Profile

I was born in Yorkshire and came to Stafford in 1976. I am married to my husband Peter and I have a 33 year old adopted son and, an adorable granddaughter.

In  1999 I was privileged to be elected to the Baswich Ward of Stafford Borough – a position that I still hold to this day and have been involved, and sat ,on various committees and bodies throughout the last 12 years.

In 2008/9 I was honoured to be elected as Mayor of Stafford Borough – a privilege that I shall always remember with the affection that was bestowed upon me by the people of the Borough .

Council responsibilities:
I currently represent my group for

• Health Committee
• Planning
• Joint Parking
• County community
• Age UK
• SDVS
• Baswich Ward Councillor since 1999

Ward residents can always contact me on 01785 664501 or 07801 047 824 or my email aedgeller@staffordbc.gov.uk

Voluntary responsibilities:
I am involved in a number of voluntary and charitable organisations within the town and am pleased to be able to ‘put back’ something into the Community through them-

• Governor of both Leasowes Junior and Marshlands Special School
• Chairman of Baswich Neighbourhood Watch
• Founder member of Baswich Community Group
• Patron of Lodgefield Park Assoc
• Board Member of League of Friends
• Honorary member of Officers Mess , MOD Stafford
• Member of Riverway Link Charitable Trust
• Member ,and Past President , of Stafford Knot Rotary Club 
• Board member of Community Link
• Executive member of League of Friends
• Crime Prevention Panel

Profile

Ten of the 37 parish councils in the borough are within Milwich ward. I attend meetings as often as possible and produce a regular newsletter for parish councils. 

Current roles:

• Staffordshire representative to Defra’s national Rural Roundtable Forum.
• Sow and Penk Drainage Board - SBC representative.
• Midland Heritage Champion for Historic England.
• Staffordshire Together Champion.
• Trustee William Salt Library.
• Trustee Staffordshire Yeomanry Museum.
• Magistrate since 1980 (supplemental list).

Previous Board positions and range of experience:

• SBC Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Planning.
• Government Food and Farming Panel responsible for industry responses to government on agri-food, economic and environmental policies. Involved extensively in food/farming initiatives for Government with schools, education authorities on healthy eating. 
• Secretary of State appointee to Peak District National Park Board. 
• Cannock Chase AONB Partnership/Joint Committee Chairman.
• Governor Harper Adams University and Chair of Audit.
• Stafford and Rural Homes, now Homes Plus.
• Staffordshire Ambulance Trust founder member.
• Staffordshire Crimestoppers, founder member.
• Founder NED of Engaging Communities Solutions (ECS) - public engagement, research, advocacy and customer feedback services for the health and social care sector; managing extensive national Health Watch contracts.
• Co-founder West Midlands Business Council - collaboration between metropolitan and rural business organisations; to demonstrate to the farming industry lessons to be learned from the commercial sector, diversification and added value.
• Lichfield Diocesan Board - Achieved appointment of two Rural Chaplains for Lichfield Diocese, fortuitously twelve months before foot and mouth.
• Setting up Staffordshire Rural Mental Health Group.  
• Various regional government appointments.

I can be contacted by leaving a message with my husband Michael at home on 01785 240667, on my mobile 07877 896466 or by emailing me at fbeatty@staffordbc.gov.uk