Nicky has been a member of the Association for 8 years; in the past she has been Secretary. She took on her current role of Chair at the AGM in 2023. Nicky is also a town councillor, chair of governors at the Wordsley School, a trustee of some local charities and is treasurer of St Mary’s Church. She certainly keeps herself busy! 

Fran joined the Association in March 2022 and became Treasurer at the following AGM. She has previously held the post of treasurer of Bridgnorth Rugby Club for 5 years and is still very involved in the Club. Having retired from a career in banking in 2018 she now works part time as a veterinary receptionist in Bridgnorth. Fran has always enjoyed meeting new people and spends much of her time socialising with friends and family.

Faye is the is the youngest member of the team, by far. She has twin boys aged 5.  Before having her children, she worked as a French and Spanish teacher. She now works as a part time French and Spanish tutor and is involved with the 8th Bridgnoth Squirrel and Beaver Scouts. Faye is very keen to get children and young people involved with Twinning.

Karen has been part of the Association for several years. She initially joined to be the Bridgnorth Town Council representative but soon moved into the role of Treasurer, she has also been joint Secretary and is now Vice-chair. A former Mayor, Karen is still a town councillor and is also the chair of Bridgnorth Rugby Club, overseeing the development of their exciting new community clubhouse. She has recently taken up golf and is loving it.

Yvette has been involved with the Association since 2018. For several years she informally took on some secretarial duties to help promote the Association and also to organise social events. She re-joined the Committee in 2023. Yvette is a retired nurse. She has visited Schrobenhausen on numerous occasions and has made many very good friends there, she has also been to Thiers once. She enjoys foreign travel and loves cooking.

Heather joined the Association in 2022. After studying both French and German at school and college, she went on to enjoy many holidays in the Vendee region of France and lived for a short while in Munich, Germany. She also spent several years travelling extensively throughout Europe with her job.
Heather has been running her own business in Bridgnorth for 20 years, and also holds the position of Chief Executive Officer with a national Trade Association. In her spare time she enjoys walking, swimming and gardening as well as volunteering with Bridgnorth Gateway Club of which she is a Trustee.

Val has recently moved to Bridgnorth to be near her daughter and her family. She is a retired teacher and has been heavily involved in politics and twinning in her previous hometowns. Val joined our Association in March 2022 and became Vice-chair at the AGM in 2023, she has now moved to the role of Secretary. Val visited Schrobenhausen for the first time in 2023. She is also a member of Bridgnorth’s u3a, improving her French and German language skills and learning about art history. 

Tony has been part of the Association for a long time. He joined the Committee at the AGM in 2023. Tony has also recently been elected as a town councillor. Tony retired to Bridgnorth over 35 years ago after having travelled the world, he is our oldest committee member at 87 years young and has visited both Thiers and Schrobenhausen many times, making lifelong friendships.

Suzanne returned to Brigdnorth 5 years ago to be near family, having moved away after attending Bridgnorth Endowed School. She lived near Stamford for nearly 20 years where she trained as a teacher and taught German and French in a number of independent schools in the area. Upon returning to Bridgnorth she taught German at Shrewsbury School retiring 2 years ago. Suzanne is a keen golfer and has just completed a year as Lady Captain. She has been involved in school exchanges for many years and is looking forward to supporting the Bridgnorth Twinning Association.