Help!! What is Town Mayor Roxie to do when she loses something very precious to her and indeed, the whole town..? Just before she’s ready to give up, along comes a small, magimistical bear called Strumbold… This is the story of their adventure - about love, keeping promises and finding magic in everyday stuff. It’s a book to be read out loud to the special (big and small) people in your life. Amongst the kerfuffle, confusion and difficulties of living in our world today… this story will help you remember that there are still simple, important things like friendship, kindness, cake and a Festival of Teddy Bears.

Thursday, 30 January 2025

My mission...

I think I have discovered a mission - to help young people to understand & appreciate the role of parish & town councils in our communities. Through the medium of reading my book #TheMayorsBear & explaining how I came to write it - I am hoping I can challenge the narrative that they might be hearing from their parents - that politicians are 'just in it for themselves', or 'they are all the same' or 'they never listen' etc.

In a recent visit to Buckingham Primary School one teacher reminded me of the time I visited in 2018 when I was Mayor & engaged the children in thinking about what would make our town even better for them - they had lots of questions too. 

I was charmed when she said that I really 'got' where the children were at. 

Here's a link to the blog I wrote about that visit.



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