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HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh attends a concert in Wells Cathedral
September 27, 2024As Patron of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh attended a concert in Wells Cathedral on 26th September, in support of the Drakensberg Boys Choir. All funds raised on the evening contributed to a bursary scheme…
BBC Radio Somerset Make a Difference Awards 2024
September 24, 2024The Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq was joined by his Vice, Mr Ted Allen DL at the BBC Radio Somerset Make a Difference Awards 2024. The ceremony, held at Quantock Lakes in Nether Stowey, was a humbling experience, showcasing…
Wells Cathedral Organ Appeal
September 23, 2024From Ted Allen, Vice Lord-Lieutenant: I recently attended a reception in the Undercroft and a concert in the Quire of Wells Cathedral. This was to mark the refurbishment appeal reaching half way towards the target of £2m. The range of…
Launch of the Emerging Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Working Group
September 19, 2024From Nigel Beacom DL: Congratulations to Richard Lowe and Claire Arbery and the rest of their team on the launch of the Emerging Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Working Group at the iAero Centre in Yeovil last night. It was a pleasure…
The Lord-Lieutenant welcomes HRH The Princess Royal to the FAAM, Yeovilton
September 13, 2024The Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq was delighted to be able to welcome Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton this afternoon as Patron on the occasion of the FAAMs 60th Anniversary.…
The Lord-Lieutenant welcomes Her Majesty the Queen to The Dyson Cancer Centre, RUH, Bath
September 3, 2024The Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq welcomed Her Majesty the Queen to the Dyson Cancer Centre at the RUH in Bath this morning. In attendance were the many staff who work at the Centre and various other stakeholders involved…
Somerset Young Farmers Celebrate 90th Anniversary
August 12, 2024On a very hot afternoon, Mr Robert Drewett DL represented the Lord-Lieutenant at a very well attended party to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Somerset Young Farmers at their headquarters at Westonzoyland. A tree was planted by County Chair Sam…
New Citizens in Somerset
August 7, 2024From Denis Burn MBE DL: I greatly enjoyed being present at a Citizenship Ceremony in Weston-super-Mare. It was lovely to present certificates to people from all around the world and to witness the pleasure that this gave to the new…
Unveiling of the Admiral Arthur Phillip Memorial
August 1, 2024On July 11th the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq joined The Britain-Australia Society Education Trust (BASET) and the Britain-Australia Society (BES) in Sydney Gardens, Bath, at the unveiling of a memorial commemorating the 200th year anniversary of the death…
Visit to RNAS Yeovilton for Families Day
July 26, 2024The Vice Lord-Lieutenant Ted Allen DL and Brigadier Nigel Beacom DL represented the Lord-Lieutenant at the Families Day at RNAS Yeovilton this morning. Over 3,000 serving members and families braved the weather to turn up to a fascinating event with…
A new community venture in Taunton – THRIVE
July 25, 2024From: Mrs Jennifer Duke DL. It was a great pleasure to represent the Lord-Lieutenant on Wednesday, 24th July at the launch of a new community venture – THRIVE – in Taunton. Diversity Voice, which is the Taunton Mayor’s charity of…
Weston super Mare Stroke Club visit
July 24, 2024From Ian Kelham DL: Yesterday I attended a meeting on behalf of the Lord-Lieutenant of the Weston-super-Mare stroke club. They hold weekly meetings at Worle Golf Club as well as regular outings. The club has been running for almost 21…
Bath Citizenship Ceremony
July 18, 2024This morning (18th July) the Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Mr Edward (Ted) Allen DL attended a Citizenship Ceremony in The Guildhall, Bath, along with The High Sheriff, Rob Beckley and The Chair of B&NES, Cllr Karen Walker. On a beautiful morning it was…
Sound & Vision 15th Anniversary Celebrations
July 10, 2024Congratulations to Dom Chambers, CEO of Sound Vision and Somer Valley FM, for his leadership over the last 15 years. His charity supports young people who lack opportunity by partnering with local schools and community groups. Don gave a motivational…
Wells in Mosaic
July 8, 2024From Ted Allen, Vice Lord-Lieutenant: The Lord-Lieutenant and I had the pleasure of visiting the creative work forming part of the ‘Wells in Mosaic’ project. When completed this mosaic will be a walkable street map of the smallest city in…
Lieutenancy Visit to SWT Coronation Meadow
June 27, 2024Today the Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset visited the ‘Coronation Meadow’, an 87 acre Farm on the Mendips near Priddy. This farm has been managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust for the last 32 years and is the largest area of regenerated meadow…
King’s Birthday Honours List Announced
June 14, 2024“From the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mohammed Saddiq: Congratulations to all the residents of our county who have today received awards in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Every one of them richly deserved. They are: Knighthood, Andrew David Marsh QPM, for…
Somerset Lieutenancy supports the ‘Big Help Out’
June 7, 2024Somerset Lieutenancy supports the ‘Big Help Out’ between 7 and 9 June, to encourage as many people as possible across the county to help out in their local communities by volunteering. More information can be found on The Big Help…
D Day 80 Commemorations in Somerset
June 7, 2024The Lieutenancy was hugely honoured to be part of D-Day commemorative events across Somerset – from Glastonbury to Whitchurch, from Taunton to Winscombe. Lord-Lieutenant Mohammed Saddiq joined the commemoration event at the top of Glastonbury Tor. It culminated with a…
Mayor of Wells Installation at Wells Town Hall
May 20, 2024On Saturday I attended the Mayor’s installation event at Wells Town Hall. Cllr Jasmine Brown was elected as the 650th Mayor of Wells at a ceremony attended by the full City Council and many dignitaries from neighbouring towns, family and…