The Parish Council offices are open to parishioners every weekday between 9am and 5pm, handling as wide a selection of queries as there are residents in the Parish. Telephone messages left outside these hours are recorded and actioned the following morning.

The Clerk’s responsibilities range from liaising with Councillors, providing advice on statutory procedures, preparing agendas and minutes for various committees, authorising burials, providing all areas of risk assessment and insurance, to overseeing the groundstaff, lighting contractors and grass cutting rotas. The Clerk and Deputy are employed by the Council full time.

The Deputy Clerk is responsible for all burial enquiries from funeral directors and the public for funerals at Wooburn Cemetery. He maintains the burial records, paperwork and maps showing the location of each grave, along with arranging ashes interments and headstone wording and recording. He is also responsible for all matters relating to the Planning, Highways & Lighting Committee and their meeting agendas. He manages both allotment sites within the Parish.

Our Social Media & Office Administrator is employed part-time, with duties including dealing with phone calls and walk-ins from members of the public, liaising with funeral directors, stone masons, Councillors, facility users, outside organisations and local authorities. She is also responsible for day-to-day office work, purchase orders, post/incoming invoices, events support and advertising, plus the maintenance and content creation for our website and social media accounts.