Presidents Biography

Linda Butcher Fellow ILCM

Linda has been a Town Clerk since 1988 when she became clerk to Polegate Town Council; she then worked as Clerk to Uckfield for eleven years and finally for Crowborough Town Council for nine years, having decided to retire in June 2010.

However, she has not been idle since then having taken on the role as Interim Town Clerk to the newly created Andover Town Council to assist elected Councillors with setting up and putting policies in place using good practices. She was then involved with the recruitment of a permanent Town Clerk for Andover. Linda has also been working with councils in Sussex covering a whole range of issues when outside assistance is of benefit.

Having travelled round the world for three months at the beginning of 2011, she has now settled into the role of Clerk to Withyham Parish Council, a large rural area in the heart of the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex.

Linda is part of the Three Counties Training Partnership, a role she has been involved in for a number of years. Currently she leads on the Chairmanship training although she has in the past delivered Councillor and Clerk training, drawing on her own experiences over the last twenty or so years.

Linda has been a member of the Society of Local Council Clerks since first becoming a clerk and has been Chairman of the Sussex branch on two separate occasions. She has attended all National Conferences as well as many regional conferences and training events, both as a delegate and presenter. Linda is also a founder Fellow of the Institute of Local Council Management.

In her free time she enjoys travel, golf and dancing and since her ‘retirement has carried out some major improvements to her home where she relaxes.