I have been committed to our local communities and involved in policy making and politics for over 14 years. I am proud to be a respected local community champion in Oxford where I am known for bringing a sharp, fresh, authentic, positive and constructively critical eye to policies and local challenges. For example, during lockdown when families were concurrently working & home schooling, I helped develop Invicta Academy, a national online catch up tuition service that many of our Councillors & the Secretary of State for Education went on to support. I personally brought it to Oxfordshire, one of only four counties that benefitted, bringing a positive offering for many. BBC Radio Oxford & The Oxford Mail both highlighted and praised the project.
I have a strong background in education having written policy for the Centre for Social Justice regarding educational failure. In addition, I have spent 5.5 years as a Governor at a local state school in Oxford seeing those very policies and others implemented and have spent a significant amount of time ensuring that values are upheld and standards are raised.
In addition, I am a serving reservist with HM Forces and have been recently involved in providing strategy and direction for the military support in the Covid pandemic.