Angie takes charity and community groups to meet the minister

Photo caption: Angie along with the Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd, and John Blackmore from Action Acton

In order to ensure that Ealing and Acton's community and charitable organisations have their chance to tell the Government about their important work in the community, and about their concerns over funding cuts by the local council, Angie arranged for a group of key spokesmen to meet Nick Hurd MP, the Minister for Civil Society, at his department. They included representatives from Acton Community Forum, Action Acton, The Tallo Centre, and The Ealing Community and Voluntary Service.

John Blackmore, from Action Acton, also brought with him their recently received Social Enterprise Mark award certificate to demonstrate some of the important work Action Acton are involved in. Angie thanked Mr Hurd for his time and said, "It is vital that even while the local council has to consider savings to its budget it does not lose sight of the significant role these organisations play in community life – often providing better value for money in the work they do than council programmes themselves."

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