Mark and his family have always been very active within the community in Chesham, he was Chairman of Governors for eight years at Newtown Early Years & Infant School, during which time he led the fight to successfully save the school from closure.  He has also served as a School Governor at the former Little Spring School and is now a Director at Chiltern Skills & Enterprise College in Cameron Road.

As Chairman of the Pond Park Community Association he has worked together with the officers of the Association with a number of stake-holding partners to bring improvements and services to the area.  He was delighted to get the Windsor Road/Belmont playground revamped and raised £26K for new play equipment in the Batchelors Way Rec.

He is also a Trustee of Chesham Athletic FC.  He is someone who wants to make a positive difference to people’s lives and environment and is always prepared to argue the case to make challenges to bring about change.