April 2022
1 April
10:00am Citizenship Ceremony, Ampthill Registry Office – Deborah Inskip OBE DL
3 April
3:00pm Installation of the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Elstow Abbey – Vice Lord-Lieutenant Chris Sharwood-Smith MBE
5 April
9:30am East Anglia RFCA Annual General Meeting, Cambridge
6 April
4:00pm Meeting with Rev Mike Jones, Vicar of St Mary’s Church, Luton (virtual)
7 April
9:30am Meet and Greet the President of Poland, Luton Airport
4:30pm Meeting with Garry Forsyth, Chief Constable, Bedfordshire Police
6:30pm Presentation of Lord-Lieutenant Certificates of Meritorious Service, Army Reserve Centre, Bedford
13 April
11:30am Visit to CANter Equine Assisted Therapy, Gravenhurst
19 April
7:00pm Lieutenancy Talk to Barton Le Clay Rotary Club – Major Simon Sadler TD DL
20 April
10:00am Official naming of Queens Wood with Forest of Marston Vale and Woodland Trust
2:00pm Meeting with Rebecca Wileman, Centre Parcs, Woburn Forest
21 April
11:00am St George’s Day Charity Golf Event, Bedford
12:00pm Opening of Bedfordshire Police Custody Suite – Vice Lord-Lieutenant Chris Sharwood-Smith MBE
22 April
10:00am Citizenship Ceremony, Ampthill Registry Office – Colonel Tony Winton OBE DL
23 April
8:30am Opening of the Peace Procession for Vaisakhi Celebration, Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Luton
24 April
3:00pm Mayor of Houghton Regis Civic Service, All Saints Church, Houghton Regis – Vinod Tailor MBE DL
5:00pm Luton Supports Ukraine Fundraising Event, St Mary’s Church, Luton – Vinod Tailor MBE DL
25 April
9:30am Queens Green Canopy Meeting (virtual)
2:00pm Service of Thanksgiving Recce, St Mary’s Church, Luton – Lord-Lieutenant and DL panel members
26 April
12:00pm Service of Thanksgiving panel meeting – Lord-Lieutenant and DL panel members (virtual)
27 April
10:00am Visit to ACCM UK, Bedford
7:00pm Mayor of Dunstable Civic Dinner, Dunstable – Cynthia Gresham DL
28 April
10:00am Visit to Headway Bedford
7:00pm Bedford Independent Everyday Hero Awards Ceremony, Quarry Theatre, Bedford
7:00pm Bedford Steet Iftar, Bedford – Susan Lousada DL