{"id":34,"date":"2024-05-30T20:59:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-06-29T20:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:45:57","slug":"cllr-jason-lejeune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Cllr Jason Lejeune"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"34\" class=\"elementor elementor-34\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459f1ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"459f1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545fe3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"545fe3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-118\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-80x80.jpeg 80w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-570x570.jpeg 570w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-380x380.jpeg 380w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile-285x285.jpeg 285w, http:\/\/localindependents.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/JL-Profile.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112ace8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"112ace8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3943f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3943f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Jason moved to Westexe in September 2021 with his family, but has lived in Tiverton for 20 years. His passion is the town and he serves on the Town Council. \u201cTiverton is a great place to live, but I want to make it better. Our community should be at the heart of everything we do\u201d<\/h3><h3>Jason and his wife set up the Facebook group Tiverton Community Help and has 8.5k members.<\/h3><h3>Jason was part of the group the fought MDDC to keep the paddling pool open, and protested at the council meeting to change the decision.<\/h3><h3>\u201cI am a self employed trainer and have trained local charities in first aid for free.\u201d<\/h3><h3>\u201cI\u2019m a volunteer with the Ambulance Service and am a parent governor at a local primary school. I\u2019m part of LIFT as we challenge those decisions that are wrong for the town, and support what\u2019s right to make Tiverton great.\u201d<\/h3><h3>Jason was elected in May 2023 as a Town Councillor and is the Deputy Chair of the Climate and Resilience Committee. Jason was the main driving force in rewriting the Emergency plan for Tiverton and, together with LIFT Cllr Chris Berry, has run Emergency Planning meetings with the public and community events to teach people CPR and how to use a defib. One session trained over 70 people!<\/h3><h3>You can follow him on Facebook:<\/h3><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JasonLejeuneTTC\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JasonLejeuneTTC\/<\/a><\/h3><h3>You can email him below:<\/h3><h3><a href=\"jasonlejeunewestexecllr@outlook.com\">jasonlejeunewestexecllr@outlook.com<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason moved to Westexe in September 2021 with his family, but has lived in Tiverton for 20 years. His passion is the town and he serves on the Town Council. \u201cTiverton is a great place to live, but I want to make it better. 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