NEW MAYOR EAGER TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOOK AFTER ENVIRONMENT

Cllr Beasant (left) and his deputy, Cllr Lindley

EAST Marsh ward councillor Stephen Beasant has been sworn in as the new Mayor of North East Lincolnshire.

He succeeds outgoing Mayor Cllr David Hasthorpe, who last night (Thursday) passed over the chains of office at the annual Mayor Making ceremony at Grimsby Town Hall.

In a break with tradition, Cllr Beasant did not specify the charity or charities he would be supporting this year.

Instead, beneficiaries from  the Mayoral Fund will be announced at the end of his year in office.

The Mayor has set up a Just Giving Page for the fundraising activities at www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/steve-beasant 

Alternatively, anyone wishing to donate to the mayoral fund can send a cheque to the Mayor’s Parlour at Grimsby Town Hall marked ‘Mayoral Charities’.

Among his first civic duties will be to start  the Ørsted Great Grimsby 10K on Sunday 5 June.

Cllr Beasant thanked all those who supported him and said one of his ambitions for his year as mayor is to encourage more young people to get involved in looking after their local environment.

Cllr Beasant was Deputy Mayor last year and will be supported by his wife Carol, as Mayoress, and by new Deputy Mayor, Cllr Ian Lindley.

Councillors and senior officers pose for the camera in Grimsby Town Hall