Great to visit Haddenham Youth Fusion yesterday at the Haddenham Recreation Ground.

Haddenham Youth Council really seems to be taking off, and is well supported by the Parish Council. I had a useful discussion with the members on their tombola stall about bus services—and won several prizes!

The police stand was a useful chance to catch up about some local Sutton issues, and to hear about the police cadet scheme. Some of the cadets were there to promote the scheme. The district council’s Community Safety Team was also in evidence, and I was pleased to get four out of the five questions right in their ‘True or False’ quiz.

There was a jobs theme evident too, with the Combined Authority’s Careers Hub and the Cambridge LaunchPad project connecting employers with young people interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Health was also a prominent theme, both physical and mental, with representation from the Healthy You programme and Beezee Families, the local cricket club, the Our Voices youth advisory group, and the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust which encourages everyone, but especially young people, to speak up and ask for help with poor mental health. It’s named for Cameron, a young man who took his own life after a seven year battle with depression.

The Community Advice Bus—sadly now limited to Soham and Littleport—was on the scene, as was the Connexions bus, the Fire Service and a great climbing wall!