Advertisement Simon Clement-Jones
SIMON has lived in Sheffield 8 for more than 20 years. He is a school governor at Greenhill School, a Champion of Chancet Wood Children’s Home and a Trustee at the Woodseats Advice Centre.
He first came to Sheffield as a student studying engineering at Hallam University. A keen walker, he can often be seen taking his dog Murphy through the wonderful parks and green spaces of S8 (always with his trusty poop scoop of course).
I asked Simon what was his proudest achievement as an S8 councillor: "As Council Finance Spokesperson, delivering my promise this year of freezing Council Tax with no increase at all.
“But locally, in Greenhill a few years ago a large number of youngsters were gathering in the evenings. They were making life hell for local residents, particularly older people. I organised a big community meeting with local schools, police, residents and parents.
“The whole community came together to find a way to sort out the problem. The youngsters realised the effect they were having on community life and eventually the problem disappeared.”
And what is the most unusual thing he has done as a councillor, I was keen to discover?
“Probably finding a new home for a fox,” he said. “An elderly lady had a real fear of foxes and one was living in her back yard. We eventually found a new home for it and everyone was happy. Even the fox.”
You can contact Simon on 0114 2491079 or email him at:
simon@clementjones.com
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Ian Auckland
A RESIDENT of Norton, Ian first came to Sheffield as an employee of National Westminster Bank 25 years ago. His financial experience has made him a popular choice as Treasurer for the many voluntary and charitable organisations he has been involved with over the years.
Ian is a supporter of Woodseats Festival and a school governor at Norton Free Church School. But his great passion in Sheffield 8 is protecting and enhancing Graves Park. Ian was a founder member of “Hands Off Graves Park” founded in 1998 to fight a proposed sell-off of land in the park for housing by the City Council - not the current Lib Dem administration he hastens to add. The fight was won and the Group became Friends of Graves Park.
Since being elected as a City Councillor, Ian has remained a committed supporter of the Group. In 2006 they faced an even greater challenge when the Council offered the Norton Nurseries site in the park for a new Hospice for St Luke’s.
“I have always been a St Luke’s supporter,” Ian told me. “But it just wasn’t right to build on land that was supposed to be parkland for the people in perpetuity. I think everyone in S8 knows the story and thankfully the new Lib Dem council stopped the proposed deal and found another, better site for the Hospice.”
“That’s serious stuff,” I said to Ian, but have there been any lighter moments in his role as a councillor?
“I once got savaged by a cat,” he said. “I pushed a leaflet through a letter-box and got swiped by a cat. It opened up quite a deep cut and I bled all over the leaflet. I thought I had better tell the occupier why I had delivered them a leaflet with blood on it.
Ian Auckland
“‘Well I am surprised,’ said the lady who opened the door and passed me a plaster for the cut. ‘He’s never done that before’,” You can contact Ian on 0114 2740474 or email:
ian.Auckland@
btinternet.com
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