I have lived in Arkwright Town for 35 years and in that time I have worked hard in our village organising community activities for our school.

 

I became a Parish Councillor and School Governor, and during the Miners Strike, I gave out food parcels and fund-raised all over the country.

 

One of my best achievements was helping save our school from closure. When our school became a Community School, I helped run the Junior & Senior youth clubs, also the Darby & Joan club.

 

When our village knew we were going to be relocated across the road, I was appointed as History Tutor to document the history of our village; the village archives are stored in our village school. I later became "Writer in Residence" and "Local History Tutor" at Clowne College, following that I worked for Chesterfield College as "Creative Icing Tutor" which I still do privately for the people of our ward.

 

After writing my book "Norma Dolby's Diary", I joined the Labour Party. I am proud to serve on our District Council and since becoming elected I know I can continue being of service to our ward.

 

At the moment I am  Chair of our Labour Party in our ward, Chair of the Community Centre and Vice Chair of our School Governors. I also run the Community Lounge which caters for activities for the elderly, so I feel in touch with the people who elected me.

 

I am very proud that the people of our ward have put their trust in me to serve our communities.