Issue - meetings

To receive any communications the Mayor may wish to make.

Remembering Srebrenica 2024

The Mayor informed Council of this important annual event which will take place on Monday, 15th July at 11.30am at the Guildhall.  All Members are welcome to attend.

Three Choirs Festival

The Mayor informed Council that this event will be hosted by Worcester this year on Saturday 27^th July 2024.

Worcester Festival

The Mayor informed Council that she will officially open the Worcester Festival which will take place on Saturday 10^th August 2024.

The Worcester Show

The Mayor informed Council that she will officially open the Worcester Show which will take place on Sunday 11^th August 2024.

David Wright and Christine Davenport

The Mayor paid tribute to David and Christine, who both recently passed away.

David Wright represented the Claines Ward for the Conservatives from 1979 to 1988. He was Leader of the Conservative Group on the Council in the mid-eighties. His brother John also served on the Council. A solicitor, he co-formed Parkinson Wright Solicitors in 1969.

A former president of the Worcestershire Law Society, David was also a governor of King's School, Worcester and was closely involved with several local community organisations.

He was chairman of the Iris House Trust and on the local arts scene he served as the secretary of Worcester Three Choirs Festival and chairman of the Worcester Arts Council, Worcester Cathedral Arts and the Swan Theatre. He was the Co-ordinator of the 150^th Elgar Birthday Festival in 2007.

David sadly passed away on Monday, 3^rd June 2024 at his home in Worcester at the age of 80.

ChristineDavenport, who passed away at the end of June at the age of 87, was appointed as an Independent Co-opted member of the Council’s Standards Committee in 2001. She held that role for 15 years before stepping down in 2016. For much of that time she was the Chairman of the Committee.

Born in Bournville, Christine’s background was in business. She was a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and was chair of the Birmingham Branch as well as serving time on the national membership. In 1990 she became a board member of Worcester College of Technology and was their Chairman from 1992 to 2000.

Christine was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 1997 for charitable services to the community in the West Midlands.

Following her retirement Christine continued to support the Council and was a regular attender at the Remembrance Services and Mayor’s Civic Events.

The Mayor invited other Councillors to pay their own tributes.

Refreshments

The Mayor invited all Members to join her for refreshments in the Mayor’s Parlour at the end of the meeting.