Cllr Alistair Dewhirst, Devon County and Teignbridge District Councillor, said ‘Within days of meeting Sheila for the first time she asked me to lunch and was soon regaling me with tales of the Parish Council, organic food, cats, the Community Centre, national politics, Greenpeace, Teignbridge Council – and that was all before I had sat down! I had never met people more passionate about life and their local community than Sheila and her husband Phil, my predecessor on Devon County Council. Both Sheila and Phil were ardent environmentalists.
