Matt Hancock.
Friday 19th May 2017 – SCC Conservative Coffee morning with Conservative Candidate Ben Gummer then our canvassing with Ben Gummer in Ipswich.
Thursday 18th May 2017 – Meeting with Foundation East then onto SEBC Mayor Making ceremony, The Apex Bury St. Edmunds then onto meeting at Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 16th May 2017 – SCC Informal meeting with proposed Cabinet, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 13th May 2017 – Out campaigning in Row Heath for Conservative Candidate Matthew Hancock.
Thursday 11th May 2017 – Out campaigning in Luton South for Conservative Candidate Dean Russell.
Wednesday 10th May 2017 – Attended Anglia Business Exhibition, Copdock, Ipswich.
Tuesday 9th May 2017 – SCC Conservative Group meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 8th May 2017 – Meeting with SCC CE Deborah Cadman, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 6th May – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Woolpit.
Saturday 18th March to Friday 5th May 2017 – Gone Campaigning.
Friday 17th March 2017 – Met with Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport, Elmswell, then out Canvassing in Row Heath.
Thursday 16th March 2017 – SCC Full Council Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 15th March 2017 – CCN Meetings, IOD offices, New Broad Street, London.
Tuesday 14th March 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, then EELGA Management Committee Teleconference then SCC DAS Shortlisting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 13th March 2017 – Out Canvassing in Row Heath.
Saturday 11th March 2017 – Out Canvassing in Row Heath.
Friday 10th March 2017 – SPSL Leader’s Meeting, Grafton House, Ipswich, then WSCA AGM, Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket, then SCC Chairman’s Reception, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 9th March 2017 – Out Canvassing in Row Heath.
Wednesday 8th March 2017 – SCC CYP meeting then Full Council Briefing then LGC Awards, Governor House, London.
Tuesday 7th March 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet then Leadership Team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 4th March 2017 – Out Canvassing in Row Heath.
Friday 3rd March February 2017 – Attended Suffolk Energy Coast Delivery Board meeting then Newmarket Town Council Mayoral Reception.
Thursday 2nd March 2017 – Meeting with Prime Minister Rt Hon Theresa May MP & DCLG Secretary of State Sajid Javid MP, CCHQ London then onto LGA Councillor Forum.
Wednesday 1st March February 2017 – Attended MAM meeting about future of RAF Mildenhall, Government offices, Cambridge.
Tuesday 28th February 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 27th February 2017 – Attended launch of Digital Essex, BT Tower, London.
Friday 24th February 2017 – Chaired a conference called Leading Digital transformation in health and social care in Suffolk, Adastral Park, Ipswich.
Thursday 23rd February 2017 – SCC Cabinet one to one meetings, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 – CCN Leaders meeting, Church House, London.
Tuesday 21st February 2017 – SCC Cabinet Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 16th February 2017 – SCC Interview day for Head of Communications, Ipswich Town Football club.
Wednesday 15th February 2017 – Meeting with Ben Gummer MP, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 14th February 2017 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 11th February 2017 – SCC Conservative Candidate Meeting, Kessingland then our canvassing in Carlton Colville.
Friday 10th February 2017 – Meeting with Jo Churchill MP, Bury St. Edmunds then onto BBC Studios for the Sunday Politics Show recording, Cambridge.
Thursday 9th February 2017 – SCC Full Council Budget Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 8th February 2017 – Social Value Summit, Institute of Engineering & Technology, London.
Tuesday 7th February 2017 – SCC Leadership Team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday February 2017 – Lakenheath Library launch of Loan-an-iPad scheme, then Community Shed Project in West Row.
Friday 3rd February 2017 – Joint meeting with Police and IBC on anti social behaviour in Ipswich, IBC Offices, Ipswich.
Thursday 2nd February 2017 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 1st February 2017 – Hosted The National Infrastructure Commission to Ipswich, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 31st January 2017 – Special SCC Cabinet on EDF’s Sizewell C proposals, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 27th January 2017 – Gave a speech at Trading Standards Leadership Conference, Barbican, London.
Thursday 26th January 2017 – Spoke at British Academy Devolution Round Table, Central Library, Cambridge.
Wednesday 25th January 2017 – CCN Meeting, EY’s Offices, More Place London.
Tuesday 24th January – SCC Budget Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 23rd January 2017 – Manifesto Working Party meeting.
Friday 20th January 2017 – SPSL Meeting SCDC’s New Offices in Woodbridge, then on to EELGA Management Board meeting, St John’s Innovation centre, Cambridge.
Thursday 19th January 2017 – LGA Conservative Executive Council meeting, Lynden House, Farringdon, London.
Wednesday 18th January 2017 – NALEP Board Meeting, Keystone Innovation Centre, Thetford.
Tuesday 17th January 2017 – Leadership Team Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
the launch of A120 Consultation, Elm Coney Golf Club, Colchester.
Saturday 14th January 2017- SCC Conservative Candidate Meeting, Woolpit Community Hall.
Wednesday 11th January – Meeting with University Vice Chancellor, University Waterfront, Ipswich.
Tuesday 10th January 2017 – Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 7th January 2017 – West Row Village Surgery, Village Hall, West Row.
Friday 6th January 2017 – EELGA Finance Conference, West Suffolk House, Bury St.Edmunds.
Thursday 5th January 2017 – Annual LGA Finance Conference, Coin Street Community Centre, London.
Wednesday 4th January 2017 – Meeting with Chief Executive, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 3rd January 2017 – Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 19th December 2018 – Forest Heath District Council meeting, Forest Heath District Council offices, Mildenhall.
Tuesday 18th December 2018 – Shadow West Suffolk Council Meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 12th December 2018 – Forest Heath Conservative Group meeting, Forest Heath District Council Offices.
Saturday 8th December 2018 – Conservative National Convention meeting, National Convention Centre, Birmingham.
Tuesday 4th December 2018 – Councillors Propsective on The Scrutiny Process to Centre for Public Scrutiny Annual Conference, Bloomsbury Holiday Inn, then Governing England Book Launch , British Academy, London.
Saturday 1st December 2018 – Social Media Training Presentation to West Suffolk Council Conservative Candidates Training event, WSCA Office, Bury St. Edmunds.
Thursday 29th November 2018 – Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board Meeting.
Monday 26th November 2018 – Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee Pre-meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Tuesday 20th November 2018 – Shadow West Suffolk Council Meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 14th November 2018 – Eastern Region Conservatives Meeting, Cambridge.
Sunday 11th November 2018 – Remembrance Wreath laying at Beck Row Parish , Beck Row War Graves and Lakenheath War Memorials. Remembrance Church Services at St. John’s Church, Beck Row and St. Mary’s, Lakenheath.
Saturday 10th November 2018 – Rememberance Wreath Laying at West Room, Eriswell and Kenny Hill War Memorials.
Thursday 8th November 2018 – Local Government Assoication Peer Conference, Crowne Plaza Nottingham.
Friday 26th October 2018 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 22nd October 2018 – RAF Lakenheath Supply Chain Conference, Newmarket Race Course, Newmarket.
Thursday 18th October 2018 – LGA Conservative Group Executive, meeting then Councillors Forum meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Wednesday 17th October 2018 – LGA Executive Meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 16th October 2018 – Eastern Regional Conservative Officers Team meeting, Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket.
Friday 12th October 2018 – EELGA Systems Approach to Integrated Health and Social, Granta Centre, Granta Park, Great Abington.
Tuesday 16th October 2018 – CareTuesday 9th October 2018 – West Suffolk Conservative Group joint meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 – Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board Workshop, Oxford Belfry Hotel, Oxford.
Sunday 30th September to Wednesday 3rd October 018 – Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham.
Thursday 27th September 2018 – LGA Community Wellbeing Board Meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Monday 24th September 2018 – Eastern Region Conservative meeting – Conservative Central Headquarters, London.
Friday 21st August 2018 – SCC Conservative Group Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 14th September 2018 – Conservative Executive meeting followed by LGA Boards induction day, Endeavour House, 18 Smith Square, London.
Wednesday 13th September 2018 – LGA Conservative Executive meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 12th September 2018 – Lakenheath Library Summer Reading Competition prize giving, then onto West Suffolk Conservative Group meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Friday 7th September 2018 – West Suffolk Conservative Brexit Briefing, Fordham St. Genevieve.
Thursday 6th September 2018 – Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Board Meeting, Endeavour House, then onto Ipswich and Suffolk Bsueisnss Club Lunch, The Hanger, Kesgrave, Ipswich.
Tuesday 4th September to Wednesday 5th September – Rural Services Network Conference, Gloucestershire University, Cheltenham.
Tuesday 31st July 2018 – Canvassing in Peterborough City Council by-election, Peterborough.
Friday 20th July 2018 – Oxfordshire Health and Wellbeing Board workshop, Oxford Football Club, Oxford.
Thursday 19th July 2018 – LGA Conservative Executive Meeting, 18 Smith Square London.
Tuesday 17th July 2018 – Shadow West Suffolk Full Council, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Monday 16th July 2018 – LGA Performance Support Panel, 18 Smith Square London.
Friday 6th July 2018 – Attended Cliff Jordan’s funeral, Former Leader of Norfolk County Council, Dereham, Norfolk.
Monday 2nd July 2018 to Thursday 5th July 2018 – Attended the LGA Annual Conference, Birmingham.
Friday 29th June 2018 – Attended the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce AGM, Kesgrave Hall Hotel, Ipswich.
Wednesday 27th June 2018 – Attended the Health and Social Care Show at Excel, Centre, London.
Friday 22nd June 2018 – Attended Regional Peer meeting with Leader of North Herts District Council, Letchworth.
Thursday 21st June 2018 – Member Induction programme, Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall, London.
Wednesday 20th June 2018 – Attended County Council Network Inaugural Housing Conference, One Gt. George Street, London.
Monday 18th June 2018 – Chaired EELGA Improvement and Efficiency Board meeting, Trinity Centre, Cambridge.
Monday 11th June 2018 to Friday 15th June 2018 – Gloucestershire County Council Corporate Peer review, Gloucestershire County Hall, Gloucester.
Thursday 7th June 2018 – LGA Conservative Exectuive Meeting, then Councillors Forum, 18 Smith Square, London.
Monday 4th June 2018 – Attended Regional Peer meeting with Leader of Hatfield Welham District Council then attended Inaugural Chamberlain Lecture, BT Tower, London.
Thursday 31st May 2018 – LGA Conservative Peer Meeting, 18 Smith Square, London then Performance and Audit Committee Meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Wednesday 30th May 2018 – Conservative Party History & Philosophy Event, Dartmouth House, London then first Shadow West Suffolk Council Meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 23rd May – NALEP Board Meeting Co-op centre, Ipswich then UOC Public drop in event, Stoke by St. Mary Church Hall.
Monday 21st May 2018 – Attended Academy Trust interviews for new Lakenheath Primary School sponsor, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds then Lakenheath Annual Village Meeting, Peace Memorial Hall, Lakenheath.
Wednesday 16th May 2018 – Opened Flagship Modular Housing Scheme in Newmarket
Wednesday 9th May 2018 – We Are Listening event in Halesworth.
Thursday 3rd May 2018 – Poll day in Ipswich Borough Council elections, went canvassing with Brandon Lewis, MP Chairman of the Conservative Party, Ipswich.
Friday 27th April 2018 – We Are Listening Event , Mildenhall.
Thursday 26th April 2018 – Spoke at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce New Exporters Event at Hintlesham Hall Golf Club, Ipswich.
Friday 20th April 2018 – Chris Grayling MP, SoS for Transport, visit to Ipswich to see site of Upper Orwell Crossing, Ipswich.
Tuesday 24th April 2018 – Travelled to Somerset to visit Hinckly Point C Nuclear Power Station construction site.
Thursday 18th April 2018 – NALEP Board Meeting, Swaffham Eco Centre.
Friday 12th April 2018 – We Are Listening event in Stowmarket.
Friday 6th April 2018 – Attended John McGhee Memorial, Mildenhall.
Thursday 29th March 2018 – We Are Listening Event, Sudbury, Suffolk.
Wednesday 28th March 2018 – CCN Meetings, 18 Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 27th March 2018 – Spoke at Conference on the Future if UK ported post-Brexit – Infrastructure, opportunities and policy about Suffolk A14 Gateway project, Hallam Conference Centre, London.
Monday 26th March 2018 – Chaired SCC Interviews for Director of Growth, Highways and Instructor, ITFC, Ipswich.
Friday 23rd March 2018 – SCC meeting with Foster and Partners about Upper Orwell C, Endeavour House, Ipswich, then canvassing with Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP, Ipswich.
Thursday 22nd March 2018 – SCC Full Council Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 21st March 2018 – New Anglia LEP Board Meeting, Jockey Club, Newmarket.
Tuesday 20th March 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 19th March 2018 – SCC Chief Executive Interviews, Ipswich Awn Football Club, Ipswich.
Friday 16th March 2018 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 15th March 2018 – EELGA Efficiency and Improvement Panel, The Trinity Centre, Cambridge.
Wednesday 14th March 2018 – Suffolk Growth Portfolio Holders meeting, Endeavour House Ipswich, then FHDC Conservative Group meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Tuesday 13th March – SCC Informal Cabinet followed by Economic Development Strategy meeting, Endeavour House Ipswich then Housing Strategy Review meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Monday 12th March 2018 – SCC meeting with Chairman and former Leader Jeremy Pembroke then Suffolk Goverance meetings, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 9th March 2018 – Suffolk Public Sectors Leaders Meeting, East Suffolk House, Melton then West Suffolk Conservative Association AGM, Heath Court Hotel, Newmarket.
Thursday 8th March 2018 – LGA Conservative Group Executive, then LGA Conservative Group meeting, then LGA Councillors Forum meeting, 18 Smith Square then Devolution and Brexit Conference, RIBA, London then Ipswich and Suffolk Business Club Dinner, The Hanger, Kesgrave Hall Hotel, Ipswich.
Wednesday 7th March 2018 – Upper Orwell Crossing meeting then internal SCC meetings before travelling to London for a LGA Conservative Executive Meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 6th March 2018 – Informal Cabinet then travelled to London to be meet with Sir Andrew Dilnot to discuss the Health and Social Care Green Paper, 18 Smith Square, London.
Friday 2nd to Saturday 3rd March 2018 – CCA Conference, Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwick.
Thursday 1st March 2018 – travelled to CCA Conference at Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwick.
Wednesday 28th February 2018 – Conference calls instead of meetings for Emergency Planning and updates on SPSL meetings.
Tuesday 27th February 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet Meeting, then shortlisting for CE and DGHI positions, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Saturday 24th February 2018 – On Organising team for the Regional Conservative Party Conference.
Friday 23rd 2018 – Meeting with Matt Hancock MP, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall then set up of Regional Conservative Conference.
Thursday 22nd February 2018 – NLGN Annual Conference, Livery Hall, Guildhall, London.
Wednesday 21st February 2018 – New Anglia LEP Board Meeting, Mable Hall, Norwich.
Tuesday 20th February 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 19th February 2018 – SCC Election interviews for Conservative Political Research Assistant , Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 16th February 2018 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 15th February 2018 – CCA Social Care Policy Seminar, CCHQ, London.
Wednesday 14th February 2018 – SCC Meetings including long listing for CE role, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 13th February 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 12th February 2018 – FHDC Conservative Group meeting, FHDC Offices, Mildenhall.
Thursday 8th January 2018 – SCC Full Council, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 7th February 2018 – Community Action Suffolk Conference Speech, Kesgrave Community Centre, then internal officers meetings, Endeavour House, Ipswich
then Localis Dinner, Masham Street, London.
Tuesday 6th February 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, then SCC Leadership Team meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 5th January 2018 – LGA Peer meeting North Hertfordshire District Council, Letchworth Garden City.
Friday 2nd February 2018 – BBC Look East Interview, BBC Broadcasting House, Cambridge.
Thursday 1st February 2018 – SCC Meeting with Officers and external advisors, Endeavour House , Ipswich.
Wednesday 31st January 2018 – FHDC Audit Committee, meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Tuesday 31st January 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet, Endeavour House, Ipswich then LGA Peer Support Panel, LGA Offices, 18 Smith Square, London.
Thursday 25th January 2018 – LGA Conservative Executive meeting then Councillors Forum, LGA Offices, 18 Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting then Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich then School Transport Consultation, Playing Fields Pavilion, Lakenheath.
Monday 22nd January 2018 – Meeting with Nikos Savvas, Principle at West Suffolk College, Bury St. Edmunds then attended new second primary school for Lakenheath Public Consultation launch , Lakenheath Library.
Friday 19th January 2018 – SPSL Political meeting then SCC Conservative Group Away Day meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 18th January 2018 – Internal officer meetings, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 17th January 2018 – ASPE Local Authority Housing Company Conference, Repertory Theatre, Birmingham.
Tuesday 16th January 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet, Endeavour House, Ipswich then Leadership Team Meeting, James Hare Building, University of Suffolk, Ipswich.
Monday 15th January 2018 – Visited Community Action Suffolk, Brightspace, Ipswich.
Friday 12th January 2018 – West Suffolk CCG Meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Thursday 11th January 2018 – SCC Internal Staff meetings, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 10th January 2018 – SCC Pension Committee Chairman meeting, then meeting with SCC Interim Chief Executive then University of Suffolk Board Meeting, James Hare Building, University of Suffolk, Ipswich.
Tuesday 9th January 2018 – LGA Annual Local Government Finance Conference, 18 Smith Square, London.
Monday 8th January 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, then Barley Homes meeting, West Suffolk House.
Friday 5th January 2018 – Meeting with Scott Russell, Paddy and Scotts Coffee, then meeting with Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore, Endeavour House, Ipswich then Ipswich Councillors Group Dinner, Ipswich and Suffolk Club, Ipswich.
Tuesday 2nd January 2018 – SCC Informal Cabinet Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Wednesday 24th July 2019 – ICCAN Board meeting, ICCAN Office, Woking.
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 – Attended announcement of Leadership of the Conservative Party as Conservative Councillor Board Member, QEII Centre, London.
Thursday 18th July 2019 – Local Government Association Conservative Executive Meeting followed by Councillors Forum, 18 Smith Square, London.
Wednesday 17th July 2019 – ICCAN meeting with Environment Committee Chairman London Assembly, City Hall, London Tuesday 16th July 2019 – Attended SCC Cabinet Meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Tuesday 16th July 2019 – Attended SCC Cabinet meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 15th July 2019 – Attended the Ground Breaking Ceremony for USAF Lakenheath new faculties, RAF Lakenheath.
Saturday 13th July 2019 – Conservative Leadership Hustings, Wyboston, Cambridgeshire.
Monday 8th to Friday 12th July 2019 – Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge, Kirklees Council, Huddersfield.
Monday 1st July to Thursday 4th July 2019 – Local Government Association Conference, Bournemouth.
Friday 28th June 2019 – Conservative Councillors Association New Councillors day Presentation on Social Media, CCHQ, London.
Wednesday 26th June 2019 – ICCAN Boar d Meeting, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London.
Wednesday 19th June 2019 – Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board meeting, 18 Smith Square.
Friday 7th June – ICCAN Manchester Airport meeting and site visit.
Thursday 6th June 2019 – Local Government Association Conservative Executive Meeting followed by Councillors Forum, 18 Smith Square, London then CCA Board Meeting.
Wednesday 29th June 2019 – ICCAN Board Meeting, Park Plaza, London.
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 – ICCAN Noise Information Workshop, Park Plaza, London.
Monday 25th March to 2nd May 2019 – West Suffolk Election Campaign.
Friday 22nd March 2019 – Forest Heath District Council Final Civic Reception and Dinner, Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket.
Thursday 21st March 2019 – Speaking at Future Planning seminar ‘Planning for Retirement” – Central Methodist Hall, Westminster, London.
Wednesday 20th March 2019 – ICCAN meeting, Department of Transport, Horseferry Road, London then Forest Heath District Council Final Council Meeting, Forest Heath District Council Offices, Mildenhall.
Tuesday 19th March 2019 – Build OFF site Conference, TBN Studio and Conference Centre, Willesden, London.
Thursday 14th March 2019 – Chaired DODS Conference After Carillon, Outsourcing and Insourcing Etc. Event centre Drummond Gate, London.
Wednesday 13th March 2019 – Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Conference, Smith Square, London.
Friday 8th March 2019 – West Suffolk Conservative Association AGM, Newmarket
Thursday 6th March 2019 Local Government Association Conservative Executive meeting then Councillors Forum, Smith Square, London.
Wednesday 5th March 2019 Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board meeting, Smith Square, London.
Tuesday 5th March 2018 – Future Mobility and Energy Conference, Huntingshire District Council Offices, Huntington.
Wednesday 27th February 2019 – Facilitator at National Leaders in Health and Social Care Conference, Victoria Plaza Hotel, London.
Friday 22nd February to Saturday 23rd February 2019 – Conservative Councillors Association Conference, Oxford.
Tuesday 19th February 2019 – Shadow West Suffolk Full Council meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Monday 18th February 2019 – Final Forest Heath District Council Conservative Group meeting, Forest Heath District Council Offices, Mildenhall.
Thursday 14th February 2019 – SCC Full Council Budget Day, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Friday 8th January 2019 – SCC Conservative Group Away Day meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Thursday 7th February 2019 – Joint West Suffolk Conservative Group meeting, West Suffolk House.
Monday 4th February 2019 – Lakenheath Parish Council Meeting, Lakenheath.
Thursday 31st January 2019 – Last joint Forest Heath District Council and St. Edmundsbury Borough Council Performance and Audit Committee meeting, West Suffolk House, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wednesday 30th January 2019 – Local Government Association, Community Wellbeing Board meeting, 18 Smith Square, London.
Friday 25th January 2019 – Local Government Association & CCA Councillors Regional Seminar, Cambridgeshire County Hall, Cambridge.
Thursday 24th January 2019 – Local Gvoernment Association Conservative Group meetign then Open forum, 18 Smith Square, London.
Wednesday 23rd January 2018 – Local Government Association Conservative Group meeting.
Tuesday 22nd January 2018 – International Festive of Learning Event, West Suffolk College, Bury St. Edmunds.
Tuesday 15th January 2019 – Local Government Association Commercialisation Conference, 18 Smith Square London.
Friday 11th January 2019 – SCC Conservative Group meeting, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Monday 7th January 2019 – Shadow West Suffolk Council Conservative Group meeting, Forest Heath District Council Offices, Mildenhall.
Colin’s 2020 list of engagements will be available shortly.