TOWN MAYOR

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Town Mayor 2023 -2024

Cllr. Desmond Paul


Mayor's Statement

 

I’m Councillor Desmond Paul, the new mayor elected by my fellow town councillors for 2023 - 2024. I’m happy to say that my wife Anoma Paul has agreed to become Mayor Consort for the year. I’m thrilled and feel very privileged to be elected.


I’m originally from Sri Lanka, and I worked as a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Force.


I’m supporting 3 charities as Mayor.  First, I want to do something to help end homelessness in the area, to help all those who are vulnerable, young and old to have a better life. So I’m supporting the homelessness charity The Wallich. I’m also supporting the MND Association, a charity that helps people with motor neurone disease. I particularly want to support this charity as my cousin Ramesh Vethanayagam has recently been diagnosed, he is only sixty years old and is now in  a wheelchair. So raising as much as possible and to be able to donate something to that charity is a priority. My third charity is Cerebral Palsy Cymru, and that is in support of my grandson Isaac Paul. My son has twins who were born prematurely, and Isaac has had a lot of complications. He’s been helped a lot by this charity, who have helped to improve his health.



Also, as I’m a veteran of the Air Force, I will be supporting the Armed Forces veterans. I'm an active member of Valley Veterans RCT and the Royal Welsh Veterans, Caerphilly branch and I will do whatever I can to support veterans as well as my main charities. I’m going to do whatever I can to leave a legacy from my time as Mayor. I'm so proud to be the first Sri Lankan Mayor of Pontypridd. 



Email

desmond.paul@pontypriddtowncouncil.gov.uk

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Mayor's Blog

Meet the Mayor

By Pontypridd Town Council • 21 Jun, 2023
Meet Pontypridd's New Mayor - Cllr. Desmond Paul

Pontypridd Town Mayor visits Men's Sheds Group

By Pontypridd Town Council • 07 Nov, 2022
Cllr Lyndon Bengough the Town Mayor was a recent visitor to the Pontypridd Men's Shed group who are based at Taff Meadow Community Centre in Treforest. The Town Council have been supporting the group since it's inception in March this year and they were visited by Town Clerk Tony Graham and the Mayor who were keen to see how the group were doing. Shed Chair Gareth Pugh said " we have increased our membership from the original four members to the thirty plus we have now, we are so grateful to the Town Council who have supported and advised us over the past eight months. We are very happy to make a donation to the Mayors charity and to give him a Bird Box to be used as a raffle prize." The Shed meet every Wednesday at Taff Meadow from 10-12, new members very welcome.
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