Could you help shape the future of Fownhope?

We currently have two vacancies on the Parish Council, and we’re looking for motivated, committed individuals from our community to step forward and make a difference.

Becoming a Parish Councillor is a truly rewarding opportunity — a chance to give back to the place you call home, to have a real voice in the decisions that shape daily life here, and to leave a lasting legacy for the generations who follow. Whether your passion lies in the environment, local infrastructure, community wellbeing or simply making Fownhope the best it can be, your perspective matters and your contribution will count.

If you’ve ever thought someone should do something about that — this is your chance to be that someone.

To arrange an informal conversation with one of our current Councillors, or to register your interest, please reach out to the Parish Clerk at clerk@fownhopeparishcouncil.gov.uk — we’d love to hear from you.

About the Parish Council

The role of a Parish Council is to improve the quality of community life for their parish and its inhabitants.  They can:

• Give views on behalf of their community on consultations, planning applications and other proposals that affect the parish;
• Undertake projects and schemes that benefit local residents;
• Work in partnership with other bodies to achieve benefits for the parish or alert them to problems or work that needs to be undertaken;

If you think this might be for you and would like to find out more, please follow the links here: Herefordshire Council: About Parish Councils; National Association of Local Councils; Local Government Be a Councillor Campaign.

You can become a Parish Councillor if you are a citizen of the UK, EU or the Commonwealth, are over the age of 18 and if you are an elector in, work in, live in or live within 3 miles of the area of the local council. However, you may not become a Parish Councillor if you hold a paid office, or other place of profit in the gift of the council; have been declared bankrupt in the past 5 years and have not repaid the debt; or have been convicted of a criminal offence in the past 5 years.

Every 4 years every Councillor must step down and be re-elected by the community. New elections will take place in 2027. In the meantime, with 3 vacancies to fill, new councillors can be co-opted to serve until the elections.