I want to express thanks to my team in no particular order have been great colleagues, they are Lizzie Fenton, Ros Littlejon, Jean Fleming, Katy Hawthorne, Gill Brown, Gill Smith, Catriona Ottner, Karen Eeles,Julia Jones, Sarah Summerbell, Julian Greaves, Sara Hanson, Pankaja Samant, Chris Read, Paul Wilding, Jacqui Letsome, Jan Ferrer, Sue Bennet, Trevor Lisseman, Chris Armitage and Andy Parsons.

I want to thank all of our volunteer car drivers, volunteer bus drivers and not least the team of trustees so ably led by Brien Beharrell who provides me with first class support based on her very considerable experience within business and a clear perspective of how communities tick  in Newbury and West Berkshire.