Simon Gibson

I am 19 years old and I am currently studying politics with economics at Loughborough University, I was elected to the Town Council for the first time on May 3rd 2007.

I have lived in Verwood for almost 10 years having previously lived in Northern Ireland.  Born 31/08/1988 in Belfast, I attended Acorn Integrated Primary School until moving to Verwood in July 1998 where I completed years 7 & 8 at Emmanuel Middle School. I decided to attend Queen Elizabeth School where I became involved in most of the activities that I love, I was the school hockey captain and an active member of the school, undertaking such activities as drugs mentoring, swimming, debating, writing for the school newspaper and helping to run a ‘money matters’ student information club.

One of my favourite achievements has been to assist with the introduction of fair trade status in Wimborne, which included setting up a very successful fair trade shop for students. Fair trade is a project that is very important to me and I look forward to helping Verwood towards a fair trade system in the future.

It was through these activities that I received the Viv Chadwick shield for achievement in hockey and the Bill Moore Trophy for outstanding contribution to the community; both are awards I am extremely proud of.

I have a part time job at Crane Valley Golf Club where I have worked in the kitchens for nearly 5 years. In my spare time I play table tennis for the Shamrocks in Wimborne and enjoy pub quizzing with my friends. I play darts at the British legion which is where I am often found supporting the biggest passion of my life: Liverpool FC.