Wisbech Town Council

The Role of the Mayor

The Mayor of Wisbech supports the local community. Part of the civic duties of the Wisbech Town Mayor is to attend events and functions, to promote the Town. The Mayor's duty and main responsibility is to chair the meetings of Full Council for the civic year.

Inviting the Mayor to an event

The Mayor of Wisbech welcomes invitations to attend events and support the local community. Part of the civic duties of the Wisbech Town Mayor is to attend events and functions, to promote the Town, and to mark special occasions or events. This may involve opening an event, making a short speech, or presenting awards or prizes.

All invitations for a civic attendance at your event MUST be made in writing, giving full details. Please use the link below for a pro-forma for your convenience.

Please complete the form and return to the Town Council by email or post. Please give as much notice as possible. NB: the Mayor and Deputy are not based in the council office and time must be allowed for them to be contacted and check their civic, work and personal diaries. A response will be sent ASAP.

Some events are not appropriate for the Mayor (in chains of office) to attend.
These include;-

• overtly political functions/events,
• controversial events,
• anything likely to bring the Office of Mayor, or the Council, into disrepute
• being paid as an individual to attend
• commercial events where there is no obvious benefit to the people of the Town.

If in doubt, please contact the Town Clerk for advice.

Sometimes the Mayor/Deputy will have several commitments on the same day. In these circumstances, please do not be offended if they have to leave before the end of your event. Therefore; if there is a particular part of your event that you want the Mayor/Deputy to be present for, please make sure you note this on the form.

The Town Council/Mayor does not invite anyone else to, or inform others of, your event, including the Press. If you wish the Press or any other persons to attend you must organise this yourself.

It may be possible to ask the Mayor to invite other local authority dignitaries to an event on your behalf. However, you will need to discuss this in detail with the Mayor's office.