TRIBUTES have been paid to a committed councillor and disability campaigner who has died aged 64.

Janet Seymour Kirk was well-known in Brompton village and beyond for the dedication she showed to all manner of community causes, groups and events.

As a Brompton Town Councillor for 30-years, Mrs Kirk was a key figure in the community and worked tirelessly to support events such as the handicraft display, the village carnival and heritage events, among many others.

Mrs Kirk’s limited mobility due to life-long hip problems also made her acutely aware of disabled issues and she worked with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on government policies to improve the lives of disabled people.

She died on December 28 after a bone marrow disease developed into leukaemia and there was standing room only at her funeral at Brompton Methodist Church on January 10.

Her eldest son Richard, 38, said that there was nothing his mother would not turn her hand to – and she often became an expert at whatever she tried.

“She started a cake-making class and within five years she was teaching the class!” he said. “That is the sort of woman she was.”

Mrs Kirk’s dedication the community and disability rights did not go unnoticed and in 2003 she was invited to the annual Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in recognition of her work.

Barbara Slater, chair of Brompton Town Council, and long-time friend of Mrs Kirk said she would be greatly missed in the village.

Mrs Kirk was wife to the late Chris, mother to Richard and Simon, and grandmother to Arwen.