Louise Ellman - MP for Liverpool Riverside

I recently visited the construction site that will become the Women’s International Centre for Economic Development (WICED). I am pictured with Gill Moglione (Board Member), Helen Millne (Operations Director Train 2000), Maggie O’Carroll (Executive Director Train 2000) and Susan Oshikanlu (Board Member).

 It is envisaged that WICED will measurably improve the rates and performance of women’s economic participation and female entrepreneurship through the implementation of a number of key measures including;

·         the development of a 2000 sqm state of the art facility housing up to 75 incubation spaces for new and high growth women enterprises – this will be largest development of its kind not only here in Europe but globally

·         the delivery of high quality gender focused economic development and business support programmes concentrating on enterprise culture, leadership, start up, green and knowledge economy enterprises,  innovation, growth and sustainability commissioned through public sector partners;

·         and the development of an internationally renowned research and knowledge centre on women’s enterprise and wider economic development issues which will exploit a growing publicly procured research market on female social and economic development issues

Last Saturday, I visited Team Oasis, an organisation established in 2003 with the aim of offering inclusive opportunities for children and young people of all abilities and circumstances to engage together in a variety of activities and projects.

Team Oasis has approximately ninety dedicated volunteers helping to deliver 16 football teams, 42 dance classes, music classes, 2 theatre groups, 2 dance companies, camping holidays, day trips, holidays, parent and toddler group, pensioners group, after school group, mobile after school club and mobile youth club.

More information can be found at their website: http://www.theteamoasis.org

Link to read my Royal Liverpool Hospital Private Members Debate in Westminster Hall, held on Wednesday: http://tinyurl.com/3287r8d

I was delighted to be at the recent ceremony at the Eldonians, in Kirkdale, to mark the commencing construction work for Sibert House, a new £4m social housing project for the over 55s. This important development will provide much needed new housing in the area.

The development is named after Peter Sibert, a much loved priest from the area. The go ahead for the project was given by ex-Labour Housing Minister John Healy and his input here was crucial.

I am pictured with Fr Sibert’s sister Frances, Cllr Joe Anderson (Leader, Liverpool City Council), Tony McGann (Chair, Eldonian Group), Ted MacDougal (Bardsley Construction), and Cllr Paul Brant (Deputy Leader, Liverpool City Council).