Bethia has lived in Faringdon for over fifteen years and has worked in private business and with local councils supporting Faringdon town centre businesses, promoting the best of what the town has to offer.

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In 2019 she was elected to Faringdon Town Council and the Vale of White Horse District Council where she holds the Cabinet Portfolio for Community Engagement. As a local councillor, she has worked hard for her residents, making sure funds that had been diverted from Faringdon be returned to the community in which they were generated to create infrastructure for its residents.

Bethia is community led, and has been involved in many different projects, playing an integral role in helping to save Faringdon’s Preschool, supporting local schools and special needs groups, raising funds and a supporting a variety of local projects, securing a major source of funding to keep the Pump House Project thriving over the next few years providing vital community services in Faringdon.

Recently she has created the Faringdon Litter Pickers. She believes that this is an often overlooked commitment to the environment, but an easy and practical way to engage with the community - all residents no matter where they are worry about litter, and it is great way to inspire people to take action for the environment.

As a working mother with a young family, she is passionate about Faringdon and its residents' needs, and would love the opportunity to work together to improve the future of the town, as part of the team moving the town forward in a clean, green and sustainable way.