On Sunday I attended the Mayor’s Civic Service to welcome the Mayor into his new role.  Councillor Leo Walters has taken on the role of Mayor for the second time, having previously served as Mayor from 2002-2003. 

Councillor Walters is the Royal Borough’s longest serving councillor, having first been elected as a Parish Councillor in Bray 40 years ago!  I was pleased to hear that one of his priorities will be promoting the voluntary sector in our area.  Often, where the state has failed to provide for some of the most vulnerable people in our society, the voluntary sector takes up the slack.  So we are certainly fortunate in Windsor to have such a wide range of voluntary organisations ranging from hospices and carers’ support groups to educational and animal welfare charities and I look forward to working with the Councillor Walters to assist our local charities in the fantastic work that they do.

It is good to see a change in leadership in the Royal Borough and I look forward to working with the Mayor and councillors for the benefit of local residents.