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The High Sheriff of Dyfed 2010

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The Office of Dyfed High Sheriff rotates between Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.  

     From March 2010 to March 2011, it is the turn of Pembrokeshire, with David Pryse Lloyd having been appointed.   

     The Office of High Sheriff in England and Wales is at least 1,000 years old and the annual selection of High Sheriffs is made by the Queen in a meeting of the Privy Council.  It is an honorary appointment which is now largely ceremonial.  

     As well as being a figurehead for law and order, modern-day High Sheriffs work to raise the profile of the office and make it relevant to the modern day, particularly by encouraging voluntary work for the community.  It is thought that lending the name of ‘High Sheriff’’ to a cause will confer credibility and status.         More

The Office of High Sheriff is non-political and unpaid.  No part of a High Sheriff’s expenses falls on the public purse.

     It is a Royal appointment, made in the Privy Council by the Sovereign, where the custom of he or she ‘pricking’ the appointee’s name with a bodkin continues.  In times gone by, being made High Sheriff could make you unpopular (tax collectors don’t get good press!) or be costly so noblemen would attempt to erase the mark against their name.  A smart medieval monarch put an end to that by pricking the document with a bodkin – there wasn’t much anyone could do about removing a small paper tear!

Crimebeat

(Registered Charity #1068034)

Devoted to helping young people avoid a life of crime and helping young offenders to start afresh.  Supported projects cover a huge range of activities, such as co-funding youth clubs and rehab schemes, teaching youngsters to safeguard privacy on the internet and assisting schools to create anti-bullying campaigns.

Dai Davies’ High Sheriff of Dyfed Youth Charity Trust

(Registered Charity # 1133394)

Helps fund young volunteers belonging to Girlguides, Scouts, YFC, Young Carers, ACF, ATC, Sea Cadets, St John’s Ambulance Cadets, Dyfed Young Firefighters, Duyke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and Prince’s Trust, enabling them to go abroad either as ambassadors of their organisations or on missions to help others.

Crimebeat helped fund Tenby Youth Centre’s summer programme.  Here Youth Worker  Anthony Harris receives a cheque from High Sheriff David Pryse Lloyd