Here you can read about what I have been up to in the constituency from school visits, volunteering with local charities and community groups to visits with local businesses.
Local MP Dean Russell met with Google as their ‘Digital Garage’ arrived in Watford to provide a day of free digital skills workshops and mentoring to help local people and small businesses upskill and grow in a hybrid world.
Launched in 2015, Google’s Digital Garage programme has trained over 800,
Watford MP Dean Russell visited the Peace Garden in Cassiobury Park to attend the unveiling of a new Peace Arch.
Hosted by the Watford Interfaith Association (WIFA) the reception saw the unveiling of a new, vandal-proof arch after the original one was vandalised twice.
Many people associated with
Watford MP Dean Russell paid a visit to the Barn in Watford to learn more about the work that the Watford & Three Rivers Trust (W3RT) does in the local community.
I'm delighted and proud to be volunteering at HertsPride this year. HertsPride is Hertfordshire’s largest LGBTQ+ festival. It'll be taking place on 20th August at Cassiobury Park. You can find all the details here: https://www.hertspride.org/
Watford MP Dean Russell joined local charity Electric Umbrella on Watford High Street to support their fundraising efforts. Electric Umbrella is a community of more than 2,000 people which creates live interactive music experiences with learning disabled people.
I was honoured to speak at the Vigil Prayer Event today organised by the Watford Interfaith Association. Faith and Civic Leaders joined together to offer prayers for Ukraine.
Thank you so much to the brilliant Watford Lions and everyone involved in organising the fantastic Abbots Langley Carnival and Procession. It was wonderful to see so many residents enjoying the great event.
As always, great to see Luther Blissett OBE DL and the incredible Minds at War team too.
Watford MP Dean Russell welcomed two Pump House Theatre volunteers to Parliament to discuss the upcoming Watford Fringe Festival.
The Pump House has been running for nearly 50 years and uses their experience to organise the festival.
Local MP Dean Russell was joined by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a visit to Watford after he announced a raft of financial measures to help see the country through the cost-of-living crisis.
The £21 billion package unveiled by the Chancellor to help people with increasing energy wil
