The Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Mark Cuthbert-Brown joined the Royal British Legion county chair, Ian Williams and county president Marius Coulon, together with Ollie Ollerton from Channel 4’s SAS Who Dares Wins to launch the Shropshire Poppy Map – an interactive Google Map which shows...
The Lord-Lieutenant would like to congratulate the Shropshire residents who have received honours in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours. These Honours, which were to be announced on the Queen’s official birthday in June, were delayed because of the Coronavirus and the list now...
HRH The Princess Royal visited Shropshire on September 28th arriving by helicopter to make a private visit to Harper Adams University, Edgmond, where she is Chancellor. Her Royal Highness was hosted by The Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire and the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Dr David Llewellyn who said“It...
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is Britain’s top award for charities and the third sector. Often described as the MBE for voluntary working groups, the QAVS recognises the striving of volunteers who improve the lives of others. It was created by HM the Queen...
This year’s global pandemic has made the world sit up and rethink how we communicate with each other especially when it comes to the virtual world.Now, in her second year, the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Mrs Anna Turner has seen all the royal visits to the...
We are delighted to announce that five Shropshire groups are to be honoured in 2020 with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is Britain’s highest award for voluntary groups, for charities and for social enterprises. It is given to groups of volunteers working and benefitting others, to...
The Queen's Award for Enterprise is the most prestigious of business awards. Those who succeed in winning an award are allowed touse this official crest to help promote their business, they are also invited to a winners reception at Buckingham Palace. For the past couple of...
It was a sad start to the year as I attended the funeral of Liz Holt a former DL, I didn't know her but wished I had having heard the stories about her and what a personality she was. Fast cars and helping others seemed...
My appointment on 2nd January 2019, following the retirement of Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, began with a deluge of emails and letters from many organisations, asking me to be patron or to be involved in their work. Curiosity about the first woman Lord-Lieutenant appointed in Shropshire...
My first event of October was to present the awards at the Drapers Company Young Textile Design Competition in Shrewsbury. So many talented young people and the standard of work was incredible. The following night I attended a concert raising funds in support of the...
