Babs is a member of Brook Lane Community Church and has volunteered with Downham Aid since 2020, becoming a Director of DA in 2021 she has used her admin knowledge and skills to make the group formally constituted in 2023 and is currently the Secretary and Treasurer. She grew up on the Downham Estate and worked for the Post Office on leaving school. As a stay at home mum for 14 years she studied part-time and obtained a BSc in Natural Sciences then went on to qualify as a science teacher in 2005, teaching in Bromley schools for 15 years. She qualified as a counsellor in 2019 and volunteered with Bromley Community Counselling for 3 years and One in Four for 2 years. An avid painter and gardener, she loves to serve the community and enjoys being at the Gleaning Pantry weekly. |