Caroline is a local girl, attending the grammar school as it became St John’s and working as a ‘Polly girl’, before joining the Army and later forging a career in Financial Services. She returned in 2009, initially on Herd Street, before the traffic noise and lack of parking for locals forced a move across to the relative peace of Kingsbury Street.

Needing a change in direction, in 2018 Caroline undertook a master’s degree in Special and Inclusive Education, keen to understand more about supporting young people with ‘unique’ profiles into work. At the same time, she joined the local governing body at St John’s, which she later chaired.

“I loved my teenage years in Marlborough – summers spent in the then outdoor pool and the Mop fairs as an annual highlight – and always intended to return. But I also wanted to give something back in return for the great education I got at St John’s that opened up so many opportunities. I’ve been a governor at Crowdys Hill in Swindon, a non-exec director of Turning Point, the UK’s largest provider of social services outside the NHS and a school governor before being elected as a Wiltshire Councillor in 2021”.

Caroline is now treasurer for the Marlborough Area Poverty Action Group (MAPAG) and Chair of Trustees for the Marlborough Area Youth Forum, which runs the Youth Club in town and has since raised over £35k for them in grants and donations. Her key goals as a councillor?… To get the A346 de-primed (working on it!), more residents parking and to ensure we offer great services to our young people.