Over the past few days, I’ve been to a number of events focusing on young people. On Monday I went to an International Youth Day in Leyton organised by the Metropolitan Police Service. The day was designed to make young people more aware of the educational and other opportunities available to help them make the most of their potential. It also gave me the chance to publicly thank the Waltham Forest Police Cadets for all their hard work in supporting the Mayor’s Charity Appeal – they are a real credit to the Borough.
On Wednesday, I was invited to a fund-raising event in support of ‘Schools4Change’, an initiative dedicated to building a state-of-the-art school in Kashmir, before coming back to the Town Hall to help mark Pakistan Independence Day with a short flag raising ceremony. It was great to see so many people – residents, councillors and staff – gather round the flag pole. And we were honoured to have Mrs Fiza Batool, the Community Welfare Attache from the Pakistan High Commission join us in the sunshine.
Finally, I had the great honour of meeting Prudence Rudlin who was 100 years young on Thursday. Pru is a local girl, born and bred in Walthamstow. She’s worked hard throughout her life and has done lots of charity work for her Church. Pru’s family made me very welcome and it was a delight to share in her celebrations.
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