Minutes:
The Mayor welcomed everyone to the meeting, saying it was “only three weeks since we last met, but that a lot of Mayoral events had taken place since then”.
1. Engagements since the last meeting
The Mayor’s Ball
The Mayor thanked everyone for attending and supporting the Enfield Cares Charity Ball which had been an amazing success: 250 people had attended. So far over £11,000 had been raised, a superb amount. The Enfield Cares charities would benefit hugely by the end of the Mayoral year.
The World Cancer Coffee and Cakes Day
The day had been run by Hayes Reese, a fantastic Macmillan representative and over £500 had been raised for this worthy cause. The Mayor thanked everyone who had enabled this event to be a success.
All People All Places Homeless Charity
The Mayor said that she was still working with the All People All Places homeless shelter in Enfield. She had attended the shelter based at All Saints Church in Edmonton and had continued to be touched by the great work that they did. She had named them as one of her charity recipients.
Citizenship Ceremonies
The Deputy Mayor and the Mayor had on alternate weeks attended the weekly Citizenship Ceremonies. They were both proud to be present at these invents and to welcome the new citizens.
Official Opening of Bridgewood House Care Home
The Mayor had also been part of the official opening of the Bridgewood House Care Home with many of the other council members. She praised the great facilities now available to the residents of the Borough.
2. Future Events
The Mayor’s charity work was progressing and she said that she would be very busy this year with the many events planned.
The next event the Mayors Quiz Night would be taking place at Forty Hall on the 16th March 2018 at 7pm. She asked members to put the date in their diaries.
The Mayor said that she was very lucky to be part of the team with Hayes Reese Macmillan rep and the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Jiagge who have been and are still happy to continue to work with me for the next three months on future charity fundraising events.
And finally, she said that the members might have heard that she had visited Wigan Council that week and had met the Mayor of Wigan (a Manchester City supporter). She reminded members that Wigan was her old home town and said that she had been delighted to watch the game where Wigan won 1-0 against Manchester City (again, the same result as when they won the FA cup).
Enfield Town Football Club, now her real home team, was holding a “Women at the Game” match on Saturday the 10th March 2018, free for women, to celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March 2018). The Mayor invited everyone to come along, to join the club, who would be playing Lowestoft Town FC, at home at the QE2 stadium.
The Mayor ended by saying that “I trust that our evening goes very smoothly tonight” and that “in order to aid the smooth running of the meeting”, she would “be taking the speeches in the order that each group had indicated beforehand”.