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with over 200 families, providing support and
ADVICE FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS friendship for families with young children. The
feedback from families helped is incredibly
positive, and HomeStart are always looking for
Men who spend long periods of time outdoors are being urged to protect volunteers. The typical time commitment is 1-2
themselves against the sun this summer amid a rise in the number of people being hours per week over a 6 month period per
diagnosed with skin cancer in the South of England. family, and HomeStart will match families with
the volunteer to whom they feel the family
Farmers, builders, sportsmen
and gardeners are all being would be best suited. Please contact HomeStart
targeted to, “Cover Up, Mate” on 01202 574877 if you are interested in
because of their prolonged becoming a valued volunteer.
exposure to the sun –men are Community sport is another area with hundreds
a particular focus because of volunteers working for our young people, and
research indicates that they I am hoping to visit some of the teams during the summer. I was delighted to be
are much less likely than able to play as part of the team for Poole hockey club’s 125 year celebrations,
women to slap on the though I am not as fit as I would like! If you run a community sport group, and
sunscreen. would like me to visit one of your training sessions or matches, please do get in
touch with my office.
National Farmers Union South West Regional Board Chairman, James Small, said:
“Working in the rough, tough world of farming, we often want to brush things off In Westminster itself, although Brexit has been on the agenda, as always there are
and just get on with the job, but there are times when that kind of resilience can plenty of other things going on in Parliament too. I recently met a representative
from Leonard Cheshire in Parliament, to discuss making work places fairer and
come back and bite you and this is one of those.
more inclusive for people with disabilities. Leonard Cheshire support thousands of
“We owe it to ourselves and our families to take the risk of skin cancer seriously individuals in the UK and abroad, through their network of staff and volunteers.
and above all if we are bothered by something to not dismiss it, but get it
checked out.” If you would like to visit Parliament or have an issue that you need help with,
p l e a s e d o g e t i n t o u c h ; e m a i l m e

on michael.tomlinson.mp@parliament.uk or contact my office
on 01202 624216. You can also follow what I’ve been doing
Top sun safe tips include:
Twitter @Michael4mdnp or Facebook www.facebook.com/
 Use at least factor 15 sunscreen in the sun and use plenty of it michael4MDNP
 Apply sunscreen to all exposed skin – don’t forget your neck and ears and
your head if you have thinning or no hair

 Wear sunglasses and a hat LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
 Take particular care if have fair skin, moles or freckles, red or fair hair, or
light-coloured eyes. Michael Tomlinson MP 

holds regular surgeries Michael.tomlinson.mp@parliament.uk
in the constituency. For  01202 624216
details of forthcoming www.michaeltomlinson.org.uk
surgeries or to make an 
appointment, please @Michael4MDNP
contact his office.

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