Local MP Alan Campbell has again supported a local charity with his choice of Christmas Card.  Every year the MP chooses to support a local charity by using their Christmas cards to send to his constituents and this year Mr Campbell was delighted to support the work of the Fisherman’s Mission.

The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen (the Fishermen’s Mission) provides care, compassion and support to working, retired and disabled fishermen and their families. Deep-sea fishing is dangerous and unpredictable. Hardship and tragedy are everyday facts of life in the UK’s fishing communities.

Alan Campbell said ‘Although the Fisherman’s Mission is a national charity, here in Tynemouth constituency the Fishing Industry is a large part of our local heritage.  It is to the Fishermen’s Mission that fishermen and their families turn when they need financial, practical and emotional support and I am pleased to be able to support a charity concerned with an industry that has played such a large and important role in our local cultural heritage’.