Agenda item

Presentation by the Royal British Legion

Minutes:

The Mayor, Councillor Ennis, asked Members of the Council if he could break with tradition in order to allow a very special presentation by Mr Goff Griffiths, the Chair of the Barnsley Royal British Legion.

 

Mr Griffiths then addressed the Council and explained that Barnsley was one of only two Councils in the whole of the UK, France and Spain which granted a street licence for a full three weeks to enable volunteers to collect for the Poppy Appeal.  A number of Councils gave three or seven day licences but it was only Barnsley and Thanet that gave permission for the full three weeks.

 

The Council, through the Mayor’s Office, also assisted with the parades and events that occurred within the town and in addition, individual Councillors and Members of staff (via the Council’s ‘Volunteering Scheme’ and also in their own time) assisted with the poppy appeal collections and other events.

 

In recognition of this, the Royal British Legion both locally and nationally presented to the Mayor a Certificate of Thanks from the National Team Leader of the Legion.

 

The Mayor in graciously accepting this Certificate on behalf of the Council felt that this was something which the Council was very proud to receive.  The Council last week had hosted a reception for the Army and Sea Cadets from the Town and Mr Griffiths had informed the Mayor of a number issues relating to the British Legion Poppy Appeal Campaign.  It was a three week campaign and the Barnsley Region (which covered the former County Borough Area) had raised £91,000 and this was something that everyone could be very proud of and was testament to all the hard work and dedication to all volunteers who had participated in the campaign.

 

Members of the Council expressed their appreciation for the receipt of this Certificate in the usual manner.

 

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