The Mayor of Bingham

Letter from your Mayor

"Firstly, I wish to thank my fellow Town Councillors for electing me as Mayor of Bingham Town Council for the civic year 2006/2007. I look forward to working with them in pursuing and defending the interests of Bingham.

I also look forward to representing Bingham and the Town Council at various events throughout my term within Bingham and beyond. Our small market town has a vibrant and caring community, with a great variety of voluntary groups, special interest clubs and local branches of national institutions. My wife, Sharyn and I hope to meet as many of you as possible who add to this unique aspect of Bingham making it such a great place to live.

For the Mayor's Charity, I have chosen to support the Bingham Tape Scheme. This local charity is a group of volunteers who create audio tapes of local news and information to those who are visually-impaired or house-bound; approximately five hundred local residents benefit from this worthy project. The charity has set itself a tough target to raise £8,000 and convert its service from analogue recordings to digital. Bingham Town Council recently agreed to provide a grant of £1,000 towards this appeal.

With very best wishes,

Cllr Francis Purdue-Horan, Town  Mayor