/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/Latest Blog Posts from Preston City Council (Past mayor - Cllr Keith Sedgewick)en-gbWeb-Labs SCM RSS Feed 2.060Last week was my final full week as Mayor of Preston, and I took the opportunity to visit the North West Air Ambulance on Thursday 13 May. I have supported this charity throughout the year, and it was a pleasure to meet the crew and see how they g...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/5/fond-farewell/Mon, 17 May 2010 15:27:40 GMTEarlier this week I took a trip to the University of Central Lancashire for some red carpet treatment at a special film premiere! Over the past few months our communications department has been working with animation students at UCLan to produce...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/4/red-carpet-treatment/Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:34:38 GMTThe annual Egg Rolling festival is taking place this weekend, and I for one am looking forward to a fun-filled family day out this Easter Monday! The event dates back over 200 years to the Victorian era, yet the family tradition of rolling your ...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/4/roll-roll/Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:52:08 GMTI took a life-saving trip down to the flag market on February 20th to help the local Lions club promote their ‘message in a bottle’ campaign. The idea is a very simple one, which encourages people to keep their personal and medical d...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/3/message-bottle/Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTAfter sending my thanks to the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service in my last blog, I have been fortunate enough to spend sometime with the team and learn more about the work that they do. Last week I was invited to Deepdale Fire Station for an im...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/2/day-fire-rescue-service/Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:41:40 GMTOn behalf of all the partners of Preston City Council I would like to send my condolences to the people of Haiti during what continues to be an extremely difficult time. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to the Lancashire Fire and Re...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/2/haiti-earthquake/Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTNow that the snow has finally melted I would like to wish you all a very belated Happy New Year! 2010 may have got off to an icy start, but it seems we have all survived the elements and thing are getting back to normal. Last week saw the launch ...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2010/1/kick-starting-2010/Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMTLast month St. Anthony’s parish in Fulwood celebrated 50 years of their church being consecrated. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, the church was built on land then populated with private ho...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2009/12/st-anthony-parish-celebrates-50-years/Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:46:40 GMTAs the Mayor and Mayoress we were invited to St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School on yesterday for the launch of the British Gas Pools4Schools project, alongside special guests Olympic swimmer Mark Foster and the Preston North End “Dee...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2009/11/pools4schools-comes-preston/Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:17 GMTPrestonians should be very proud of the city’s success at the North West in Bloom awards ceremony last week, when Preston walked away as the second runner-up in the City category. Considering that this is the first time we have competed for ...http://www.preston.gov.uk/blogs/past-mayor-cllr-keith-sedgewick/2009/10/preston-blooming-great/Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:47:17 GMT