Cllr Mrs. Jacqui Stanford

I spent 35 years working in the law and then in 2006 I moved from London  to Winchelsea Beach to be Assistant Manager of a golf club – whose clubhouse then burned down.   Not wishing to deal with the rebuild I declined the role and continued to work half the week in London and half at home in Winchelsea Beach.  I also used my energy and experience for the local community joining IPC and also setting up Friends of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat House charity  to the old lifeboat house and eventually restore it.  The fundraising goes on and the hope of restoration before 2028 the 100-year anniversary.  In between I have saved and ran a shipwreck museum in Hastings, qualified as a wreck diver, improved my golf handicap and was Highwood’s Ladies Captain in 2023.   I cannot believe that I am the longest serving member of IPC and I am honoured to be its chairperson and serve the local residents.