Green Councillor Abi Mills, who completed her year as Mayor on 9th May, has announced the impressive total that the Mayoral team raised for charity during her term – believed to be the most that any Mayor of Lancaster has raised by quite some margin.
Abi’s Music with The Mayor initiative – a joint project with Citizens Advice North Lancashire – celebrated a variety of local musicians across the district as well as bringing in high-profile acts. The numerous fundraising gigs raised a whopping £32,500. Abi also raised over £5,000 for Cancer Research, Cancercare and Smile for ME in separate events.
Green Councillors Hamish Mills and Sam Riches supported Abi as part of the Mayoral Team; between them they attended well over 100 events across Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and beyond.
Abi said:
“It has been an honour to represent Lancaster District throughout the year, meeting people from local charities, organisations and seeing all the good there is in our community – thank you to everyone who invited us to their events, and thanks also to all those who supported our charity fundraisers.”