The High Sheriff of Shropshire

The High Sheriff of Shropshire

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David Stacey, High Sheriff of Shropshire 2015-16

West Mercia Police Cadets. Induction Parade, Hindlip Hall, Worcester

The new recruits gathered at Hindlip Hall.   This great initiative isn’t a recruiting pipeline for the West Mercia Police but takes a mixture of high achievers and young people with challenges.  The cadets develop their spirit of adventure and good citizenship, while supporting their local policing priorities through volunteering, working with partner agencies and positive …

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West Mercia Police Headquarters, Hindlip Hall, Worcester

I love British summer, it’s my favourite day of the year.  How fortunate that if fell on the day of the passing out (literally for one cadet – it really was a hot day) parade for over fifty West Mercia Police Cadets. The cadets marched smartly to the front of the hall where proud family …

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Council Chamber, Shirehall, Shrewsbury. Shropshire Policing Area Commendations and Awards Evening.

The police have had some bad press in the past few years.  Not enough  of the good work they do gets reported with overstretched local media not able to cover all the good news stories and fewer people actually consuming local media in the first place.  The consequence of this has been a reduction in …

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Shrewsbury Sports Village. The Police and Crime Commissioner’s Forward Together Showcase

“Prevention is better than cure”, is one of the key mantras of Bill Longmore, the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Mercia.   The initiatives that help to stop people turning to crime or changing their ways if they are already involved in crime, often go unheralded and the day was an opportunity to showcase some …

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Shrewsbury Sports Village. Shropshire Homes School Sports Festival

Part of the Sainsbury’s School Games programme.  The festival aims to encourage the young to live active and healthy lives and gives them a chance to show off their talents.  Young people, through the Youth Forum, helped put the event on and 150 young people acted as Officials on the day.  Impressive Opening Ceremony with …

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Packwood Haugh School. Ruyton-XI-Towns. High Sheriff’s Event – the theme of which was the “Opportunity and Challenge of Old Age”.

I am not very good at drinks parties so, rather than hosting one I decided to put together an evening with five speakers talking on subjects connected to the theme for my High Sheriff’s year  –  “The Opportunity and Challenge of Old Age”.    More than 250 people gathered in the Mitchell Theatre at Packwood Haugh …

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Telford and Wrekin Business, Rural and Cyber Crime Conference.

It was a lovely, warm June day – not I suspect what the charming Charmaine Woolley, the event organiser wanted because people did stay away, however it was the first event of its kind in the Telford area and will provide a platform for next year. Being the inaugural event there was an impressive list …

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Coleham Junior School. Magna Carta Event.

An assembly of Coleham Primary School in St. Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, celebrated the anniversary of Magna Carta with a signing of their school charter.    What a great idea for helping bring Magna Carta to life.   The usual suspects were there – The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Vice Lord Lieutenant, the Leader of the Council, and me …

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Carers Week Tea Party. Mereside Centre, Shrewsbury.

This was a tea party put on by Celia Macintyre, Diane Cuff, Gail Bonella-Foster supported by other members of Shropshire Rural Community Council and lots of enthusiastic volunteers.   It was put on as part of Carers Week – an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring and highlight the challenges carers face and the contribution …

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Nicholas Vincent on Magna Carta. Hereford Cathedral

Annabel and I ventured over the border for  a marvellous evening put on by the High Sheriff of Herefordshire, Edward Harley, in aid of the Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust.  Following hot on the heels of my visit to the British Library Magna Carta exhibition,  Nicholas Vincent gave a fascinating insight into Hereford’s role in the …

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Magna Carta 800. The British Library

Together, for this once-in-a-lifetime moment, are the iconic documents and artefacts that tell the story of Magna Carta and its legacy: two of the four original 1215 Magna Carta documents, Jefferson’s handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of the original copies of the US Bill of Rights, (the latter two on display in …

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