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Shadow Secretary for Communities and Local Government visits SLIG
16th April 2010
We were happy to welcome Caroline Speldman MP to the office on Wednesday morning. Caroline was in town with Bill Manwaring, the Ulster Unionist and Conservative candidate for West Belfast, and they were visiting a number of community projects in the area. I met her with Jean Brown and Renee Crawford… Read More »
Lisa's AMBIT Blog: Renaissance Newark
15th March 2010
I really, really like Newark. This is not something you hear a lot of people saying. But frankly I don't care. There is something in the air in this small New Jersey city that's hard to define at first. I think it's a sense of potential and change and expectation.… Read More »
Lisa's AMBIT Blog: Philly by Numbers
11th March 2010
Fifty There is a 50% school dropout rate in Philadelphia. Only about 20% of young people go to college. I know this because every single project I have visited in the last two days has told me. To say there is a sense of purpose about fixing this problem would… Read More »
AMBIT Community Leaders programme
4th March 2010
On Sunday 7th March I will be going to USA for two weeks as part of the AMBIT Community Leaders programme. The programme is run jointly by the US Consulate in Belfast and IFI and is facilitated by NICVA. I've known about AMBIT for a long time now and was… Read More »