Richard Hallett Your Local Choice for Crowborough St
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Wealden District Council Elections 2nd May 2019 Richard Hallett Your Local Choice for Crowborough St. John’s A long-time Crowborough resident, active in the community and will ensure your voice is heard YOUR LOCAL CHOICE FOR ST. JOHN’S WARD I have lived in Crowborough for 36 years and have been actively involved in the community. My children went to Beacon, and my daughter, son-in-law and my two grandsons live in St John’s Ward. When not at work, you may find me on occasions at St John’s School collecting my grandson. My work background is the redeveloped hospital (to which manufacturing industry, mostly in the Friends contributed £1.5 mil- the food sector, and I am a keen lion) is a wonderful and valued supporter of small, local food community resource, which producers. For three years I was provides important local health the Food & Drink Specialist for services including treatment the national Manufacturing Advi- of minor injuries, x-rays, births, sory Service and developed new step-down care from the large programmes of support for ‘local acute hospitals, and a variety of food’, especially important for a specialist out-patients clinics. rural economy such as Wealden. SUPPORTING OUR HOSPITAL Richard is out and about in St. John’s I am still actively involved with a local farm shop here in Crowbor- Two of my own children were for it to become one of the first We have supported midwife ough, giving ‘back room’ busi- born in Crowborough, and when midwife-led maternity units in campaigns across the regions, ness advice and support. the small maternity department the country, and supported so that midwife-led birth choice was at risk of closure in 1996 I the midwives as they made it is now national policy. As a result I have actively supported our lo- was keen to see it retained. cal hospital (as a Friends’ charity so successful that it became a I was honoured to be appointed trustee) for over 20 years. The I was instrumental in campaigning national flagship example. MBE in 2013 for ‘services to mid- wifery and parents’. Your local Conservative candidate for Crowborough St. John’s Richard Hallett MBE EMAIL richard.hallett @wealdenconservatives.com TEXT/WHATSAPP 07831 116767 Richard Hallett Local Issues, Local Action, Local Conservatives Find out more at WealdenConservatives.com Caring and Campaigning for our Community PROVIDING FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE I will continue to work on community services we need. retaining and developing local I will campaign to retain free services that matter to the parking in the district’s car community. parks. The hospital is an important Wealden is at the forefront example, but every local of regional development facility and service matters if projects to benefit residents. Crowborough is to thrive and One example is our new Crema- continue to be a good place to torium in Horam. This is prob- live, work and play. ably the UK’s best – something Local traders and our high we are proud of, and it produces street need to be promoted, income which helps to keep our and transport is vital to access Council Tax in Wealden as low both the workplace and the as possible. Action for CROWBOROUGH SUSTAINABILITY TRANSPORT LINKS BOOSTING BUSINESS A new waste contractor has now been My special interest, with experience in appointed and will start operations on The performance of the train service to small business support, is to work with 1st July. If elected, I will ensure that it London is critical to many Crowborough local businesses of all types to have a brings benefits to all residents. residents, and we must maintain the thriving local economy. We have some pressure on Network Rail and Southern innovative, but often hidden, small man- “In Wealden we have the best recycling to improve their performance. But I also ufacturing companies in Crowborough rate in East Sussex and are one of the know many residents work locally, and that are doing great work (one here in best performers nationally”, says probably many more would like to if April Court I have worked with exports Richard. “We send less than 1% of waste opportunities were available. Local bus to America). Rural Wealden is a natural to landfill and must continue to be and community transport all have a vital home for local food producers to thrive. leaders in recycling.” role to play and require our full support. We need to ensure they do. 6 Good reasons to Vote Conservative on May 2nd 1 LOW COUNCIL TAX 3 HIGH STREETS 5 FREE PARKING We have kept council tax in We work to keep our town and Wealden remains one of the few Wealden as low as possible village high streets vibrant; they districts that does not charge for whilst maintaining services. help to make Wealden, Wealden. off-street parking. 2 ROAD SAFETY 4 SOUND FINANCES 6 STRONG LOCAL We have supported road safety Wealden is a very well-managed CONTROL measures and improvements council. We have a sound It is vital to have a strong, across Wealden. financial position and provide reliable and experienced council good value-for-money services. to protect local interests. This is not the time to risk the future. Polling Stations on May 2nd are open from 7am to 10pm. 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