Agenda item

To reecive any announcements through the Chair.

The Chairman made the following announcements:-

 

Events Attended by the Chairman from Tuesday, 16^th October, 2018 to Monday, 25^th February, 2019:

 

16^th October, 2018                  Full Council meeting – County Hall, Trowbridge.

 

16^th October, 2018                  Lord-Lieutenant WRFCA Awards Presentation Ceremony, Devizes Town Hall.

 

18^th October, 2018                  Achieving Excellence Awards, County Hall.

 

21^st October, 2018                  The Mayor of Westbury’s Civic Service, All Saints Church, Westbury.

 

28^th October, 2018                  Royal Wootton Bassett’s Civic Service, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Royal Wootton Bassett.

 

31^st October, 2018                  Wiltshire Information Sharing Charter Launch Event, County Hall.

                                   

4^th November, 2018                Royal British Legion Concert, City Hall, Salisbury.

 

8^th November, 2018                Jean Moorcroft Wilson’s presentation of the old Marlburian War Poets: Siegfried Sassoon and Charles Hamilton Sorley, Marlborough College.

 

9^th November, 2018                RBL Field of Remembrance Service, Lydiard Park, Swindon.

 

10^th November, 2018              Remembrance Service, Imber.

 

11^th November, 2018              Remembrance Day Servie, MoD Lyneham.

 

17^th November, 2018              Kick It Out 2018, The County Ground, Swindon.

 

4^th December, 2018                Lord-Lieutenant’s County of Wiltshire Carol Service, St.

                                                Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham.

 

6^th December, 2018                Royal Visit of HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to Salisbury Cathedral for the Children’s Society’s 50^th Anniversary Christingle Service.

 

7^th December, 2018                Staff Carol Service, Monkton Park, Chippenham.

 

11^th December, 2018              Festive visit to the Royal Wootton Bassett Royal Mail Delivery office.

 

13^th December, 2018              Staff Carol Service, County Hall.

 

14^th December, 2018              Royal Visit of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to the Wiltshire Air Ambulance HQ, Semington.

 

17th December, 2018             The funeral of former Wiltshire Councillor Bill Moss, All Saint’s Church, West Winterslow, Salisbury.

 

18^th December, 2018              Staff Carol Service, Bourne Hill, Salisbury.

 

19^th January, 2019                  Started the “parkrun” at Southwick Country Park.

 

4th February, 2019                 LGBT Flag Raising Ceremony, County Hall.

 

17th February, 2019               Wiltshire West Scouts, a Service for Founder’s Day, St. Thomas’Church, Frome Road, Southwick.

 

 

Events Attended by the Vice Chairman from Tuesday, 16th October 2018 to Monday, 25th February, 2019:

 

16^th October, 2018                  Full Council meeting – County Hall, Trowbridge.

 

14th December, 2018             Royal Visit of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to Lackham

                                                Campus.

 

24th January, 2019                 Funeral of former Wiltshire Councillor, Mrs. Osborn at Trowbridge Cemetery Chapel.

 

22^nd February, 2019                Official Opening of The Vale Community Campus, Wilcot Road, Pewsey.

 

 

New Year Honours

 

The Chairman announced that a number of Wiltshire residents had received national recognition in her majesty’s new year honours’ list in January.

 

CBE had been awarded to Katherine Bennett, Senior Vice- President, Airbus in the UK, for services to the Aerospace and Aviation Sectors. (Wiltshire).

 

OBE had been awarded to David Williams, Leader, Military Systems and Access Theme, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, for services to Defence. (East Grimstead,)

 

MBEs had been awarded to:

·         Sarah Jane Banks, Westbury, for services to the MOD Disability Network.

·         Stephanie Millward, from Box, for services to Swimming.

·         Susan Thain, from Salisbury, for services to Army Education.

·         Dr Nicola Marie Wetherall, from Royal Wootton Bassett Academy, for Services to Holocaust Education, Genocide Prevention and Human Rights Education.

·         Dr Adrian Bowyer, from Chippenham, for services to 3D printing.

·         James Alexander Threlfall, from Devizes, for services to young people in Wiltshire.

·         Helen Mary Townsend, Chair, Army Widows Association, from Salisbury, for services to service widows and widowers.

·         Jocelyn Walters, Research Delivery Manager, University Hospital, Southampton and Founding Member, National Cancer Research Network, from Redlynch, for services to Cancer Research.

 

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) medals had been awarded to:-

 

·         Alan Douglas Coggins, from Devizes, for services to the community in Wiltshire.

·         Adrienne Howell, from Warminster, for services to the community in Mere.

·         Diana Cynthia Stevens, from Wiltshire, for services to ice skating.

·         Francis Wakem QPM, Volunteer, Victim Support (Wiltshire), from Devizes, for services to victims of crime.

 

On behalf of Council, the Chairman congratulated all of the above on their awards.

 

 

Fair Trade Fortnight

 

This would be held from 25 February to 10 March 2019 to which everyone was encouraged to attend.

 

 

The Passing of Former Members

 

The Chairman regretfully announced the passing away of the following former Members:-

 

Cllr Chris Humphries, represented Aldbourne and Ramsbury Division and was a former member of Kennet District Council.

 

Cllr Bill Moss, represented Salisbury St Marks and Bishopdown and was a former Chairman of Wiltshire County Council and Salisbury District Council.

 

Cllr Helen Osborn represented Trowbridge Lambrock Division and had also been a member of the former Wiltshire County Council and West Wiltshire District Council.

 

Cllr Brian Rycroft, a former member of Salisbury District Council.

 

A moment’s silence was observed.