The Gwent High Sheriffs’ Community Fund aims to provide a safer and better quality of life for the people of Gwent by supporting community-based initiatives and projects that reduce crime and improve community safety. The fund will reopen in September 2026. The next Gwent High Sheriff Your Voice, Your Choice event will take place in March 2027.

High Sheriff of Gwent 2026/27: Shereen Williams MBE

Shereen Williams MBE OStJ JP DL is the CEO Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru (DBCC) and Secretary to the Boundary Commission for Wales (BCW), with a career spanning culture and heritage, community development and cohesion, and electoral reform.

Shereen, who is of Malay heritage, moved to Wales from Singapore in 2005 and is the first Muslim woman to serve as High Sheriff of Gwent. Prior to her current role, Shereen spent nearly a decade in local government across Newport and Monmouthshire, serving first as Regional Community Cohesion Co-ordinator, and then as Connected Communities Manager for East Gwent.

You can connect with the current High Sheriff of Gwent, via the links below: