Mayoral Charity Appeals
During their year each Mayor launches a Charity Appeal for the cause(s) of their choice. Donations come from a wide variety of sources including the sale of recycled textiles collected in clothing banks located around the Borough and the raffling of any gifts or gratuities received by Council staff as well as from a variety of church collections, donations from local people and businesses, and the proceeds of the Mayor's charity events.
How the Charities Are Chosen
As soon as the nomination for the next Mayor is known they are asked to decide which charity or charities they would like to benefit from their Appeal. They are asked to make this decision so early in order that the details of their chosen charities can be publicised along with their nomination.
Most Mayors choose charities with which they have some personal connection, but that should not stop other worthy causes from asking to be considered. The best way of doing this is by writing to the Mayor's office before Christmas so that your letter can be given to the Mayor Elect as soon as their identity is known.
The Charity Appeal 2011/2012
Councilor Burr has selected two charities for his year in office - Age UK (Leicestershre and Rutland) and the British Heart Foundation. Age UK seeks to improve later life for everyone through information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research. The British Heart Foundation envisions a world where people no longer die prematurely from heart disease.
For more information about the Mayor's Annual Appeal, or information about how you can make a donation, please get in touch with the Mayor's Office on 01509 634783, or by email at mayor@charnwood.gov.uk
The Charity Appeal 2010/2011
Councillor Vincent chose Steps as her charity during her Mayoral year. Steps is based at the Old School in Shepshed and provides specialist nursery services and support to children with motor disorders and their families, enabling them to lead fuller, more active lives. They provide a unique service that depends upon the financial support of funders.
The Charity Appeal 2009/10
The 2009/10 Mayor's Appeal was split between "Warning Zone" which is a Safety Education Centre providing a unique interactive learning environment where 10/11 year olds learn how to be safe and understand about personal responsibility. The other charity was "Wishes 4 Kids" which was created to grant a wish for children and young people in Leicestershire who are life limited, terminally ill or have experienced physical or emotional traumas. Councillor Brown's charity appeal raised £13961.
The Charity Appeal 2008/2009
Councillor Campbell chose to support the replacement of the Age Concern Leicestershire & Rutland ambulance which is used in the Charnwood Area. A total of £13,700 was raised
The Charity Appeal 2007/2008
Councillor Tormey put all money raised to the Loughborough Welfare Trusts Relief in Need Fund. This old and little known fund gives small grants to local residents struggling with the purchase of clothing, food etc. and assists some of the poorest families in the area to whom no other money or assistance is available from statutory agencies. His appeal raised £13,099.
The Charity Appeal 2006/2007
Councillor Ken Pacey supported The County Air Ambulance and raised a total of £17179.95 enabling the air ambulance to fly at least 17 extra missions.
The Charity Appeal 2005/2006
Councillor Wilson chose Glebe House as the recipient of his appeal funding. Glebe House provides a wide range of quality services for people of all ages with a learning disability who live in the Charnwood area. The appeal totalled £14798 which is being used to fund extra weekends of respite care in a self contained flat within the charity's premises.
The Charity Appeal 2004/2005
For his year of office Councillor Jones launched "The Mayor's Sport and Arts Appeal" which provided funding for a programme of activities for people of the Borough. It brought sporting events for young people and various arts projects to local communities, particularly where other facilities and funding were not available.
The Charity Appeal 2003/2004
Councillor Jack Moore chose Macmillan Cancer Relief and LOROS to be the recipients of his Charity Appeal. Cancer charities were particularly close to his heart and the fund was dedicated to all relatives and friends sadly lost to cancer.
The Appeal raised £10,000 and the money was split evenly between those two deserving causes.
The Charity Appeal 2002/2003
Councillor Debbie Green chose Rainbows Children's Hospice and the Shaishav project in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, (Loughborough's link town in India) to be the recipients of her Charity Appeal. The Appeal raised £9127 which was split evenly between these two beneficiaries.
The Shaishav project is a voluntary organisation working on children's rights. They work mainly with child labourers and the children from the municipal schools and slums. They run eight Community Education Centres which offer schooling not otherwise available to around 300 children labouring in jobs such as cleaning plastic bags and making plastic ropes. To date they have motivated over 3000 children to join school, many of whom have left work to get some education.
The Project also operates a mobile multi purpose school programme which tours seventeen municipal schools in slum areas reaching around 10,000 children to make their education more enjoyable, child centred and relevant.
Previous Charity Appeals
|
Year |
Mayor |
Beneficiaries |
Amount Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010/11 |
J.Vincent |
Steps | £13162 |
| 2009/10 |
R.Brown |
Warning Zone and Wishes 4 Kids | £13961 |
| 2008/9 |
S. Campbell |
Age Concern Leicestershire & Rutland ambulance | £13700 |
| 2007/8 |
J. Tormey |
Loughborough Welfare Trusts Relief in Need Fund | £13099 |
|
2006/7 |
K.G. Pacey |
The County Air Ambulance |
£17180 |
|
2005/6 |
R.M. Wilson |
Glebe House |
£14798 |
|
2004/5 |
M.T. Jones |
The Mayor's Sport & Arts Appeal Grants |
£12000 |
|
2003/4 |
J.W. Moore |
LOROS & Macmillan Cancer Research |
£10000 |
|
2002/3 |
D.C. Green |
Shaishav Childrens Project Bhavnagar |
£9127 |
|
2001/2 |
A.W. Stott |
National Eczema Society |
£8140 |
|
2000/1 |
N.C.N. Bird |
Glenfield Hospital Cardiac Unit |
£8570 |
|
1999/2000 |
J.B. Powell |
Rainbows Hospice & local stroke clubs |
£8082 |
|
1998/9 |
I. Thurlby |
Loughborough Guild of the Disabled & Nottingham City Hospital Kinder Unit |
£5856 |
|
1997/8 |
J. Tyrrell |
Glebe House & Roecliffe Manor Cheshire Home |
£11745 |
|
1996/7 |
K. Brailsford |
Loughborough Guild of the Disabled, Storer 2000, Rainbows Hospice, Arthritis+Rheumatism Research & Unicef |
£7700 |
|
1995/6 |
J. Hawkes |
Rainbows Hospice & Glebe House |
£6965 |
If you require any further information about this year's Mayor's Appeal, or that of previous years, feel free to contact the Mayor's Office.
Frequently Asked Questions (10)
The role of the Deputy Mayor is to deputise in the absence of the Mayor and as such all invitations must be addressed to the Mayor. If the Mayor is unavailable you may be asked whether you would like the invitation to be passed to their Deputy. If your event is particularly relevant to the person currently the Deputy (perhaps because of some personal connection) you may of course write to them privately and invite them to attend in their role as a Councillor.
It has long been accepted protocol that not only is the Mayoralty kept above the political arena but also that its incumbent avoids any contentious matter. For this reason the Mayor is unable to become involved in any individual problems or Council complaints. Any such matters will be passed on to the relevant council departments and the local Ward Councillors.
The Mayor does of course remain a Ward Councillor themselves and will continue to assist their own ward residents as they would normally.
If you are sending a letter it should be sent to:
The Worshipful The Mayor
Charnwood Borough Council
Southfields
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 2TX
and start "Dear Madam Mayor"
When speaking to the Mayor and Mayoress they should be addressed as:
- "Madam Mayor" (Not Lord Mayor)
- "Mayoress" (Not Lady Mayoress)
To correctly announce the Mayor (and Mayoress) to an audience:
- "The Worshipful The Mayor of Charnwood, Councillor Jill Vincent (and the Mayoress, Ms. Emma Aronica)"
The Officer accompanying the Mayor to an event will always be able to advise you on these matters.
Royal greetings for 100th and 105th birthdays and every year thereafter, and to those celebrating their Diamond Wedding (60th), 65th, 70th wedding anniversaries and every year thereafter need to be requested from the Anniversaries Office at Buckingham Palace.
The Mayor is also pleased to visit people celebrating such events and usually arranges to call in at the celebrations to stay for half an hour bringing a card and a basket of flowers. For further details Contact the Mayor's Office.
To be Mayor you must be a Councillor, elected by the people of the Borough. In Charnwood, the political groups take turns to select the Mayor for the year. The Conservative group hold an internal ballot amongst their members to select their nomination for the role. The Labour and Liberal Democrat groups offer the opportunity to their longest serving member who has not yet taken the position.
There is no salary attached to the job. Mayors often have a normal full time job and fit their Mayoral duties around this, although many Councillors would not take on the role before they are retired.
The Mayor does receive the normal allowance given to all Councillors, an additional Responsibility Allowance, equivalent to that paid to the Cabinet Members, and also a Mayoral Allowance towards their out-of-pocket expenses such as church collections, raffle tickets and charity dinner tickets.
The Mayor is chauffeured around in a leased Skoda Superb Diesel Hatchback 1.6 TDI. The car is only used to convey the Mayor to official engagements (he can't use it to do his shopping!) and a close record is kept on the routes taken and the mileage clocked up. The car is usually replaced every four years and does around 12000 miles each year.
It can be identified by its distinctive registration number YUT1 and the Borough crest displayed in the front window or on the flag flown at times on the front grille
Before the DVLC was created in 1962 to administer licensing nationally, County Council licensing offices issued numbers to cars sold in their area. When licensing started in 1927 Leicestershire County Council allocated the block of numbers starting YUT... to be given to vehicles in the Loughborough area under the jurisdiction of the local Police Superintendent. The first number - YUT1 was allocated to the Mayoral car.
The same number has been transferred to each new vehicle every time the car has been changed, from the very first Rolls Royce up to the present day Volvo.
The Mayor is the principal ambassador of the Council and will attend around 500 engagements each year over 90% of which are likely to be within the Borough. They chair meetings of the full Council, host annual events such as the Civic Church Service and the opening of the fair, and promote Council initiatives and campaigns. Most Mayors get to welcome at least one royal visitor to the Borough and attend around sixty-five religious gatherings of the many different faiths in Charnwood. They are likely to congratulate half a dozen centenarians, and host around two thousand people to around eighty civic presentations and events in the Civic Suite at Loughborough Town Hall. They will cut ribbons, draw raffles, present certificates and have their picture in the local papers several times most weeks. They will get an invitation to a Buckingham Palace Garden Party and visit some European twin towns.
The important factor in all these engagements is that the Mayor is here for the people of the Borough, and they try to accept as many invitations to visit as much of the Borough as possible throughout their year of office.
The local press are sent a copy of the Mayor's weekly engagement list and photographers or reporters may be present at some of the events, however inviting the Mayor is no guarantee that the press will attend! They certainly will not cover every engagement the Mayor has and you are best to contact them directly if you wish to specifically draw their attention to your event.
Last updated: Wed 18th January, 2012 @ 08:59
