Lord Provost Bill Campbell Blog #1

Hello, and welcome to my first Blog. I want to introduce myself. I am the newly-elected Lord Provost of Dundee, Bill Campbell.

I have recently had the great privilege and honour of taking up the position as the city’s Lord Provost, after serving as Depute Lord Provost for the past five years.

I want to take the opportunity to explain my role, both in the Council and for the City, a bit further. As the Lord Provost, I am the non-political civic head of Dundee and the City Council. Within this role, it also includes being the Lord-Lieutenant of Dundee, which means I will serve as the Queen’s official representative for the city.

As the city’s civic head, I will carry out a wide range of duties which can include civic receptions, promoting Dundee both home and abroad, and maintaining links with our twinned cities.

Depute Lord Provost Kevin Cordell and myself have been kept busy with many official duties. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Bailie Helen Wright, Bailie Will Dawson, and Deputy Lord-Lieutenant David Dorward for their assistance with the University of Dundee Graduations.

Across June 2022 much has taken place, including;

• the launch of the city’s Festive Fund to support public activities over Christmas and New Year;
• I attended and thoroughly enjoyed the Dundee’s Year of the Older Person Celebration Concert at the Caird Hall;
• this year’s Pride Month was marked by the raising of the Pride Flag above the city centre at the City Churches where I visited with the council’s Equal Opportunities spokesperson Cllr Nadia El-Nakla;
• I had the pleasure of awarding the prize winners of the annual Lord Provost McManus Citizenship Awards to the individual S6 pupils who have been particularly community-spirited;
• The Lady Provost and myself attended the EIS Conference dinner at the Apex Hotel;
• The Depute Lord Provost welcomed the 2nd Mayor of Würzburg Martin Heilig to the city, as Martin and his family were given a tour around the city including up to the Law and a trip to the V&A Dundee;
• A civic reception also took place to welcome Emory University Professor Joe Manns and his psychology students to the city ahead of their time in Dundee conducting cross-cultural research in child development;
• The Depute Lord Provost presented the Lord Provost Award at the OSCAs at the Invercarse Hotel to the Fuel Well Council Advice Services project;
• The Depute Lord Provost also had the pleasure of congratulating University of Dundee ‘Class of 2022’ graduates at four of the graduation ceremonies in the Caird Hall on receiving their degree certificates, alongside University Principal & Vice-Chancellor Iain Gillespie. Other graduation ceremonies also took place which were formally attended by the Lord Provost, Bailie Helen Wright, Bailie Will Dawson and Deputy Lord-Lieutenant David Dorward;
• The Lady Provost and myself attended Her Majesty’s Garden Party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which presented the opportunity to meet a wide spectrum of guests.

Lastly, I am now also on social media where you can follow the latest Lord Provost news and activities via Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you for reading this Post and I hope to update you further on my civic responsibilities in the future through my July blog.

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