Issue - meetings

MAYORAL COMMUNICATIONS/BUSINESS

Meeting: 16/05/2017 - Council (Item 10)

Mayoral Communications/Business

To receive such communications or deal with such business as the Mayor may decide to lay before the Council.

Minutes:

The Mayor announced that she intended to use her Mayoral Year to publicise and promote the horse training and racing industry in the Borough, and to raise awareness about mental health.  In particular, during her year of office, she had elected to support three charities.  These were:

·                     Citizen’s Advice, Epsom & Ewell which undertook excellent work helping local residents, particularly those who were experiencing housing or debt problems;

·                     The Sunnybank Trust: as a former resident of Sunnybank, the Mayor had great admiration for the founder of this charity which worked tirelessly supporting and enabling those with learning disabilities;

·                     The Lower Mole Countryside Trust which supported the work of the Lower Mole Partnership to maintain and preserve valuable open spaces, thus providing the environment to enhance people’s physical and mental health.