Richard Fuller MP Visits Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity

On Friday 28th October Richard Fuller MP paid us a visit at our headquarters in Cardington.

Richard Fuller MP came to visit to find out more about the work we do across Bedfordshire, and how people’s lives are changed for the better by being involved in our projects and services. Richard has been Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire since 2019 so caring for the communities in Bedfordshire is important to his work.

The range of roles and the scope of activities of Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity is far more extensive than I had thought as I learned on my visit to their headquarters in Cardington.

An impressive network of volunteers and paid staff provide social prescribing, mobility vans, “buddy walks” to help with rehabilitation and points of contact in many villages for those who need help accessing publicly funded services. These are in addition to the organisation’s role in improving access to our countryside via Green Wheels.

I believe Bedfordshire has a great opportunity to extend our network of footpaths, cycle ways and bridleways to connect all through towns and villages down the eastern side of the county, and then to extend into the Borough of Bedford and across into Cambridgeshire.

I’m looking forward to working with BRCC and with Central Bedfordshire Council and others to put together a clear plan to make “active travel” a real option in our county.

Richard Fuller MP

Richard Fuller met with CEO Tracy Cowan and Deputy CEO Cliff Andrews during his visit. Cliff Andrews said:

We were very pleased to welcome Richard Fuller MP to our offices in Cardington to share the breadth of our work with communities across his constituency. We were particularly pleased to hear how his interest in connecting communities aligns to our work on improving community health and wellbeing through the development of initiatives such as Green Wheels and Green Social Prescribing. We look forward to working with Richard on these and other shared areas of interest, to benefit our communities.

After visiting us, Richard Fuller MP highlighted the incredibly important work done by our Social Prescribing team in Parliament, mentioning Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity by name. Watch from 4:04.