Castle Cary Town Council (CCTC) were honoured and delighted to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq to a formal presentation to celebrate the wonderful volunteers in their community on Friday 7th February in The Market House, Castle Cary.
Castle Cary Town councillors greeted Mr Saddiq over coffee and gave him a short tour of the building, visiting the Tourist Office and Museum with the tour ending in the Assembly room on the top floor. The Assembly room featured an exhibition of displays from over 30 volunteer groups. Mr Saddiq made his way around the room, visiting all the stands and chatting to the volunteers, whilst presenting them with a certificate to acknowledge their time and commitment to their voluntary group or charity. This was followed by three presentations by local groups, Cary Cares, Tools for self reliance and the Litterati and speeches by Mr Saddiq and Judi Morison, Chair of CCTC. The occasion concluded with a delicious buffet lunch for everyone in the Shambles downstairs, prepared by a fabulous team of volunteers. It was a wonderful occasion, and a fantastic opportunity for our volunteers to get together and to be recognised for their valuable work in the community by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Mr Mohammed Saddiq. CCTC would like to express their sincere thanks to Mr Saddiq for being part of the celebrations and creating such special memories for our volunteers. To view the full gallery of photos please click here.
The event was formed as part of CCTC’s commitment to celebrate volunteering in the community, following a discussion at a Community Conversation (an open public meeting) on what is the definition of a volunteer. It was agreed that it is someone who regularly commits their time to a voluntary group or charity as an act of service to their community.
