The new Mayor of Greenwich was inaugurated at a ceremony held in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College last week.
Councillor Barbara Barwick was elected to the post of Mayor at a meeting of Greenwich Council on the 19th May. Councillor Jim Gillman, himself a former Mayor, was appointed as the Deputy Mayor for the year.
Councillor Barwick’s will be accompanied by her husband, Fred, on official duties and he’ll known as the Mayor’s Consort.
The Mayor commented:
“The coming year will see our role as host for the Olympics and Paralympics get even closer, and I am sure that it will be a year in which the excitement continues to build. There is great anticipation at the return in 2012 of the Cutty Sark – a real emblem for the borough, which has been greatly missed. The arrival of two new battalions at Woolwich Barracks is also a great opportunity to reaffirm the borough’s close relationship with the army and I know we will want to provide a very warm welcome to our new residents”.
The Greenwich Carers Centre and the Medical Foundation for the care of Victims of Torture have been chosen as the Mayoral charities for the year.