In the run-up to the general election, I aim to talk to each candidate.

Rebecca Drake Hopkins, a freelance science writer, is the Green Party candidate for Gravesham; she lives in Gravesend with her family.

A former estate agent's office doesn't sound like the obvious venue for a new pub, but that's what The Compass Alehouse, was before it became Gravesend's first micro-pub in 2014. John and Rachael run the pub with the help of a dedicated group of volunteers, which tells you a lot about its place in the community.

Tony and Vicki Harris have been on a journey that would change their lives, seeing Tony giving away all their money and most of his clothes. It would lead them to start a group that would feed up to 50 people, six nights a week, during the height of the pandemic.

“Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, come to the community and share the gospel”. I’m sitting in the small very busy office at Sanctuary, the night shelter for the homeless in Gravesend, talking to Steve Nolan. Steve and his wife Lorna are the unpaid Project Managers for Sanctuary.