Councillor Sally Markwell was elected Mayor for 2024-2025 with Councillor Maggie Wearmouth as her Deputy.
Mayor of Seaford’s Community Coat
Please join the Mayor and local craft shops in making a Community Coat which will be exhibited during Christmas Magic this year on Saturday 30th November to celebrate Seaford Town Council’s 25 years!
We are reaching out to local groups, schools, churches, and all members of the public who would like to have their patch displayed on the coat. This is another inclusive community initiative that we are organising to bring people together in Seaford and celebrate our amazing community.
Patches need to be:5ins/13cms square, the inside picture needs to be of 4.5ins/11cms. Please use cotton material for patch base – any colour.
Fill your square with a Seaford scene, e.g. view, building, object, animal, plant, colours, etc.
Please bring your patch to the Tourist Office and place in the basket provided no later than 6th November 2024
Many thanks to our Seaford Sewing Community for offering free 5-inch patches which you can collect from their shops.
Please visit Foam and Fabrics at Broad Street, Stitch Therapy, Place Lane and also Terry at Be Creative who is also organising FREE evening workshops to help make your patches. And thanks of course go to ALL of YOU for your wonderful contributions, ensuring the coat will be an iconic fashion design 😊
Join Terry from Be Creative on Weds 16th October and Tuesday 22nd October at 6pm – 8pm to enjoy a free session of patch making with materials, tea and biscuits.
The Mayor of Seaford will focus this year on strengthening community resilience by connecting members of the public with fellow residents and community groups in a bid to enhance Seaford’s community cohesion.
Community Picnics
The Mayor of Seaford invites the people of Seaford to organise community picnics during the summer. Community Picnics are about friendship and support. By inviting people from your neighbourhood, local group or organisation, who you may not know that well to share a small picnic, may give you and others an opportunity to extend the hand of friendship during the summer months.
‘Picnic packs’ can be downloaded below and have lots of ideas about exciting sustainable picnic menus, as well as encouraging everyone to think about being plastic free by reducing and reusing items. We have a wonderful map that highlights all our green spaces where groups of up to 25 people can use for free. There is also an engagement form to invite the Mayor and Deputy Mayor to go along to the picnic as well, the Mayor is really looking forward to an interesting summer! We hope these occasions can continue to flourish with care and support throughout the year, with more people venturing out and finding the support they need.
Download the Community Picnic Pack here: Community Picnic Pack
Or hard copies can be requested by emailing mayors.secretary@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
Thinking of hosting a community picnic? Please let us know! The Mayor would love to attend and also we’d love to share any information or photos from your gathering. Please email: mayors.secretary@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
Mayor’s Charity
The Mayor has chosen Seafriends as her charity this year, this Seaford charity is a befriending group, benefitting anyone in Seaford who feels lonely or isolated.
Keeping Updated
For updates throughout the year, please check the Mayor’s Facebook page, regular reports to Full Council meetings (linked below) or subscribe to email updates from the Town Council (on all of its news and activities) by emailing admin@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
Mayoral Engagements
Details of the Mayoral Engagements and Events are reported in the Mayor’s Report at each Full Council meeting or can be seen on the Mayor’s Facebook page @mayorofseaford
Mayors 2023 – 2024 Reports: Council Meetings
If you wish to book the Mayor for an official engagement, please email mayors.secretary@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
Mayoral Activities
I was privileged to attend our local commemoration of Black History Month this past week and so pleased to meet with our local “Annecy Family’ of schoolchildren who shared a couple of hours with me and other dignitaries, listening to the history of some of the 300 Commonwealth War Graves and those from the British West Indies Regiment.
St Leonard’s Vicarage Tea Party.
I always knew that having tea with the vicar would be delightful and charming, especially when James and Lucy were able to offer such friendship and tasty snacks to their neighbours. Thank you for a lovely afternoon – in between down pours!
On Saturday 7th September the Deputy Mayor of Seaford Maggie Wearmouth and Seaford Councillor Imogen Taylor joined Volunteers, Trustees, staff, friends and family of Lewes District Citizens Advice, to walk from our Newhaven office to The Salts in Seaford to raise £1105.00!! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the walk despite the wet weather.
I was so excited to be attending “A Night at the Musicals’ with Polegate Drama Group courtesy of the Mayor of Polegate, Cllr Dan Dunbar. I was completely blown away by the talents of all the cast members, the youngest taking a debut lead role at 14 years of age. This was an awe-inspiring
evening full of music and dance across the decades, with some very talented acting. I wish the group well and will be sure to return for their Annual Pantomime ‘Sleeping Beauty’, 18th– 26th January 2025!!
A delightful afternoon judging the Number 6 Summer Bake Off Challenge. Well done to everyone who took part in baking some delicious cakes.
I attended the 82nd Dieppe Raid Remembrance Service in Newhaven. This significant event commemorates the brave Allied forces who took part in the Dieppe Raid of 1942, a pivotal and tragic World War II operation.
I was delighted to attend the The Chair of East Sussex Summer Civic Reception at the wonderful Trading Boundaries, in Fletching. (photo credits to Randi Sokoloff #randisokoloff.com
I was so pleased to share the ‘Strawberry Fields’ afternoon at Westerleigh Nursing Home in Seaford
I’m extremely grateful to all who supported my Civic Reception which provided an opportunity for civic dignitaries and local groups to come together to share ideas and make connections with more vulnerable populations in Seaford.
Thank you to all that joined the Mayor of Seaford in celebrating #sussexday this morning. A huge thank you to our Town Crier, Peter White for leading us through proceedings, and Freeman of the Town, Laurie Holland for helping the Mayor hold the flag! (unfortunately the flag pole wasn’t behaving this morning!) #wewuntbedruv #sussexbythesea
I had an enjoyable time at Seahaven FM, to listen to my interview please click on the following link https://player.autopod.xyz/637984
I was honoured to attend the very moving commemorative D-Day 80th anniversary event at Splash Point. It was wonderful to see so many people coming together to take part in paying tribute to the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.
D-Day service at Seaford War Memorial
The Mayor at the reception with the Lord-Lieutenant
The Mayor attended the Sustainability Seaford Fair on Saturday 1st June 2024. www.sharingskills.co.uk
Past Mayors
Each year at its Annual Meeting the Council must elect a Mayor as first point of business; the Mayor then serves in office for the Municipal Year (May to May).
The Council is lucky to have had such a variety of Mayors since its formation in 1999, each with their own aspirations for their time in office and with unswerving dedication to their roles. Often, as the Mayor, they would receive an invite to an engagement on a weekly basis, some weeks as special occasions there may even be three or four engagements – this is on top of their duties and responsibilities as a Councillor, and all carried out voluntarily.
The Council offers its gratitude to those former Mayors of Seaford:
