Lord-Lieutenant’s engagements 2022

July 2022

2 July
7:00am Bedford Hospital Charity & Friends Charity Bike Ride, Bedford Hospital
1:00pm Opening of Bedford Disabled Horse Riding Association (BDHRA) Fete - Nick Kier BEM DL
6:00pm ABF The Soldiers Charity Beating the Retreat, Howbury Hall, Bedford

3 July
11:00am Opening of Queen Elizabeth Platinum Community Orchard, Maulden
 
5 July
12:00pm Bedfordshire Games
4:00pm Meeting with Laura Church, Bedford Borough Council CEO

6 July
3:00pm Meeting with Commodore Rob Bellfield, Naval Regional Commander London and Eastern England

7 July
10:00am Bedford Hospital Charity & Friends Charity Golf Day
1:30pm Presentation of Jubilee Coins to St Augustine's Academy, Dunstable - Vice Lord-Lieutenant Chris Sharwood-Smith MBE
3:00pm Rose planting to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the BLMK Clinical Commissioning Group, Marston Moreteyne – Vice Lord-Lieutenant Chris Sharwood-Smith MBE
6:00pm Harpur Trust Art Competition Prize Giving Ceremony - Liz Toogood DL

8 July
10:00am Citizenship Ceremony, Ampthill - Sue Lousada DL
12:30pm Opening of the Paul Fuller Memorial Garden, Bedfordshire Fire Rescue & Service Headquarters, Bedford

10 July
3:00pm Cadet Awards Ceremony, Bedfordshire Fire Rescue & Service Headquarters, Bedford
7:00pm Music at the Mill - Tribute to Brian Woodrow OBE DL, Sharnbrook Mill Theatre

11 July
10:30am Queens Award for Voluntary Service presentation to Biggleswade Good Neighbours, Biggleswade Baptist Church
2:00pm Queens Award for Voluntary Service presentation to the John Bunyan Community Boat, Sovereign Quay, Bedford
6:30pm New Deputy Lieutenant Commissioning Ceremony, Forest of Marston Vale

13 July
10:00am Queens Award for Voluntary Service presentation to Bedfordshire Open Door, Bedfordshire Golf Club
2:00pm Queens Award for Enterprise presentation to VEXO International (UK), Biggleswade 
7:30pm Licensing of the Vicar of Silsoe, Pulloxhill and Flitton, St James Church, Silsoe - Major Simon Sadler TD DL

14 July
10:00am Meeting with Friends of St Owens Church, Bromham
5:00pm Love Luton Summer Reception, Luton Hoo Hotel

15 July
10:00am Citizenship Ceremony, Ampthill - Colonel Colin Mason OBE TD DL
12:00pm Meeting with Surinder Arora, Luton Hoo Hotel
2:00pm Queens Award for Voluntary Service presentation to The Safer Luton Partnership, Chaul End Community Centre, Luton

16 July    
10:30am 100th Birthday of Nellie Phillips, Dukeminster Court Care Home, Dunstable - Cynthia Gresham DL

17 July
2:30pm Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends Drivers Afternoon Tea, Bedford

18 July
10:00am Queens Green Canopy Meeting (virtual)

19 July
6:00pm Council Meeting, Town Hall, Luton

20 July    
10:00am Age Concern Luton Coffee Morning, Vesper House, Luton
2:00pm Presentation of Jubilee Coins to Maple Tree Primary School, Sandy - Major Simon Sadler TD DL
7:00pm Institution, Induction and Installation of Revd David Thomas as Vicar of Christ Church, Bedford

21 July    
10:00am Chief Executives Forum Awayday, Dunstable Community Fire Station

22 July    
11:30am University of Bedfordshire Civic Graduation Ceremony, Bedford

23 July
2:00pm Bedford River Festival Civic Reception and Afternoon Tea

24 July    
9:00am Sikh Charity Bike Ride, Sikh Gurdwara, Luton

25 July
4:30pm Civic Reception for Ghanaian Paralympic Commonwealth Team, Town Hall, Luton 
5:00pm University of Bedfordshire Graduation Ceremony, Luton - Dr Joan Bailey MBE JP DL

27 July
10:00am Queens Award for Enterprise presentation to Element 1 Engineering, Luton
2:00pm Afternoon Tea with Bedfordshire Police, The Swan Hotel, Bedford
6:00pm DITG Chicksands Annual Formal Reception, The Priory Officer’s Mess, Chicksands

29 July
10:00am Citizenship Ceremony, Ampthill - Colonel Tony Winton OBE DL