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MEET THE COUNCILLORS

Chair 2024 - 25

Barbara Farbon

Vice Chair 2022 - 25

Stephen Mercer

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Photographs to come.

​​Simon Ellison

Gwyneth Lloyd

Joe Pope

Karen Wait

What is a Parish Council?

Local (community, neighbourhood, parish, village and town) councils are statutory bodies and are the first tier of local government in England.  They serve electorates ranging from small rural communities, towns and small cities; all are independently elected and raise a precept – a form of council tax – from the local community.  Together, they can be identified as among the nation’s most influential grouping of grassroots opinion-formers.

 

There are 9,000 local councils in England.  Over 16 million people live in communities served by local councils, around 25% of the population.  There are 80,000 councillors who serve these councils, making a difference in their communities.  £1 billion is invested in these communities every year.

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Local councils work towards improving community well being and providing better services at a local level.  Their activities fall into three main categories: representing the local community; delivering services to meet local needs; striving to improve quality of life and community well being.

Statutory Information  
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Bretherton Parish Council is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.

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This website is run by Bretherton Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website on a variety of devices. For example, that means you should be able to:
1. zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
2. navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
3. discern the structure and order of web pages and content
we have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

If you have any news items that you would like to include in this website, or information that would be of interest to residents, please inform the Clerk.

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