{"id":1158,"date":"2016-03-22T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T16:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2016-03-24T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:34:08","slug":"michael-applauds-westerhams-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Michael Applauds Westerham’s Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Meeting
Michael with pupils at Churchill Primary School in Westerham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michael was given a fresh insight into Westerham\u2019s strong community spirit on Friday.\u00a0 In a series of visits, he\u00a0heard about local concerns and voiced support for the town\u2019s businesses and initiatives.<\/p>\n

Michael participated in an assembly at Churchill C of E Primary School and answered questions from pupils.\u00a0 He also heard about and endorsed the school\u2019s \u2018Traffic Watch\u2019 scheme to reduce speeds on nearby roads.<\/p>\n

\"Speaking
Speaking to dementia sufferers and carers at the Forget-me-not Cafe in Westerham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He joined local residents and volunteers at the \u2018Forget-me-not\u2019 Memory Caf\u00e9 at Westerham Congregational Church, which brings dementia sufferers and carers together once a month for conversation and companionship.<\/p>\n

\"Chartwell
Michael with Caroline Drew at Chartwell Apothecary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visiting a number of small businesses, including Westerham Cyclery and Chartwell Apothecary, he discussed the state of the local economy and the impact of the changes to business rates announced in the Budget last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"Westerham
Michael with Mark Brewer and Michael Craig at Westerham Cyclery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Michael said: “With innovative local businesses like Westerham Cyclery and its strong community atmosphere, I was pleased to see that Westerham is as vibrant as ever.<\/p>\n

Abolishing business rates for small businesses and shops should be a big boost.”<\/p>\n

Town Clerk Angela Howells said: “The Forget-me-not Caf\u00e9 has been running for seven months and we were pleased that Mr Fallon was able to come and hear about the need that this initiative is meeting.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael was given a fresh insight into Westerham\u2019s strong community spirit on Friday.\u00a0 In a series of visits, he\u00a0heard about local concerns and voiced support for the town\u2019s businesses and initiatives. Michael participated in an assembly at Churchill C of E Primary School and answered questions from pupils.\u00a0 He also heard about and endorsed the … Continue reading “Michael Applauds Westerham’s Community”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[8,471,470,440,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}