About us
Meet the Turntable Committee
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Ginny Cooper
Chairman
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Richard Brett
Secretary
Richard Brett has lived in Wheathampstead for 25 years. “I joined WEB when we were running our own insurance consultancy but I am now retired and enjoy volunteering for various local organisations. I have been secretary of WEB for several years.
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Claire Farley
Treasurer
Claire Farley has been an active committee member (and ex-chair of Wheathampstead Businesses) and is now offering to support us as our Treasurer. Claire has run 2by2 Holidays for many years and knows what a business needs to underatand about its finances.
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Julie Bell
Committee member
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Claire Farley
Committee member
Claire is the founder of two travel companies – Auriel Holidays, which sells luxury holidays worldwide and 2by2 Holidays, which sells wildlife holidays to Africa, Latin America & India.
Claire has been a member of the WEB committee for 12 years and her invaluable role is fundraising for events, seeking sponsorship and arranging Village Day marquees.
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Chantal Fisher
Committee member
Chantal from Chantal’s Gifts is a member of WEB Turntable and she handles all the marketing and social media. She is also on the BILLY (Buy It LocaLY) sub group. Chantal is also a regular attendee at the lunchtime networking events and has been known to wield her litter picker while walking her dog!
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Iain Begg
Committee member
Iain has lived in the village since 2004 and ran a successful coffee shop and art gallery on Wheathampstead High St for a few years before returning to his city based Project Management consulting business. Iain’s other business ventures have included a recruitment service, a luggage venture (patenting his invention and designing bespoke business luggage) and building a property portfolio.
Iain is heavily involved in several local volunteer organisations, is a Councillor on Wheathampstead Parish Council and was a major contributor to the Wheathampstead Neighbourhood Plan.
A sample of our recent achievements in 2023
Invited our MP to visit to show him the difficulties of viewing CcTv footage after a petty crime
Had a stall at Village day which attracted lots of children & dog lovers
Crowd-funded £4,600 which was donated to the Post Office to enable them to buy a new security shutter
Held 20 networking events where local businesses were promoted & recommended
Celebrated 20 years of promoting, supporting & protecting local businesses and the economy
Participated in the Remembrance Day parade & our Chairman read the roll call
Had a stall at the village Lights up & gave away (free) chocolate dipped strawberries & marshmallows
Donated to Mind Herts & Cancer Hair Care through a postbox topper which gave much joy all round