I want to use my position in our community to encourage people to shop local and to facilitate them to do so. I want shopping local to be easy, accessible and attractive and I believe that most people want to shop local, they just need a reminder of what’s on offer.

One of the pressing needs in our local community and one of my priorities is to support small business to grow and create jobs. I want to do this in a practical and tangible way, hence the idea of launching a shop local campaign.