On Monday I attended LLTC Full Council. Items included the renewal of the town’s ‘Fairtrade status’, and the adoption of an environmental ambitions statement.
On Thursday I had a briefing with the Director of Children’s Services, and a further briefing in preparation for the Children’s Service OSC meeting.
On Friday I attended an induction meeting on ‘Being a Community Councillor’
With fewer meetings than normal, it was a good opportunity to catch up with casework.
Looking ahead to the next week, I will be attending the LLTC Personnel Sub-committee, and the Planning and Transport Committee Meeting on Wednesday evening (7.30pm at the White House).
I have various meetings with the Children’s Services team on Tuesday, and I am visiting TACTIC in Hockliffe Street on Tuesday afternoon.
On Thursday I have a meeting with officers at LLTC, and on Friday I have a briefing on Adult Social Care (part of the members’ induction programme).
On Saturday it is the monthly LB South CBC Councillors’ surgery – 10.00am t0 11.30 am at the Library.
A reminder that the resurfacing of Grovebury Road is due to start on Thursday.
My name is Amanda Dodwell, and I have been a Conservative Councillor for Brooklands Ward (Leighton Linslade Town Council) and Leighton Buzzard South (Central Bedfordshire Council) since 2011.
Previously, I was a Councillor in Wantage, Oxfordshire, on Wantage Town Council and The Vale of White Horse District Council.
Originally from Buckinghamshire, I attended Waddesdon C of E Secondary School and Aylesbury High School, and studied Economics at Leeds Trinity University. I have lived in Leighton Buzzard for over 13 years, with my husband Adam and son Jack.
I had the privilege to be Mayor of Leighton Linslade in 2013/14, and Leader of the Town Council in 2015/16.
Since 2012 I have been Deputy Executive Member for Children, Families and Education at Central Bedfordshire Council, with a particular interest in looked after children (LAC). I am a member of the Fostering and Adoption Panels, and since July 2018 I have been Chair of the Corporate Parenting Panel, overseeing services for children in care.
As the parent of a child with additional needs (Jack was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3), I am passionate about services for children and young people, and those with additional needs and mental health problems.
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