Building Communities APPG

First Registered: 18/07/2018 • Last updated on: 04/05/2022

Note: This APPG was last registered on 4th May 2022. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 18th June 2025 and may be defunct. Perhaps you are looking for the Digital Communities APPG?

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To promote the social value of placemaking and good design for communities. The group focuses on how to improve community involvement in infrastructure, housing and other developments, and seeks to highlight the benefits of an upfront and informed approach to growth in local areas.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Former Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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Former APPG Officers
Bob Blackman Portrait
Bob Blackman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Harrow East
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
6 APPG Officer Positions
British Hindus , Fire Safety and Rescue , Homelessness , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Israel , Smoking and Health

No other APPG Memberships

Liz Twist Portrait
Liz Twist
Vice Chair
Labour - Blaydon and Consett
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 4th May 2022
2 APPG Officer Positions
Respiratory Health , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Lewer Portrait
Andrew Lewer
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Northampton South
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Ben Everitt Portrait
Ben Everitt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Milton Keynes North
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

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Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 2nd June 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
3 APPG Officer Positions
Charities and Volunteering , Modern Conflict , Outdoor Recreation and Access to Nature

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Vice Chair
Labour - East Ham
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Julie Marson Portrait
Julie Marson
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 21st April 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Drew Hendry Portrait
Drew Hendry
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Mark Prisk Portrait
Mark Prisk
Secretary
Conservative - Former Member for Hertford and Stortford
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Wimbledon
Joined: 18th July 2018
Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Bob Blackman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7082.

Email: bob.blackman.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Guto Davies, Association for Consultancy and Engineering, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QL. Tel: 020 7222 6557

Email: gdavies@acenet.co.uk

Secretariat:

Association for Consultancy and Engineering acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.acenet.co.uk

Benefits in Kind
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
Association for Consultancy and Engineering
Description
Secretariat   From : 29/01/2020 To : 28/01/2021
Value
£1,501
Date
18 Jun 2019
Source
Association for Consultancy and Engineering
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/06/2019 To : 17/06/2020
Value
£6,001
Date
18 Jun 2018
Source
Association for Consultancy and Engineering
Description
Secretariat   From : 18/06/2018 To : 17/06/2019
Value
£4,501
Financial Benefits Received
Date
29 Jan 2020
Source
Association for Consultancy and Engineering
Value
£10,000