Stone Town Council – Mayor’s Charity Sub Committee Meeting Agenda
Town Clerk: Les Trigg
15 Station Road, Stone, ST15 8JP
Tel: 01785 619740 | Email: clerk@stonetowncouncil.gov.uk
8 July 2025
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the MAYOR’S CHARITY SUB COMMITTEE will be held in the Council Chamber at 15 Station Road, Stone, on TUESDAY 15 JULY 2025 at 7:10pm or on the rising of the Environment Sub-Committee, if later.
The agenda is set out below and I trust you will be able to attend.
Les Trigg
Town Clerk
Councillors: J. Metters (Chairman), A. Best (Vice Chairman), J. Davies, L. Davies, I. Fordham, T. Kelt, R. Kenney, P. Leason, J. Powell and R. Townsend
AGENDA
1. To receive apologies for absence
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Requests for Dispensations
4. Representations from Members of the Public
To consider representations from members of the public on items to be considered at this meeting, in accordance with the Council’s scheme of public participation.
5. Minutes of previous meeting
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Mayor’s Charity Sub Committee held on 16 July 2024, Minute Numbers: MC25/001 – MC25/006 (attached).
6. Mayor 2024-25
To report the final amounts donated to the Mayor’s charities.
7. Mayor 2025-26
To confirm the charity/charities for the year.
Will any Councillors who wish to speak at this meeting, but are not members of the SubCommittee, please inform the Chairman before the start of the meeting.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the Mayor’s Charity Sub-Committee Meeting as observers and/or to make representations to the committee in accordance with the Council’s scheme of public participation. Details of this scheme are displayed on the Town Council’s noticeboards and website.
Please access the Council Chamber from the rear of the building.
Stone Town Council – Mayor’s Charity Sub-Committee Minutes
Minutes of the meeting held in the Council Chamber at 15 Station Road, Stone, on Tuesday 16 July 2024
PRESENT: Councillor P. Leason in the Chair and Councillors: J. Davies, L. Davies, J. Powell and R. Townsend
Officers: L. Trigg, R. Edwards and T. Williams
ABSENT: Councillor: I. Fordham, T. Kelt, R. Kenney and J. Metters
MC25/001 Apologies
Apologies were received from Councillors: T. Kelt, R. Kenney and J. Metters
MC25/002 Declarations of Interest and Requests for Dispensations
None
MC25/003 Representations from Members of the Public
None
MC25/004 Minutes of previous meeting
The minutes of the Mayor’s Charity Sub-Committee meeting held on 20 June 2023, Minute Numbers MC24/001 – MC24/006 were approved as a correct record.
MC25/005 Mayor 2023-24 – Report of final amounts donated to the Mayor’s Charities
The Town Mayor invited the Past Town Mayor to address the Sub-Committee.
The Town Mayor 2023-24 reported that during his Mayoral year a sum of £2,100 had been raised, to be equally allocated between the Past Town Mayor’s chosen charities which were Age Concern Stone & District and Oak Tree Farm Rural Project.
The Past Town Mayor, Councillor J. Davies, was congratulated on raising a good sum of money.
RESOLVED: That the total sum collected on behalf of the Mayor’s Charities for the year 2023-24 be apportioned equally between Age Concern Stone & District and Oak Tree Farm Rural Project.
MC25/006 Mayor 2024-25 – To confirm the charities for the year
The Town Mayor, Councillor Philip Leason, proposed that his chosen Mayor’s charities for the year 2024-25 would be:
- • Stone Community First Responders (as his main charity) with contributions also made to:
- • Stone Stroke Club, and
- • Stone Alzheimers Club
RESOLVED: To support the Mayor’s choice of proposed charities.