North East Lincolnshire's new mayor, Cllr Marian Boyd, keen to raise funds for dementia charity

                                                         

North East Lincolnshire's new mayor - Cllr Marian Boyd

A DEMENTIA charity is set to be one of the beneficiaries of the year in office of North East Lincolnshire's new mayor, Cllr Marian Boyd.

Chris Suich set up the charity, Bob's Brainwaves, after her husband, Bob, began suffering memory loss in 2003.

He is a former manager of the Embassy Theatre in Skegness, then head of tourism and entertainment at Manby-based East Lindsey District Council.

The new mayor's other chosen charity needs no introduction - it is the RNLI.

Cllr Boyd, who has been a representative for Grimsby's Park ward since 2022,  was elected  at the annual mayor-making ceremony held in Grimsby Town Hall yesterday evening.

She certainly knows her way around local government.

She  began her career in 1972 in what was then the Great Grimsby County Borough Council, working in the education department before transferring to the housing department.

Subsequently, she became a college lecturer.

Her consort will be David Boyd and her chaplain will be the Rev Andrew Race.

The new deputy mayor is Cllr Robson Augusta.

In her speech, Cllr Boyd thanked council colleagues for their support and described becoming mayor as "a great honour".