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MAYOR OF WORCESTER
Meet the new Mayor

A new Mayor of Worcester has taken over the chain of office, after

being voted in by members of Worcester City Council. Councillor Louis
Stephen is the first member of the Green Party to hold the honour.

He says: “The role of Mayor
has existed for centuries,
and it is a great honour to
be named as the first Green
Mayor of Worcester.”

Cllr Stephen has begun
a busy year of Mayoral
engagements and he is
committed to getting to as
many of them as possible
using pedal-power.

The Mayor said: “I’m a
keen cyclist and my bike is
my main method of travel.
There are clear societal
benefits to using more
active ways to travel like
walking and cycling, and I
think leaders have a role in
breaking down barriers and
changing social norms.
Heat Systems that his The Lady Mayoress is his and the Elgar Chorale. Louis
“There may be a few rare eyes were first opened to wife of 35 years, Katey and Katey have two grown-
situations where we have a career in engineering. Stephen, a Worcester- up children, Alaric and
to travel by car, but if the He went on to study the born professional ecologist Bryony.
Mayor and Mayoress can subject at Loughborough with a keen interest in
arrive at an event on bikes, University and management botany. In her spare time, Cllr Stephen was first
I hope it will encourage at Cranfield University. the Mayoress sings in elected to the Battenhall
others to do the same.” Worcester’s Choral Society ward in 2016.
Cllr Stephen had a
LOCAL LAD successful career working HELP THE MAYOR TO SUPPORT OLDER CITIZENS
Louis Stephen grew up in in a range of engineering The Mayor says: “My theme for my year in office is
Worcestershire and was businesses, and rose creating a community that values and includes our older
educated in the city, and through the ranks of citizens, and with that in mind I have chosen Age UK as
it was while he was on a Worcester Bosch to become my charity for the year.
school trip to Worcester a senior manager.
“Age UK are an amazing charity that support lonely
and isolated older people in our community who, for
whatever reason, have dropped through the cracks in
our social services system.

“Among the standout things they do which I want to
support are a free energy assessment service where they
visit a resident’s home to support them in reducing their
energy usage whilst keeping warm. They also help older
residents tackle loneliness with opportunities to get out
of the house to socialise with others.”

You can donate to the Mayor’s appeal at
www.worcester.gov.uk/mayor.

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