Backing young people

Young people

I believe that every young person should be able to get a good place in a good school, get an apprenticeship, job, or a place at university and get onto the housing ladder locally. I am working with local schools and employers to improve the chances of young people with special educational needs to gain work experience.

News

Greg Clark attends Scouts St Georges' Day Celebrations

Greg recently attended the Tunbridge Wells Scouts St George's day celebrations.  Starting the day travelling via steam train to their Adamswell campsite, the Scouts took part in a flagbreak, listened to speeches and then enjoying a variety of fun activities including axe throwing,  A spe

Greg visits Kent Apprenticeship Fair 2024

Greg visited the annual Kent Apprenticeship Fair in Maidstone organised by seven West Kent Members of Parliament including Greg, Tom Tugendhat, Helen Grant, Helen Whately, Laura Trott, Tracey Crouch and Gordon Henderson. This year the fair broke record numbers with over 1,800 students attending fro

Greg meets with headteachers to discuss ASB action

As part of his ongoing campaign to combat antisocial behaviour in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas, Greg recently met with headteachers to update on the situation in St John’s and to ensure that headteachers are given the support they need to keep their pupils safe. Recent positive development

Tunbridge Wells Sea Cadets visit Parliament

Greg recently welcomed Tunbridge Wells Sea Cadets for a tour of Parliament. Greg gave a talk on the roles and responsibilities of an MP. Afterwards, he took questions from members of the Sea Cadets and gave out awards.  Greg offers all constituents regular tours of Parliament.

Greg Clark attends STEAM week at Rose Hill School

Greg spoke to pupils at Rose Hill school recently as part of their STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) week to talk about Artificial Intelligence and share his experiences of chairing the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee who held an inquiry into this area recently. G

An update on RAAC in St James Primary School

Following conversations with ministers last night and this morning I am pleased to say that St James will be able to open fully tomorrow (Wednesday). I have worked closely with the school since potentially dangerous RAAC was confirmed in the school in June.

Greg visits Kent Apprenticeship Fair

Greg visited the Kent Apprenticeship Fair in Maidstone organised by seven West Kent Members of Parliament including Greg, Tom Tugendhat, Helen Grant, Helen Whately, Laura Trott, Tracey Crouch and Gordon Henderson.

TWGGS Tour of Parliament

Greg met with Students from TWGGS studying politics in Years 12 and 13. Before taking them on a tour of Parliament and bringing them inside the Chamber of the House of Commons, Greg gave a talk on the roles and responsibilities of an MP.

TWGGS and TWGSB Q&A with Greg

Greg was asked to a Q&A session with politics students from TWGGS and TWGSB recently. Organised by Lottie and Isabella (pictured), Greg was asked a range of challenging questions from who his choice of the next leader should be to what he thought about Britain's response to the war in Ukraine.

A visit to Capel Primary School

Greg recently visited Capel Primary School and was a guest at their assembly to mark anti bullying week. The children shared their thoughts on what bullying was and also thought about how they could be kind to one another.