'Looking around Kenilworth, I do see much cause for hope' - Christmas message from the Mayor

Mayor of Kenilworth's Christmas message

Being in Kenilworth in 2020 - being anywhere in our country in 2020 - has been very different to before. Life has changed completely. All that we had taken for granted seems now to have been based on sand. COVID-19 has challenged everything that we once held important. Knowing that the virus affected everyone in some way has made things very difficult.

Looking around Kenilworth, however, I do see much cause for hope. I see our great sense of community, creativity and culture. Values like these are what helps us get through this COVID-19 crisis. Everyone now seems to life in a different way focussing on what’s really important. Seeing the world and all its different people in a very different light.

May 2021 therefore be different to these past nine months. A year when we’ll find peace with ourselves, with one another and with the world around us.

Thank you for what you are doing to make Kenilworth such a special place to live and work in and to visit. Thank you especially for what you are doing to help people get through this COVID-19 crisis.

Enjoy this Christmas as much as you can.

Remember, 'it won’t always be like this, it is going to get better'.

By Cllr Richard Dickson

Mayor of Kenilworth 2020/21