Editing Charlotte Atkins (section)

==Post-parliamentary career==
In March 2012, Atkins was appointed as the chair of the Central Shires Canal and River Trust Partnership Board. The CRT is the charity which has taken over the work and role of British Waterways. She was heavily involved in campaigning for more funds and the regeneration of England's waterways while in Parliament, and won the first ever Inland Waterways Association Parliamentarian of the Year Award in 2008.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Atkins was elected as a councillor for the Leek North ward of [[Staffordshire Moorlands District Council]] in a 2012 by-election, and continues to represent the ward until her defeat in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Leek North Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/5213/#2012-02-09 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-01 |title=Election results for Staffordshire Moorlands - Leek South, 1 May 2025 |url=https://staffordshire.moderngov.co.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=536&RPID=0 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=staffordshire.moderngov.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>