Since moving into Kempsford in 2006 I became increasingly involved with local matters.

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Initially with Kempsford Church (I am on the Parochial Church Council and in its Choir), with the local Choral Society in Fairford, as a member of the Fairford Surgery Patient Participation Group, as a volunteer Community First Responder (CFR) with the Ambulance Service and First Aider in support of local emergency planning and providing First Aid support to local events. I have been one of the two District Councillors for this Ward from 2015, since 2019 working closely with Steve Trotter who lives in Lechlade. We work together as a team on many issues that might affect any of the communities in our Ward, such as CDC engagement with Health, Wellbeing and Leisure Services for our communities, housing, footpaths, flood mitigation, planning, quarries, relations with RAF Fairford and many more issues that are raised with us across this Ward. I am keen to see a Leisure Facility brought back into this area. In 2019 I was appointed as Chair of the Council Overview & Scrutiny Committee, bringing my skills from my time working in Government to questioning and improving the way in which the Council works. I have brought my practical experience as a CFR, being called to Emergency calls in advance of an Ambulance, to the County committee on Health, providing the opportunity to try and shape NHS services in Gloucestershire to meet the needs of our rural communities. I want to ensure the voice of our communities in this corner of the Cotswolds is listened and responded to.