bobs - I have quite a bit to do with the community, but often it's what others might think of as the boring tedious bits like making sure the pot holes are fixed or having an emergency plan (I'm working on this at the moment).
I also work with other groups so in one of my parishes the village hall needs a lot of refurbishment / re-building so I'm working with the committee on funding etc and in one of my other parishes we're working on replacing the playground equipment and surface.
However, I have connections in all three of my villages (I don't live in any of them as I think it better to be outside the local politics which always happen in rural villages), and know lots of people living there.
There's all sorts of other jobs that you have to do like attending evening meetings, writing minutes, actioning the minutes, writing letters, keeping accounts and doing the year end.
It's great for me though because it's flexible. I can be at home for the DSs before and after school, in the holidays and when they're ill as I can now get on and work while they're at home (although I know that as soon as I pick up the telephone all hell will break loose!) and I enjoy the community aspect too.
The Society of Local Council Clerks (our professional body) has a bit of information about what a Clerk is here