
The Mayor of Faversham, Cllr Josh Rowlands, was the guest speaker at a Rotary Club evening meeting in October.
Josh represents Abbey Ward on the town council and in May 2024 at the age of 33 he became the youngest Mayor in the history of Faversham Town Council.
His involvement with political activity goes back to his childhood, when he helped his grandfather delivering leaflets. While at college in Canterbury, he was active in the students union both locally and nationally.
In his role as Mayor, Josh is non-political which he says gives him opportunities to work with everyone to make Faversham a better town. He gets the chance to meet lots of people in Faversham, many of whom are volunteers in the town’s various groups, clubs, charities etc.
There is a lot of need in the town as shown by the calls on the Food Bank, to name just one organisation that provides help & support.
Josh talked about his chosen charities, which this year are the Abbey Physic Garden and Keep Talking Services. Both these charities provide befriending and support services to help with mental health and wellbeing, and to try to reduce social isolation. Men’s mental health, and encouraging men to talk about this, is an issue of particular interest to Josh.
Josh also emphasised the importance of communication, in listening to the town’s residents and engaging with them to create “One Town, One Community”.
https://www.keeptalkingservices.com/