I have lived in old Costessey for 35 years. I have been on the Town Council for 9 years representing the Labour Party. In 2010 I set up and chaired the Friends of the Tud Valley group following applications for housing development in the river valley. In addition, for the past 3 years I have set up and run a dementia café which is held every second Thursday of the month at the Costessey Centre.