Town centre
Wakefield Town Hall
The excellent Mayor of Wakefield Mr Darren Byford.
Born in Castleford and starting work in 1979 as a trainee retail manager working up to manager and specialising in Procurement at YPO in Wakefield . Darren was first elected to Wakefield Council in 2016.
I met up with Darren at the Town Hall following Wakefield’s annual Civic Service at the Cathedral
Darren’s main charity for his year is the’Memory Action Group’, a peer support group for people living with dementia and their carers
Mayors parade accompanied by a splendid brass band on the way to the Civil Service at the Cathedral