Rishi Sunak has praised the work of villagers in helping to make their community a better place to live.
The Richmond and Northallerton MP visited a children’s summer activities programme in Seamer – which is one of a number of new initiatives in the village near Stokesley.
The improvement programme is being led by the parish council and villagers who met earlier this year to discuss what could make Seamer a better place – particularly for young families.
The summer of fun activities in the village hall to provide children with something do during the long holiday was the brainchild of villager Ally Johnson.
Mr Sunak joined the final event in the programme – a pottery painting session.
He said: “It was great fun and it was lovely to see so many children and their parents getting involved. The programme is a great example of a community getting together and helping young families.”
Parish Council chair Maureen Marshall said the programme funding came from the village hall committee, the North Yorkshire councillor for Seamer, Cllr David Hugill, local company Labman and a community fund established by the developer of the nearby wind farm.
Cllr Marshall said: “We were delighted Rishi could come and see what we have achieved. It has been really successful and we will look to do something similar for future school holidays.”
She added that other projects the council and villagers were working on including events at Christmas and Easter, a new bus shelter for children waiting for school transport, new seating and flower tubs and improvements to the village pond.
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