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Rotherham’s Pride in Place project has taken a significant step forward with the appointment of a Chair to lead the Pride in Place Board, which will determine how funding will be spent. The new Chair has been announced by Sarah Champion MP as Eleanor Lockley, from Rotherham East Ward.
Eleanor is a long-standing Rotherham resident, an academic and a governor of a Rotherham school and will lead the Board to deliver on the scheme’s ambitious objectives.
Sarah Champion MP is one of 12 co-sponsors of the Hunting Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, which has been presented to Parliament. Fox hunting has continued despite the 2004 Hunting Act under the guise of “trail hunting” - a smokescreen used to hunt foxes with hounds.
The MP for Rotherham who backed a campaign for a new law to equalise hate crime laws for LGBT+ and disabled people has expressed her delight that the change she campaigned on for a decade has now been passed by MPs and will become law.
She also welcomed the Government’s move to introduce a new crime of hate motivated by misogyny for the first time.
- Hopian in Rotherham awarded government funding to help bring people together and bridge divides
- Part of over £2 million investment supporting more than 200 grassroots organisations across England
- Funding will help strengthen unity, trust and opportunity within local communities
Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham has welcomed new government funding awarded to Hopian recognising its vital work in bringing people together and strengthening community ties locally.