Darren Barrenger, community activist and former parliamentary candidate

Darren took part in the Tendring Local Strategic Partnership Conference at the Columbine Centre in Walton on the Naze. The event was organised for key partners to comment upon the refreshed Sustainable Community Strategy. The LSP brings together multiple agencies to work together to create and deliver a strategy across a number of key themes; Health, Economic Development & Business Support, Children & Young People, Crime & Disorder, Community Regeneration and the Environment. Attended by over 140 people from agencies as diverse as the Essex Police Authority, Adult Community Learning, JobCentre Plus, Tendring Youth Assembly, SureStart Children's Centres, Rural Communities Projects and Creative Partnerships which Darren Chairs. The refreshed document and more about the LSP can be found at the LSP website. Darren considers this to be an extremely important document which can make a big difference to the lives of people within the Tendring Council communities of our constituency. For communities within the borough of Colchester, information is available about your plan at the Colchester 2020 website.