Uniting a family of nations in common purpose

ANTIGUA AUSTRALIA THE BAHAMAS BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELIZE BOTSWANA BRUNEI CAMEROON AND BARBUDA DARUSSALAM

CANADA CYPRUS DOMINICA FIJI GHANA GRENADA GUYANA INDIA JAMAICA

KENYA KIRIBATI LESOTHO MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALTA MAURITIUS MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA NAURU NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA RWANDA ST KITTS AND NEVIS ST LUCIA

ST VINCENT AND SAMOA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SOLOMON ISLANDS SOUTH AFRICA SRI LANKA SWAZILAND THE GRENADINES

TONGA TRINIDAD TUVALU UGANDA UNITED KINGDOM UNITED REPUBLIC VANUATU ZAMBIA COMMONWEALTH AND TOBAGO OF TANZANIA FLAG 2

‹ Contents ›

Page 3 Message from the Commonwealth Secretary General

Page 4 Introduction from the Originator & Pageantmaster of Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth

Page 5 How to take part

Pages 7-14 A selection of photos from 2015

Page 15 Overview of the Commonwealth

Pages 22-32 Acknowledgements

Page 34 Contact details 3

‹ Message from the Commonwealth Secretary-General ›

Fly a Flag for the Great advances have been made by the Commonwealth commitment, and so it is through establishing links with fellow Commonwealth was Commonwealth through the goodwill, trust, entirely appropriate and welcome that Commonwealth citizens in other member inaugurated on and mutual respect that bind us together individuals in local communities should states through the rich networks of Commonwealth Day as members of a worldwide family. We build gather to mark Commonwealth Day. There accredited Commonwealth organisations 2014 and was for the future on rich inheritances and are many ways in which initiatives at local that work for our common good. immediately shared values of democracy, development level can enhance appreciation of the embraced as a pioneering and innovative and diversity, with special concern for the Commonwealth by its citizens and help to Reflection on the global wisdom that the new way for people to celebrate the richness of our identities, inclusiveness, for communicate the many practical ways in Commonwealth represents can be combined Commonwealth in local communities. Flags women, and for youth. These contributions which the Commonwealth makes a with celebration as we raise the flag for were raised at over 750 places across the to the global good, and the spirit in which difference around the world. Commonwealth Day with pride in our shared Commonwealth in 2015, and all looks set they were achieved, deserve greater public inheritance, and dedicate ourselves afresh for there to be more than 1,000 local recognition. Fly-a-Flag for the Fly-a-Flag is an opportunity to mark to progress and prosperity, with equality, ceremonies and celebrations on Commonwealth is a way for all of us to Commonwealth Day, wherever we may be, equity, and opportunity for all. Commonwealth Day 2016. take part in spreading the message. and at the same time to consider the personal and community contributions we This is a remarkable trajectory and shows the Concern for the welfare of all and the can make towards shaping our collective extent to which Fly-a-Flag for the advancement of each is central to our future. We can each find mutual enrichment Commonwealth is capturing the imagination of people of all ages and proving its value as His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma a means by which we can join together with Commonwealth Secretary-General others in more widespread public expression of appreciation for the Commonwealth, the opportunities it offers, and the values it stands for. We welcome and applaud this imaginative initiative.

Our Commonwealth flag is our shared symbol of a unique global community in which every citizen is celebrated for his or For further information about the her own uniqueness. Our flag unites us Commonwealth please google - wherever we are around the globe. Commonwealth Secretariat 4

‹ Introduction from the Originator & Pageantmaster of Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth ›

The overwhelming success and high level of Later that day, before the We are confident that those who participated in 2014 and 2015 participation in Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth in its annual Commonwealth will take part again, opening up their events to schools and an first two years gives us great confidence for the future Observance, the final flag even wider range of local community groups and organisations. of this unique annual celebration. I hope you will join us was raised by His on Commonwealth Day 2016 as we prepare to Excellency Kamalesh With the generous support and involvement of the National commemorate an association of 53 independent and Sharma, Secretary- Association of Local Councils (NALC) and One Voice Wales equal sovereign states - a family of nations. General of the we are encouraging all the town and parish councils in Commonwealth. England and Wales, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to Commonwealth Day 2015 saw more than 750 participate. The community councils in Scotland have been Commonwealth flags raised by local authorities, town and It was the largest single invited to join us too. parish councils, youth organisations and community groups co-ordinated raising of throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, the Commonwealth flag Once again, we are encouraging the involvement of youth UK Overseas Territories and Commonwealth in a shared in the 50-year history of organisations and schools throughout the Commonwealth, moment of celebration. the organisation and, to to provide them with a unique educational platform. As part John Howes, pictured on the left, raises the delight all those of the 2016 celebrations we will be urging everyone taking the Commonwealth Flag at the Cliff attending ceremonies part, especially schools, to support one of the charities Hotel, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. around the UK, a shown on pages 17-22 by organising an educational project message of support and to help people understand some of the problems that encouragement was read from Her Majesty The Queen, millions of Commonwealth citizens face in their daily lives. Head of the Commonwealth. I do hope that you will join our international celebration. Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth will increase in size and Please go to page five of this publication and follow steps 1, For the first time in Maritime History, all the 11 ships of stature over the next few years, involving all of the countries of 2, 3, and 4 providing us with the requested information by P&O Cruises and Cunard Line raised the Commonwealth the Commonwealth and growing into a global celebration. no later than the 31st January 2016. flag on board ship at 10am local time, wherever they were in the world at that time. In 2016 we will be encouraging Commonwealth countries to raise the Commonwealth flag in their capital cities at 10am I am delighted to confirm that the oldest person in the World local time on 14th March as part of a multi-cultural event Bruno Peek to raise the Commonwealth flag on the 9th March 2015, across the time zones, starting in Tonga with the support Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR was World War II Veteran, John Howes, who celebrated his and involvement of the Girl Guide Association of the Originator & Pageantmaster 100th Birthday in 2015. (Please see picture above centre) Kingdom of Tonga. Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth 5

‹ How to take part ›

1. Confirm your involvement please How to purchase your Commonwealth Flag The Event - 10am on Monday 14th March - send the following information to: Our official supplier is: Commonwealth Day 2016 (a) Fly a Flag protocol. The flag should be flown with the [email protected] as soon as JW Plant & Co Ltd toggle at the top, with the open end of the ‘C’ pointing possible, but by no later than the 39 Ashley Road away from the pole. 31st January 2016. Leeds LS9 7AJ (b) Before raising your flag please read out the Commonwealth Name of Council, organisation or another. Flags may be purchased in a number of ways: Affirmation below to all attending . This could be undertaken by a Name of contact/co-ordinator. civic leader or someone specially chosen from your community. Telephone number/s. Online: www.jwplant.co.uk BUY NOW The Commonwealth Affirmation: Mobile. Please follow the links provided “Joining together as members of one worldwide Email address. Email: [email protected] Commonwealth community, and valuing the personal dignity Flag location including postcode. Telephone: 0113 248 0454 CONTACT and worth of every citizen, we raise this flag as a symbol of Fax: 0113 235 0118 JW PLANT the ties of kinship and affinity that we cherish. We draw 2. Download the Fly a Flag Logo and the Guide To inspiration from our diversity, and the opportunities for Taking Part. Flag costs - 90” x 54” = £38.00 including delivery plus VAT working together, as a rich source of wisdom and a powerful Please go to: www.flyaflagforthecommonwealth.com influence for good in the world. We affirm our commitment 60” x 36” = £23.30 including delivery plus VAT to upholding the values set out in the Commonwealth 3. Specify your Commonwealth Flag size. Charter, to serving one another in a spirit of respect and There are two sizes of Commonwealth flags to choose from Orders should be placed no later than understanding, and to advancing development, democracy - 90” x 54” and 60” x 36”. They are manufactured from 11th December 2015. Flags will be delivered week and cooperation locally, nationally and internationally.” 155gsm woven polyester, dye-printed in blue and yellow. commencing 18th February 2016. Orders placed after 11th December 2015 may be accepted, but will have to be viewed on an individual basis to ensure delivery. Please contact JW Plant & (c) The raising of the Commonwealth Flag at 10am. The flags are of a single thickness and the design shows Co Ltd if you require different Commonwealth Flag sizes or other national The Commonwealth Flag should be raised by the Lord Mayor, through the cloth revealing a mirror image of the logo on flags. Mayor or another dignitory, or a person chosen through the the reverse. running of a competition in partnership with your local media. 4. Press Release. They are finished with hems all round, heading tape along We will provide you with a Press Release template on the (d) Photographs. Following your event, please email no the left hand edge and a rope and toggle to UK standard 29th February 2016 for YOU to localise it before sending it more than THREE high quality photographs to tomea9@ BR20 Part B. to all areas of your local media, informing them of your hotmail.com, including the name of your council or involvement in this international event. organisations, the name of the photographer and the flag location. Please do not send photos taken by mobile phones. 6

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J. W. Plant & Co Ltd are proud to be nominated as the official Flagpoles flag supplier for the Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth project. For 2016 J.W. Plant & Co Ltd will be offering a selected We have been the official supplier to the project from its range of flagpoles to compliment the two standard flag conception and played a key role in establishing the official sizes available. Other flagpoles are available on request. Commonwealth Flag specification to be used for the project. Fibreglass flagpole The key factors in deciding the flag specification were, value Single piece conical taper Fibreglass flagpole complete with for money, quality, durablity, visual impact. Above all the hinged base plate, external halyard and gold onion shaped finial. finished item had to reflect the look and feel of the project, 6m @ £220.00 plus delivery and VAT and help capture the enthusiasm of those taking part. 8m @ £274.00 plus deivery and VAT

JW Plant have expanded the range of items available for the Single piece conical taper Fibreglass flagpole complete with 2016 Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth Day. We are offering ground sleeve, external halyard and gold onion shaped finial two standard sizes of flags which will be bulk produced. 6.6m (6m visible height) @ £176.00 plus delivery and VAT These flags will be fully dye printed with water dispersed 8.8m (8m visible height) @ £225.00 plus deivery and VAT high energy automative grade dyes, onto a 155gsm woven polyester bunting. They are environmently friendly, washable Aluminium Flagpole - free standing and designed for reuse. White powder coated aluminum flagpole 60mm OD in two sections, complete with ground sleeve, external halyard and The sizes will be 90” x 54” as per previous years and 60” x white dome finial. 36”. Any other sizes required are available and will be 6.6m (6m visible height) @ £148.00 plus delivery and VAT maunfactured using a combination of a printed design 8m (8m visible height) @ £274.00 plus delivery and VAT appliqued to a woven polyester background. Aluminium Flagpole - wall mounted We would suggest the following size guidelines 90” x 54” White powder coated aluminum flagpole 2” OD in one flags to be flown from freestanding flagpoles 8m (25ft) and section, complete with vertical or 45 degree angled wall above, wall mounted and roof mounted flagpoles of at least bracket, external halyard and white dome finial. 3m at a height of at least 10m (30ft.) 60” x 36” flags to be 2m @ £62.00 plus delivery and VAT flown from freestanding flagpoles around 5-6m (15-20ft), 2.5m @ £69.50 plus delivery and VAT wall mounted and roof mounted flagpoles of at least 2-3m 3m @ £95.50 plus delivery and VAT at a height of at least 4-6m (20-25ft). When making your final choice you should consider the flag proportion to that JW Plant & Co Ltd Online: www.jwplant.co.uk of any building or surrounding. Creating balance should be 39 Ashley Road Email: [email protected] the primary objective. Leeds LS9 7AJ Telephone: 0113 248 0454 7

‹ A selection of photos from 2015 › 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

‹ Overview of the Commonwealth ›

The Commonwealth is made up of fifty-three sovereign states 10 working together 50 in mutual support towards shared goals of democracy, development, and respect for diversity. It includes some of the world’s largest, 25 11 smallest, richest and poorest countries, with 32 two billion citizens drawn from all faiths and 3 4 17 ethnicities, half of them under 25 years old. 1 6 18 35 12 37 36 15 5 Beyond the ties of history, language and 47 31 40 14 44 institutions, members are united by values 16 9 24 23 8 49 23 set out in the Charter of the Commonwealth 19 41 29 20 34 including tolerance, freedom of expression, 39 51 42 48 respect for human rights, the rule of law, 1 Antigua 33 protecting the environment, access to and Barbuda 27 38 health, education, food and shelter, and 2 Australia 53 52 3 The Bahamas 28 22 26 gender equality. 4 Bangladesh 13 46 5 Barbados 7 2 6 Belize 45 Commonwealth countries come together 7 Botswana 43 voluntarily in a spirit of co-operation, 8 Brunei Darussalam 21 partnership and understanding, and are 9 Cameroon 10 Canada 20 Kiribati 30 located in six regions: 11 Cyprus 21 Lesotho 30 New Zealand 39 Seychelles Africa (18) 12 Dominica 22 Malawi 31 Nigeria 40 Sierra Leone Asia (8) 13 Fiji 23 Malaysia 32 Pakistan 41 Singapore 14 Ghana 24 Maldives 33 Papua New Guinea 42 Solomon Islands 48 Tuvalu the Americas (3) 15 Grenada 25 Malta 34 Rwanda 43 South Africa 49 Uganda the Caribbean (10) 16 Guyana 26 Mauritius 35 St Kitts and Nevis 44 Sri Lanka 50 United Kingdom 17 India 27 Mozambique 36 St Lucia 45 Swaziland 51 United Republic of Tanzania Europe (3) 18 Jamaica 28 Namibia 37 St Vincent and The Grenadines 46 Tonga 52 Vanuatu and the South Pacific (11) 19 Kenya 29 Nauru 38 Samoa 47 Trinidad and Tobago 53 Zambia

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‘Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth’ flags up ReSurge Africa Burns unit Accra What do we do? Everybody deserves to live a life G H A N A with dignity and hope. Since 1992 ReSurge Africa has been establishing Reconstructive surgery “For over twenty years ReSurge Africa In Sierra Leone, there are no has supported us in training to the highest Reconstructive surgeons! and Burns services in West Africa. level. Today we run reconstructive and burns units which transform lives. Our Imagine living with horrific and Two hospital units have been built and excellent surgeons are training doctors sometimes life-threatening equipped in Ghana and ReSurge Africa from all over West Africa. Please physical damage, with no hope has provided training for a generation support this essential work and enable of reconstructive surgery. of Surgeons, Nurses, Anaesthetists and the long term vision”. Physiotherapists to run this now self- Mr Opoku Ware Ampomah MBChB Imagine no treatment for the sufficient service. FWACS, MRCS(Glasg) FRCSEd(Plast) FGCS damage caused to bodies by Burns, Trustee of ReSurge Africa & Head of RPSB Unit Accra tropical diseases, Cancer, Trauma and Birth defects We are committed to self sufficiency through training

Isatu aged 7 “Sierra Leone urgently needs trained surgeons, This little girl’s nurses, physiotherapists, and anaesthetists. SIERRA LEONE cleft palate will probably In spite of the catastrophic Ebola crisis in our cause her to be country, ReSurge continues to train our first outcast from her own two reconstructive surgeons and anaesthetists community! In Ghana. We look forward to a future when we After life altering can treat thousands of patients within our unit Holy Spirit Hospital reconstructive each year”. Dr Patrick Turay MD Sierra Leone surgery, Trustee of ReSurge Africa Isatu’s future Medical Director Holy Spirit Hospital looks a lot brighter! We need your help

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN DONATE please contact Elizabeth Dell at [email protected] or visit our website www.resurgeafrica.org Scottish Charity No SC020924 Fly your Flag for the Commonwealth and help The British Polio Fellowship The British Polio Fellowship Hard at work at home and overseas

Polio has been eradicated from most of the world, however The British Polio Fellowship continue to support efforts to eradicate the virus globally.

The British Polio Fellowship is proud to have Nurturing links in the commonwealth supported the eradication of Polio in most of the We value our relationships throughout the commonwealth. Some examples include: commonwealth. This is largely due a highly successful Our Ambassador Anne Wafula Strike MBE, who is Paralympic wheelchair racer, was born in Kenya, and through her vaccination programme. Polio is still a problem in charity work continues to make life better for people around the world. Pakistan and Nigeria, largely due to the difficulties of ensuring all children in these countries get vaccinated We work closely with Rotary who continue to play an active role in eradicating Polio around the world. and we continue to support the effort to eradicate The British Polio Fellowship was awarded the Association of Pakistani Physicians 2014 Appreciation Award in Polio in these countries. recognition of our support in the eradication of Polio in Pakistan. The British Polio Fellowship is a charity dedicated to We have close ties with The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), a charitable, non-governmental organisation founded helping, supporting and empowering approximately by Sir Emeka Offor, who is the also the Chairman of Chrome Group, a multinational company based in Nigeria. 120,000 people in the UK living with the late effects of Polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS), a neurological condition. It provides information, welfare and support to those living with the effects of Polio, enabling all to live full independent and integrated lives. Kenya Nigeria UK Pakistan

There is more work to be done While The British Polio Fellowship is wholly committed to the eradication process and we cannot support the Vaccination Program enough, we believe that there is a ticking time bomb in the form of PPS. We applaud the success that many commonwealth countries have achieved with vaccination and eradication, however we need to get the message out there that the many thousands (if not millions) of people who have had Polio in the past are more than likely going to need help coping with the late effects of Polio and PPS.

For more information please visit our website www.britishpolio.org.uk or call 0800 018 0586 or email [email protected] 22

‹ Acknowledgements ›

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all those, past and present, who to date, have provided their valuable support and involvement in this unique event, for without their participation, this event will not be taking place on Monday 14th March 2016. Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR Originator & Pageantmaster Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth

J.W. PLANT & CO. LTD SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF SAMOA INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL COUNCILS (NALC) For their very generous support in funding the design of Howard Fidow H.E. Mr Ranjan Mathai - High Commissioner Alan Jones this 2016 Guide To Taking Part. Philip Thompson Esq. PERSEKUTUAN PENGAKAP MALAYSIA The Republic of Malta High Commission ONE VOICE WALES Dr Mohammed Mukhyuddin bin Sarwani - International H.E. Mr Norman Hamiltan - High Commissioner UN LLAIS CYMRU National Association of Civic Officers Commissioner Lyn Cadwallader ROYAL COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICES LEAGUE Nwes: ENCOURAGING ENTERPRISE THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF GRENADA Lt Colonel Christopher Warren - Secretary-General P&O CRUISES AND CUNARD LINE For their generous support in sponsoring the 22 Elisha St. Louis Michele Andjel - Head of Public Relations Commonwealth Flags for the Town Councils in Norfolk FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE Michael Muskett MBE - Chairman THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF THE BAHAMAS Lawrence Jenkins - Commonwealth Team, International INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION Kevin Horne - Chief Executive Brian R. Christie - Chief Commissioner Organisations Department, Multilateral. (IPRA) Camisha Bridgeman - Desk Officer in Strategy & IPRA Secretariat THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA Coordination Section which sits within the Overseas His Excellency, Mr Kamalesh Sharma - Secretary-General of Mr Janaprith Fernando - International Commissioner Directorate. GLOBAL THINKERS the Commonwealth. Elizabeth Filippouli - Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers David Banks Esq - Public Affairs Advisor to the Secretary- MAURITIUS SCOUT ASSOCIATION COMMONWEALTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT FORUM General. Mr Danielo Ramsamy - Chief Commissioner Mr Carl Wright - Secretary-General. SHERBORNE TOWN COUNCIL Cllr Jon Andrews - Town Mayor THE GIRL GUIDE ASSOCIATION OF THE KINGDOM THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF MALDIVES SECRETARY OF STATE FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL Trevor Savage - Town Clerk OF TONGA Mr Ahmed Ali Maniku - Chief Commissioner GOVERNMENT Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho - Patron The Rt. Hon. Eric Pickles MP THE AIR CADET ORGANISATION Rev’d Sela Na’a Latu - President THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF JAMAICA Geoff Hewett Mrs Halaevalu Mangisi Palu - Chief Commissioner Carlton Thompson JP - International Commissioner FIELDS OF LIFE - NORTHERN IRELAND Mrs L A ‘Alaimaluloa Hojelsen - National Guide Advisor (Past Helen D’Arcy - Fundraising Co-ordinator WROUGHTON JUNIOR SCHOOL CC, Past member of Asia Pacific committee) THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF BELIZE Nick Symeou - Geography Coordinator Mrs Tuna Fielakepa - National Guide/Cultural Advisor (Past CC) Hilberto B. Riverol - National Scout Executive FIELDS OF LIFE - UGANDA Ednar Nyakaisiki - Head of Operations - East Africa GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY RWANDA GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION GIRLGUIDING UK Boris Johnson - Mayor of London. Josiane Umutonlwase - Executive Secretary Gill Slocombe - Chief Guide THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF Victoria Borwick AM - Deputy Mayor of London. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO David Holly - Senior Events Officer. THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF MALTA GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA-GUIDES DU CANADA Mark Ainsley John Kim Hobbs - Events Manager. Joseph Borg - Deputy Chief Commissioner Cindy Conroy COMMONWEALTH EXCHANGE (CX) SCOUTS NEW ZEALAND Tim Hewish - Executive Director & Co-Founder George Fairbairn MNZM JP - International Commissioner 23

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CONVENTION OF SCOTTISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES THE CHANNEL ISLANDS UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES St Mary’s Edinburgh-of-the Seven Seas (COSLA) Isle of Jethou Anguilla School Cllr David O’Neill - President. Sir Peter Ogden. Christina Martha Elena Scott - HM Governor of Anguilla Anne Green - Headmistress Stuart Johnston - Policy Officer. Jim Kerr Education - Advisor Island of Jersey Ascension Island Marine Society & Sea Cadets David CG Filipponi Esq - Chief Officer, Bailiff’s Chambers. H. E. Mark Capes Esq - Governor COUNTIES & LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND Janet Milne - Events Officer. AVON Lt. Cdr. (SCC) JF Porter RNR. Herm Island British Antarctic Territory Mrs Mary Prior MBE JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Linda Gijsbertsen, White House Hotel. Paul Seagrove - Press & PR Manager Sheila Wilieman - Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT British Antarctic Survey County & City of Bristol. Andrew Rosindell MP - Chairman, Flags and Heraldry The Island of Sark Committee, An All Party Group of the UK Parliament. Lucy Belfield - Sark Constable (Vingtenier). British Indian Ocean Territory BEDFORDSHIRE Sarah Cottle - Head Teacher, Sark School. Mrs Helen Nellis - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Peter Hayes Esq - Commissioner THE FLAG INSTITUTE Mrs Sue Zubrot - Member/Civic Ceremonial Support Officer Malcolm Farrow Esq OBE - President. The Island of Brecqhou (Lieutenancy). BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Graham Bartram FFI - Chief Vexillologist. Sir David Barclay. Central Bedfordshire Council. Siobhan Flax - Cultural Attache & Personal Assistant to Mark Harrison Esq, Brecqhou Development Ltd. Bedford Borough Council. Director, Government of the British Virgin Islands BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY Luton Borough Council. Paul Seagrove Esq - Press & PR Manager. The States of Alderney Potton Town Council. Gill Trousdale - Secretary to the President. Falkland Islands Dunstable Town Council. THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SOUTH H.E. Colin Roberts CVO MANCHESTER (UHSM) The Island of Guernsey ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE Sarah Cash - President, The Royal Commonwealth Society. Gibraltar The Hon. Mrs Bayliss - HM Lord-Lieutenant. GUIDE TO TAKING PART & WEBSITE DESIGN H.E. Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton KCB, CBE - Mrs Margaret Haines MVO - Lieutenancy Officer. TMS Media Ltd. Steve Scott Esq. Nick Marshall Esq. ISLE OF MAN Governor and Commander in Chief The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. Steve Pratt Esq. Isle of Man Government. Bracknell Forest Borough Council. See our advertisement on page 33 Mrs Ann Craine - Policy & Administration Executive. Montserrat Reading Borough Council. Douglas Borough Council. Adrian Davis Esq - Governor Slough Borough Council. DERBY CATHEDRAL - DERBYSHIRE Danielle Matthews - Assistant Democratic Services Officer. Wokingham Borough Council. The Very Revd Dr. John H. Davies. Pitcairn Islands West Berkshire District Council. ISLES OF SCILLY Alan Richmond - Administrator Bracknell Town Council. THE SHRI VENKATESWARA (BALAJI) TEMPLE - Neville Gardner CTO/DCE, Council of the Isles of Scilly. Email: [email protected] Thatcham Town Council. WEST MIDLANDS Hungerford Town Council. (The largest Hindu Temple in Europe). ISLE OF WIGHT Saint Helena Island Wokingham Town Council. Dr. Narayan Rao Isle of Wight Council. H. E. Mark Capes Esq - Governor Bracknell Town Council. Gillian Phenix - Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Newbury Town Council. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S (CE) PRIMARY SCHOOL - Bembridge Parish Council. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Ryde Town Council. BRISTOL Islands Anne Collins. Nailsea Town Council. BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY Colin Robers CVO - Commissioner WESTMINSTER ABBEY - LONDON Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Very Reverend Dr John Hall - Dean of Westminster. Halley VI Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf. Tristan da Cunha The Reverend Dr James Hawkey - Minor Canon of H. E. Mark Capes Esq - Governor Westminster. Jim Vincent MICW - Clerk of Works. 24

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Saltash Town Council. Derbyshire Dales District Council. North Dorset District Council. Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Liskeard Town Council. Derby Cathedral. West Dorset District Council. Joseph Bradshaw Esq - Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Torpoint Town Council. St. Bartholomew’s (CE) Primary School. Wimborne Minster Town Council. Buckinghamshire County Council. Menheniot Parish Council. Whaley Bridge Town Council. Dorchester Town Council. Chiltern District Council. Wirksworth Town Council. Blandford Forum Town Council. Wycombe District Council. COUNTY DURHAM Belper Town Council. Swanage Town Council. South Bucks District Council. Mrs Susan Snowdon - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Bakewell Town Council. Shaftesbury Town Council. Milton Keynes Council. Linda Smith - Assistant Clerk. Wareham Town Council. Aylesbury Vale District Council. Durham County Council. DEVON Bridport Town Council. Darlington Borough Council. Eric Dancer Esq CBE JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Sturminster Newton Town Council. CAMBRIDGESHIRE Hartlepool Borough Council. Dr. Phil Norrey - Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Beaminster Town Council. Cambridgeshire County Council. Stockton on Tees Borough Council. Devon County Council. Cambridge City Council. Spennymoor Town Council. Exeter City Council. EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Peterborough City Council. Barnard Castle Town Council. Plymouth City Council. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. T.S Gildenburg - Peterborough Sea Cadets. Seaham Town Council. West Devon Borough Council. Hull City Council. East Cambridgeshire District Council. Great Aycliffe Town Council. North Devon District Council. Fort Paull. Fenland District Council. East Devon District Council. Withernsea Town Council. Huntingdonshire District Council. CUMBRIA Mid Devon District Council. Hessle Town Council. South Cambridgeshire District Council. Mrs Claire Hensman - HM Lord-Lieutenant. South Hams District Council. Oundle Town Council. Sandra Peacock - Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy & Torridge District Council. EAST SUSSEX March Town Council. Secretary to the Chairman. Teignbridge District Council. Peter Field Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. St Neots Town Council. Cumbria County Council. Torbay Council. Mrs Siobhan Williams - Leadership Support Manager and Carlisle City Council - (Most Northerly City in England). Bideford Town Council. Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy. CHESHIRE Allerdale Borough Council. Northam Town Council. East Sussex County Council. David Briggs Esq, MBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Barrow Borough Council. Seaton Town Council. Brighton & Hove City Council. Robin Roberts Esq MVO - Lieutenancy Officer. Copeland Borough Council. Bovey Tracey Town Council. Eastbourne Borough Council. Cheshire East Council. Eden District Council. Newton Abbot Town Council. Hastings Borough Council. Cheshire West & Chester Council. South Lakeland District Council. Kingsteignton Town Council. Lewis District Council. Halton Council. Lake District Estates. Ivybridge Town Council. Rother District Council. Warrington Council. Sillith-on-Solway Town Council. Lynton & Lynmouth Town Council. Wealden District Council. Frodsham Town Council. Aspatria Town Council. Chudleigh Town Council. Peacehaven Town Council. Alsager Town Commonwealth Group. Teignmouth Town Council. Lewes Town Council. DERBYSHIRE Fremington Parish Council. Rye Town Council. CLEVELAND William Tucker Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Rye Lodge Hotel. Middlesbrough Borough Council. Debra Heaton - Secretary to the Lieutenancy. DORSET Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Derbyshire County Council. Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers - HM Lord-Lieutenant. ESSEX Derby City Council. Mrs Marilyn Porter MVO - Civic and Lieutenancy Officer. Lord Petre - HM Lord-Lieutenant. CORNWALL Amber Valley Borough Council. Dorset County Council. Mrs Lorraine King - Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Chesterfield Borough Council. Bournemouth Borough Council. Essex County Council. John Sawle Esq - Cornwall Lieutenancy Officer. Erewash Borough Council. Christchurch Borough Council. Chelmsford City Council. Cornwall Council. High Peak Borough Council. Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Brentwood Borough Council. Looe Town Council. Bolsover District Council. The Borough of Poole. Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. Penryn Town Council. South Derbyshire District Council. Purbeck District Council. Colchester Borough Council. Lostwithiel Town Council. North East Derbyshire District Council. East Dorset District Council. Castle Point Borough Council. 25

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Thurrock Borough Council. Rochdale Council. North West Herts District Council. Burnley Borough Council. Basildon District Council. Wigan Council. East Herts District Council. Rossendale Borough Council. Epping Forest District Council. Manchester City Council. Three Rivers District Council. South Ribble Borough Council. Maldon District Council. Stockport Council. St Albans City & District Council. West Lancashire Borough Council. Braintree District Council. Salford City Council. Stotfold Town Council. Chorley Council. Harlow District Council. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Hatfield Town Council. Pendle Borough Council. Rochford District Council. Trafford Council. Harpenden Town Council. Wyre Council. Tendring District Council. University of South Manchester Hospital. Ware Town Council. Ribble Valley Borough Council. Uttlesford District Council. Fylde Borough Council. Billericay Town Council. HAMPSHIRE KENT Hyndburn Borough Council. Loughton Town Council. Dame Mary Fagan DCVO JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. The Viscount De L’Isle MBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Myerscough and Bilsborrow Parish Council. Halstead Town Council. Mrs Lorraine Riley MVO - Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Miss Joanne Holmes - Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Preesall Town Council. Frinton and Walton Town Council. Mrs Pauline Nelson - PA to the Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Kent County Council. Whitworth Town Council. Maldon Town Council. Hampshire County Council. Canterbury City Council. Witham Town Council. Portsmouth City Council. Dartford Borough Council. LEICESTERSHIRE Epping Town Council. Southampton City Council. Maidstone Borough Council. Leicestershire County Council. Canvey Island Town Council. Winchester City Council. Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council. Rutland County Council. Brightlingsea Town Council. Test Valley Borough Council. Ashford Borough Council. Leicester City Council. Witham Town Council. Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council. Gravesham Borough Council. Charnwood Borough Council. Fareham Borough Council. Swale Borough Council. Hinkley & Bosworth Borough Council. GLOUCESTERSHIRE Eastleigh Borough Council. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. Melton Borough Council. Dame Janet Trotter DBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Gosport Borough Council. Dover District Council. Oadby & Wigston Borough Council. Mrs Jane Cleaver - Democratic Services Advisor. Havant Borough Council. Sevenoaks District Council. Blaby District Council. Gloucestershire County Council. Rushmoor Borough Council. Thanet District Council. Harborough District Council. Gloucester City Council. East Hampshire District Council. Shepway District Council. North West Leicestershire District Council. Cheltenham Borough Council. Hart District Council. Medway Council. Rushey Mead School. Tewkesbury Borough Council. New Forest District Council. Swanley Town Council, Kent. Braunstone Town Council. Forest of Dean District Council. Fordingbridge Town Council. Hythe Town Council. Ashby de la Zouch Town Council. Stroud District Council. Deal Town Council. Cotswold District Council. HEREFORDSHIRE New Romney Town Council. LINCOLNSHIRE South Gloucestershire Council. The Countess of Darnley - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Snodland Town Council. Tony Worth Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Lydney Town Council. Miss Claire Matthews - Lieutenancy Officer. Tenterden Town Council. Robert Bell Esq MVO - Lord-Lieutenant’s Officer. Churchdown Council. Herefordshire Council. Sandwich Town Council. Lincolnshire County Council. Yate Town Council. Hertford Town Council. Faversham Town Council. Lincoln City Council. Dursley Town Council. Swanscombe Town Council. Boston Borough Council. Sodbury Town Council. HERTFORDSHIRE Sevenoaks Town Council. East Lindsey District Council. Coleford Town Council. The Countess of Verulam - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Swanley Town Council. North Kesteven District Council. Mrs Susan Wright - Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy. South Holland District Council. GREATER MANCHESTER Hertfordshire County Council. LANCASHIRE South Kesteven District Council. Warren J Smith Esq KS+J JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Broxbourne Borough Council. Lancashire County Council. West Lindsey District Council. Canon Paul Denby MBE DL - Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Dacorum Borough Council. Lancaster City Council. North Lincolnshire Council. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. Hertsmere Borough Council. Preston City Council. North East Lincolnshire Council. Bury Council. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. Blackpool Council. Market Deeping Town Council. Oldham Council. Watford Borough Council. Blackburn with Darwen Council. Louth Town Council. Stevenage Borough Council. Mablethorpe & Sutton Town Council. 26

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LONDON NORFOLK Daventry District Council. OXFORDSHIRE Westminster Abbey. Richard Jewson Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Desborough Town Council. Tim Stevenson Esq OBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Greater London Authority. Sharon Stone - PA to HM Lord-Lieutenant. Raunds Town Council. Miss Ella Pickard - PA to Tim Stevenson. Westminster City Council. Norfolk County Council. Thrapston Town Council. Oxfordshire County Council. City of London Corporation. Norwich City Council. Brackley Town Council. Oxford City Council. London Borough of Islington. Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Cherwell District Council. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Borough Council of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk. NORTHUMBERLAND South Oxfordshire District Council. Royal London Borough of Greenwich. North Norfolk District Council. Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland - HM Lord- Vale of White Horse District Council. Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. South Norfolk District Council. Lieutenant. West Oxfordshire District Council. London Borough of Newham. Broadland District Council. Mrs Janette Milburn - Practice Officer/ Lieutenancy Officer. Banbury Town Council. (Sea Cadet Corps - T.S. Goodwin, London Breckland District Council. Northumberland County Council. Carterton Town Council. Borough of Richmond Upon Thames) Fakenham Town Council. Alnwick Castle. Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council. London Borough of Southwark. Wells-next-the-Sea Town Council. Bicester Town Council. London Borough of Hounslow. Hunstanton Town Council. NORTH YORKSHIRE Wallingford Town Council. London Borough of Lambeth. Stalham Town Council. Lord Crathorne KCVO - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Didcot Town Council. London Borough of Lewisham. Downham Market Town Council. North Yorkshire County Council. Witney Town Council. London Borough of Merton. Holt Town Council. City of York Council. London Borough of Redbridge. Watton Town Council. Harrogate Borough Council. SHROPSHIRE London Borough of Sutton. Diss Town Council. Scarborough Borough Council. Algernon Heber-Percy Esq - HM lord-Lieutenant. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Aylsham Town Council. Craven District Council. Martin Stevens Esq - Assistant Clerk to the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Dereham Town Council. Hambleton District Council. Lieutenancy and Committee Officer. London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. Reepham Town Council. Richmondshire District Council. Shropshire Council. London Borough of Bexley. Wroughton Junior School. Ryedale District Council. Telford and Wrekin Council. London Borough of Bromley. Thorpe St Andrew Town Council. Selby District Council. Ellesmere Town Council. London Borough of Camden. Swaffham Town Council. The Tan Hill Inn - (The highest pub in the United Bridgnorth Town Council. London Borough of Ealing. Attleborough Town Council. Kingdom). Ludlow Town Council. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Sprowston Town Council. Ripon City Council. London Borough of Wandsworth. North Walsham Town Council. Thornaby Town Council. SOMERSET London Borough of Barnet. Wymondham Town Council. Guisborough Town Council. Lady Gass JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. London Borough of Brent. Sheringham Town Council. Mrs Julia Knight - Lieutenancy Officer. London Borough of Croydon. Thetford Town Council. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Somerset County Council. London Borough of Enfield. Redenhall with Harleston Town Council. Sir John Peace - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Bath & North East Somerset Council. London Borough of Hackney. Cromer Town Council. Mrs Gaynor Brown - Lord Lieutenant’s Officer. North Somerset Council. London Borough of Haringey. Hingham Town Council. Nottinghamshire County Council. Wellington Town Council. London Borough of Havering. Cliff Hotel, Gorleston-on-Sea. Nottingham City Council. Crewkerne Town Council. London Borough of Hillingdon. Broxtowe Borough Council. Midsomer Norton Town Council. Harrow Council. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Gelding Borough Council. Burnham on Sea @ Highbridge Town Council. Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls. Northamptonshire County Council. Rushcliffe Borough Council. Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League. Corby Borough Council. Ashfield District Council. SOUTH YORKSHIRE Girlguiding UK. Northampton Borough Council. Bassetlaw District Council. Sheffield City Council. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Kettering Borough Council. Mansfield District Council. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Gibraltar House. Borough Council of Wellingborough. Newark & Sherwood District Council. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. East Northamptonshire Council. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. South Northamptonshire Council. 27

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STAFFORDSHIRE SURREY WEST MIDLANDS Amesbury Town Council. Ian James Dudson Esq CBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Dame Sarah Goad DCVO JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Paul Sabapthy - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Westbury Town Council. Mrs Sharon Dean - Support Officer, Office of the Mrs Caroline Breckell MVO - Clerk to the Surrey Martin Tunstall - Clerk. Devizes Town Council. Lieutenancy. Lieutenancy. Birmingham City Council. Warminster Town Council. Staffordshire County Council. Surrey County Council. Coventry City Council. Trowbridge Town Council. Stoke on Trent City Council. Elmbridge Borough Council. Wolverton City Council. Chippenham Town Council. Newcastle Borough Council. Epsom & Ewell Borough Council. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Marlborough Town Council. Tamworth Borough Council. Guildford Borough Council. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Royal Wootton Bassett. South Staffs District Council. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Calne Town Council. East Staffs Borough Council. Runnrmede Borough Council. Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council. Borough Council. Spelthorne Borough Council. Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple of the United Kingdom. WORCESTERSHIRE District Council. Waverley Borough Council. Chelmsley Wood Town Council. Worcestershire County Council. District Council - (Their office in Woking Borough Council. Worcester City Council. Flash, the highest village in Great Britain). Surrey Heath Borough Council. WEST SUSSEX Redditch Borough Council. Chase Council. Mole Valley District Council. Mrs Susan Pyper - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Bromsgrove District Council. Town Council. Tandridge District Council. John Williams Esq - Part-time Lieutenancy Officer. Malvern Hills District Council. Town Council. Farnham Town Council. West Sussex County Council. Wychavon District Council. Stone Town Council. Godalming Town Council. Chichester City Council. Wyre Forest District Council. Haslemere Town Council. Crawley Borough Council. Upton Upon Severn Town Council. SUFFOLK Horley Town Council. Worthing Borough Council. Droitwich Spa Town Council. Lord Tollemache - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Cranleigh Parish Council. Adur District Council. Miss Valeria Hill MVO - Lieutenancy Assistant. Farnham Town Council. Arun District Council. COUNTIES & LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN WALES Suffolk County Council. Haslemere Town Council. Chichester District Council. WEST GLAMORGAN Ipswich Borough Council. Horley Town Council. Horsham District Council. Byron Lewis Esq CStJ FCA - HM Lord-Lieutenant. St. Edmundsbury Borough Council. Mid Sussex District Council. Mrs Frances Matthews - Private Secretary. Babergh District Council. TYNE & WEAR Arundel Town Council. City & County of Swansea. Forest Heath District Council. Newcastle City Council. Yapton CE Primary School. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Mid Suffolk District Council. Sunderland City Council. Suffolk Coastal District Council. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. WEST YORKSHIRE MID GLAMORGAN Sudbury Town Council. South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. Leeds City Council. Mrs Kathrin Thomas CVO JP - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Hadleigh Town Council. North Tyneside Council. City of Bradford Metropolitan & District Council. Miss Mary Squire - Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Waveney District Council - (Lowestoft, Suffolk. Most Tyne South Sea Cadets. Units involved: Chester le Street, Borough Council of Calderdale. Bridgend County Borough Council. Easterly Town in England). Hebburn, Gateshead, Jarrow, Seaham, South Shields. Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Beccles Town Council. Kirklees Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Southwold Town Council. WARWICKSHIRE South Kirby and Moorthorpe Town Council. Woodbridge Town Council. Timothy Cox Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Normanton Town Council. VALE OF GLAMORGAN Leiston-cum-Sizewell Town Council. Dawn Mardle - Warwickshire Lieutenancy. Penarth Town Council. Carlton Colville Town Council. Warwickshire County Council. WILTSHIRE Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council. Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council. Mrs Sara Rose Troughton - HM Lord-Lieutenant. North Warwickshire Borough Council. Mrs Jean Potter - Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy. Rugby Borough Council. Swindon Borough Council. Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Wiltshire Council. Warwick District Council. Corsham Town Council. Coleshill Town Council. Melksham Town Town Council. Alcester Town Council. Stratford-upon-Avon Town Council. 28

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GWYNEDD CONWY GLASGOW COUNTY ARMAGH His Honour Huw Morgan Daniel - HM Lord-Lieutenant of Llandudno Town Council. Mrs Sadie Docherty - Lord Provost & HM Lord-Lieutenant. Craigavon Borough Council. Gwynedd. Conwy Town Council. Mrs Catriona Innes - Advisor to the Lord Provost & Clerk to Sian Ellis Williams - Civic Officer. the Lieutenancy. County Borough of Belfast Gwynedd Council. MONMOUTHSHIRE Belfast City Council. Isle of Anglesey County Council. Usk Town Council. ABERDEEN Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council. Bangor University. Caldicot Town Council. Councillor George Adam - Lord Provost Belfast Formidable Sea Cadet Unit. Caernarfon Royal Town Council. & HM Lord-Lieutenant. SCOTLAND Alasdair Ross - Civic Affairs Manager. COUNTY DOWN POWYS Aberdeenshire Council. Ards Borough Council. The Hon. Shan Legge-Bourke LVO - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Angus Council. DUNDEE Castlereagh Borough Council. Mrs Julie Shaw - Lieutenancy Office. Argyll & Bute Council. Bob Duncan - Lord Provost & HM Lord-Lieutenant. North Down District Council. Powys County Council. Clackmannanshire Council. Miss Merrill Smith - Head of Policy, (Leisure, Culture & Drumlough & Ballygorian Rural Association. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. Communities). GWENT Dumfries & Galloway Council. County Londonderry Simon Boyle Esq - HM Lord-Lieutenant. East Ayrshire Council. STIRLING Portrush Sea Cadets. Newport City Council. East Dunbartonshire Council. Mike Robbins - Provost of the City of Stirling. Monmouthshire County Council. East Lothian Council. Michael Lyon - Council Officer. SOUTH GEORGIA Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. East Renfrewshire Council. King Edward Point. Caerphilly County Borough Council. Falkirk Council. PERTH Bird Island. Torfaen County Borough Council. Fife Council. Liz Grant - Provost of Perth & Kinross. Inverclyde Council. Mrs Rosemary Hughes - Senior Civic and Members’ P&O CRUISES AND CUNARD LINE SOUTH GLAMORGAN Moray Council. Services Officer. (For the first time in Maritime history, the Dr. Peter Beck - HM Lord-Lieutenant. Midlothian Council. following ships will be flying the Commonwealth City & County of Cardiff. North Ayrshire Council. INVERNESS Flag at locations listed next to each ship, on The Vale of Glamorgan Council. North Lanarkshire Council. Alex Graham Esq - Lord Provost & HM Lord-Lieutenant. Commonwealth Day - 14th March 2016. Orkney Islands Council. Kate Lackie - Business Manager, Chief Executive’s Office Contact: Jenny Hadley, PR Executive, P&O Cruises DYFED Renfrewshire Council. - Marketing. Telephone: 0238 065 6650. The Hon. Robin Lewis OBE - HM Lord-Lieutenant.. Scottish Borders Council. SHETLAND ISLES Email: [email protected]) Mrs Audrey Williams - Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy. South Ayrshire Council. Unst - (Most Northerly inhabited Island in the Adonia – At sea in the Caribbean St. David’s City Council - (Most Westerly City in the UK). Shetland Islands Council. United Kingdom). Arcadia – Phillippines – Manila Pembrokeshire County Council. South Lanarkshire Council. Laurence Robertson Esq. Aurora – At sea off the coast of New Zealand Carmarthenshire County Council. West Dunbartonshire Council. Azura – St Vincent – Caribbean Ceredigion County Council. West Lothian Council. NORTHERN IRELAND Britannia – To be launched – possibly in Southampton TBC Pembrey and Bury Port Town Council. COUNTY ANTRIM Oceana – Southampton EDINBURGH Lisburn City Council. Oriana – Stavanger – Norway CLWYD The Rt. Hon. Donald Wilson - HM Lord-Lieutenant & Newtownabbey Borough Council. Ventura – Curacao – Caribbean Henry George Fetherstonhaugh Esq OBE JP - Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh. Carrickfergus Borough Council. Queen Elizabeth – Yorkeys Knob – Australia HM Lord-Lieutenant. Andy Nichol Esq - Strategic Business Manager, Antrim Borough Council. Queen Mary – At sea of the coast of Australia Mrs Sharron Jones DBA - Assistant Clerk to the Lord- Chief Executive & Member Services, Larne Borough Council. Queen Victoria – Brisbane – Australia Lieutenant. the City of Edinburgh Council. Ballymoney Borough Council. Flintshire County Council. Denbighshire County Council. Wrexham County Borough Council. Conwy Council. 29

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA FALKLAND ISLANDS NIGERIA ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA EX-SERVICEMEN Flag Location: Victory Green, Port Stanley GLOBAL THINKERS & GLOBAL THINKERS FORUM ROYAL ST VINCENT LEGION RCEL ASSOCIATION Elizabeth Filippouli - & CEO Major Donald G BrownE TD - President Mr Keith Eastmond - Secretary GHANA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OF GHANA Commodore Steve Obimpeh - Chairman of the National PAKISTAN SOUTH AFRICA BAHAMAS Council COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION SOUTH AFRICA LEGION OF MILITARY VETERANS The Scout Association of The Bahamas Email: [email protected] PAKISTAN Mr Godfrey Giles - National President Flag Location: Parliament Square, Nassau, Bahamas Brigadier Rustom Darrah - Hon Chairman Email: [email protected] GUYANA Email: [email protected] BANGLADESH GUYANA LEGION TANZANIA BANGLADESH ARMED SERVICES BOARD Lt. Col. George Gomes - President Republic of Malta TANZANIA EX-SERVICE’S ASSOCIATION Brigadier General Arif Maula AFWC PSC - Director Email: [email protected] Flag Locations: Major Ian Ferguson Sharp - RCEL Coordinator Email: [email protected] Birzebbuga Email: [email protected] INDIA Mosta BARBADOS INDIAN EX-SERVICES LEAGUE NEW DELHI Qormi UGANDA BARBADOS LEGION OF THE RCEL Lt. General Balbir Singh PVSM VSM - President Zaghra, Gozo Flag Locations: Lt. Colonel VO Springer MVO ED - Chairman Email: [email protected] Naxxar Northern Uganda - Lira District: Dara Christian High School Email: [email protected] Valletta Central Uganda - Nakasongola District: Bethel Royal School JAMAICA South West Uganda - Mbarara District: This will be a new BELIZE The Scout Association of Jamaica SAMOA School opening in February 2015 he Scout Association of Belize Flag Location: Scout HQ, 2d Camp Road, Kingston 5, Flag Location: In front of Government Building, Eastern Uganda - Mbale District: Green Pastures School Flag Location: Flag Monument, entrance to Belize City Jamaica Apia, Samoa West Uganda - Kjenjojo District: Tangaga Primary School Phillip Goldson Highway, Belize KENYA SEYCHELLES UNITED KINGDOM CAMEROON BRITISH LEGION OF KENYA SEYCHELLES EX-SERVICEMEN’S FUND THE AIR CADET ORGANISATION (UK) FRATERNAL UNION OF CAMEROON EX-SERVICEMEN Brigadier (Ret’d) A Naughten - The Commandant Mrs Marie-Jossee Bonne - Special Advisor to the Minister Flag Locations: OF THE CROWN Email: [email protected] Ministry of Social Development and Culture RAFC Cranwell - Lincolnshire R W Scott ESQ OBE - Flag Location: Migori County Government, Migori, Kenya Email: [email protected] 184 (Manchester South) Sqn - Greater Manchester Email: [email protected] Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wing HQ, Winchester, LESOTHO SIERRA LEONE Hampshire CANADA BASOTHO LEGION OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE SLESA HEADQUARTERS 86 (Heston & Isleworth) Sqn - Heston, Middlesex Royal Commonwealth Society - Toronto Lt. Col. Jurie Van Der Merwe - Honarary President Lt. Col. AB Mansaray - National President Wing HQ, Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing - Canley, Branch Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Coventry 215 (City of Swansea) Squadron - Morfa, Swansea CYPRUS MALAWI ST HELENA ISLAND & ASCENSION ISLANDS GLOBAL THINKERS & GLOBAL THINKERS FORUM COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICE’S LEAGUE OF Flag Location: Prince Andrew School, St Pauls, ZAMBIA Elizabeth Filippouli - Founder & CEO MALAWI Jamestown, St Helena EX-SERVICEMEN’S LEAGUE OF ZAMBIA Email: [email protected] Major General Baxton Namwali - National Chairman The Director Flag Location: Olympic House, Amfipoleos 21 Email: [email protected] ST LUCIA Email: [email protected] 2025, Nicosia, Cyprus ST LUCIA EX-SERVICES LEAGUE RCEL MONTSERRAT Mr Haynes Cyril SLMH (S) OSTJ CPM DOMINICA MONTSERRAT LEGION Email: [email protected] DOMINICA LEGION OF THE RCEL Major Joseph Lynch MBE MBH - President Mr Robert C Leatham - President Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 30

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The National Association of Local Councils Alan Jones “British Antarctic Survey is proud to be Tel: 0207 637 1865 supporting Commonwealth Day, 2016. The Email: [email protected] Commonwealth aspires to be a “family” of One Voice Wales nations. In a similar way, the scientists and Lyn Cadwallader Commonwealth Local Government Forum support staff employed by BAS consider Tel: 01296 595 400 Carl Wright themselves to be part of an international family Email: [email protected] Secretary-General in Antarctica whose members are dedicated to Commonwealth Local Government Forum peace and science and working towards a Tel: 0207 389 1490 better understanding of our planet. To mark Email: [email protected] Commonwealth Day the Commonwealth flag “As Chairman of the Flags & Heraldry will be flying at BAS’ two permanent research Committee and Polar Regions (Arctic & stations in Antarctica, Rothera and Halley VI.” Antarctic) All Party Parliamentary Groups, it gives me great pleasure to support the flying of Paul Seagrove, the Commonwealth Flag to celebrate Press & PR Manager, Commonwealth Day. I am particularly proud to British Antarctic Survey hear that the British Antarctic Survey will be Sea Cadets doing so again in 2016. Janet Milne Fields of Life Tel: 0207 654 7015 Helen Keon The Commonwealth of Nations is an invaluable Mobile: 07920 767 955 Tel: 02838 390 395 and intrinsic part of what it means to be Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] British. With Her Majesty The Queen at its Albert Poggio GMH OBE Head, combined with the excellent work it United Kingdom Representative does in nations far and wide, the & Director of Gibraltar House Commonwealth is an institution we should all Email: [email protected] take immense pride in. Malcolm Farrow Esq OBE President of the Flag Institute The Commonwealth should be celebrated and what better way to do that, than to fly the Commonwealth Flag so I look forward to seeing it flying all over the nation and the Commonwealth on 14th March 2016.

Air Cadet Organisation Andrew Rosindell M.P. Geoff Hewett Chairman, Flags & Heraldry Committee Tel: 01400 267 288 Parliament of the United Kingdom of Email: [email protected] Great Britain & Northern Ireland 31

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Mrs Halaevalu Mangisi Palu George Fairbairn MNZM JP Chief Commissioner Joseph Borg International Commissioner Mark Ainsley John Emal: [email protected] Mr Howard Fidow Deputy Chief Commissioner Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The Girl Guide Association Email: [email protected] The Scout Association of Malta Scouts New Zealand The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago of the Kingdom of Tonga The Samoa Scout Association

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Rwanda Girl Guides Association Sharron Callahan Josiane Umutonlwase Chief Commissioner Executive Secretary and International Commissioner Email: [email protected] 32

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Tim Hewish Michael Muskett MBE - Chairman Nick Symeou Executive Director & Co-Founder Kevin Horne - Chief Executive Anne Green - Headmistress Geography Co-ordinator Email: [email protected] Trevor Savage - Town Clerk Tel: 01603 227 845 Jim Kerr Education - Advisor Email: [email protected] Tel: 077390 15002 [email protected]

The National Association of Civic Officers is delighted to support the ‘Fly a flag for the Commonwealth’ initiative. NACO works with Siobhan Flax Global Thinkers staff in Civic offices in Town Halls throughout Cultural Attache’ & Personal Assistant to Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] the UK to promote the work of Mayors and Director IPRA Secretariat Elizabeth Filippouli, Founder & CEO Chair of Councils. Government of the British Virgin Islands Email: [email protected] The Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League Paul Millward - Chair is proud to be involved with the project to Fly a [email protected] Flag for the Commonwealth. A number of Member Organisations across the Commonwealth will be taking part in 2016 to represent those who fought for the Crown from The Second World War to today’s service men and women from the Commonwealth who are serving in the Armed Forces.

Lt Colonel Christopher Warren Secretary General Rye Lodge Charlie Dorner Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League Kerry de Courcy Esq MBE Food & Beverage Manager Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] 33

‹ TMS Media - Pagemasters to the Pageantmaster ›

Few design agencies have the privilege of working on projects of national significance.

From celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the 90th anniversary of the Royal British Legion to Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth, TMS Media has had the pleasure of working with pageantmaster Bruno Peek on events that celebrate 24-page brochure for many important milestones in our history and culture. A unique 124-page leather- Trafalgar Weekend bound book listing all the 21-23 October 2005. Beacon locations for The Much of Bruno’s work has royal associations. The Queen’s Diamond Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Jubilee Beacons project, for example, was a high-profile televised Beacons was presented to celebration for which we designed a guide to taking part and a website The Queen 4 June 2012. for people and organisations to register events around the country.

Location: East of Store Farm House KirkCarrion Pevensey Castle / Anderida Park Burwash Common Playing Field Organisation: G L & N R Tate Teesdale Action Partnership Pevensey Parish Council Burwash Common & Weald Residents Association Co-ordinator: John Hall Simon Land Rob Bousell David Elmslie

Our creative work for the hugely successful Fly a Flag for the Location: Wharton Park The Stang Punnetts Town Playing Field East Sussex Organisation: Durham Area Action Partnership Teesdale Action Partnership Punnetts Town Village Hall Colin Auberey Neal Co-ordinator: John Murphy Simon Land Mrs Gloria Stoner Colin Auberey Neal

Location: Edmondsley Village (Chester-Le-Street) Cronkley Fell Brightling Mount Firle Beacon Organisation: Chester-Le-Street Area Action Partnership Teesdale Action Partnership Brightling Village Trust Firle Bonfi re Society Commonwealth in 2013 also included a website and a guide, which Co-ordinator: Andrew Megginson Simon Land Nicola Magill Mrs Sally Gravett Location: Pontop Pike Hill Cockfi eld Fell Rodmell Victoria Pleasure Grounds Organisation: Derwent Valley Partnership Teesdale Action Partnership 1st Rodmell & Northease Scout Group Uckfi eld Town Council Co-ordinator: Corinne Walton Simon Land Jake Barlow Ashley Serpis

Location: Middridge Play Area Keverstone Bank Battery Hill Fairlight Primrose Farm Organisation: Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership Teesdale Action Partnership Fairlight Parish Council Arlington Village has been updated to showcase some of the many exciting events Co-ordinator: Brian Riley Simon Land Andrew Mier (Chairman) Jackie Appleton Location: Stanley Staplecross Playing Field Fletching High Street Organisation: Stanley Area Action Partnership Ewhurst & Staplecross Bonfi re Society Fletching Diamond Jubilee Committee Co-ordinator: Daniel O’Brien East Sussex Louise Dinnage Barry Dickens Location: 4 Together Area Action Partnership Willingdon Eastbourne Seafront Frant St Albans Church Organisation: Durham County Council Karen Crowhurst Eastbourne Borough Council Frant Diamond Jubilee Street Party that took place in its inaugural year. Co-ordinator: Lee Copeland Karen Crowhurst Jayne Howard Suzanne Gale Location: In Field, The Foresters Arms Beacon Hill, Rottingdean Swan Meadow Playing Field Burwash Galley Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea Organisation: The Foresters Arms Rottingdean Branch Royal British Legion Burwash Playing Field Association Bexhill Old Town Preservation Society Co-ordinator: Kate Umpleby Frank Considine Steve Mintram David Woolf

Location: Byron Hill, Grey Scar Farm Cade Street, Heathfi eld Lewes / Hotel Grounds Malling Down Organisation: Bowes Parish Council Heathfi eld and Waldron Parish Council White Hart Hotel 4th Lewes Scout Group Co-ordinator: Phil Hughes Diana Francis Madelaine Hunter Karl Brydon

Location: Cassop/ Quarrington Hill Ashdown Forest Windmill Farm Harrisons Field, East Hoathly Organisation: East Durham Rural Corridor The Conservators of Ashdown Forest Ticehurst Parish Council East Hoathly & Halland Carnival Society Ltd 8-page menu for Trafalgar Co-ordinator: Jane Bellis Tracy Buxton Francesca Nowne Keith Pettit Location: Moss Mire Ninfi eld Working Men’s Club Burwash Playing Fields Rotherfi eld Recreation Ground Organisation: Teesdale Action Partnership Ninfi eld Jubilee Celebration Committee The Bear Inn and Burwash Motel Rotherfi eld & Mark Cross Bonfi re Society Night Dinner We’re delighted to be the pagemasters to the pageantmaster. Co-ordinator: Simon Land Carol Holland Kevin Parker Mr L D Pike THE QUEEN’S DIAMOND JUBILEE BEACONS 4TH JUNE 2012 27 21 October 2005. 01493 662929 www.tms-media.co.uk

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70th Anniversary 8-page guide to taking part 8-page guide to taking part VE Day Beacons A shared moment of celebration in The Great Poppy Party for The Queen’s Diamond 8th May 2015 8-page guide to taking Weekend Jubilee Beacons part for 70th Anniversary Your guide to taking part 10, 11, 12 June 2011. 4 June 2012. of VE Day 8 May 2015 ‹ Contact details ›

Bruno Peek LVO OBE OPR Originator & Pageantmaster Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth Pageantmaster House, 110 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6NB, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)7737 262 913 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] www.flyaflagforthecommonwealth.com