Mayor

MEET THE MAYOR

Councillor Matthew Street was elected Town Mayor for 2023-24 at the Annual Statutory Meeting held on 16th May 2023.

Message from the Mayor:

I am honoured to have been elected Mayor for the wonderful town in which I live and work.

My wife and I moved to Crowborough in early 2007 with our three children and we soon fell in love with the town and surrounding area. Our children all attended pre-school and primary schools in the town and then went on to Beacon Academy, where I am currently Chair of the Local Governing Body. I was also a governor at Sir Henry Fermor primary school for eight years when they were younger.

I am fortunate to work within our wonderful town as the Branch Manager of Waitrose Crowborough and I enjoy being able to help local people, whether as customers or employees. In addition, I am an elected Director of the John Lewis Partnership Trust board which gives me an opportunity to work nationally in a well-loved company. My work within the town allows me to contribute through other means too, and I was a founding member of the Chamber of Commerce, a previous Chairperson of the Retailer’s Association and I have been a trustee of the local Foodbank since 2015.

I became a town councillor in 2010 and I am proud of what this council has achieved in that time for our residents. In my role as a councillor, I have been actively involved in committee activities – for the past 12 years I have been the Chairperson of the Communication and Events Committee which organises our town’s major events such as the annual firework display, Christmas Fair, Summer Fair, Boundary Walk and much more. I was also Deputy Mayor for a year which I hope has prepared me a little bit for this new role!

Outside of work and the council, I enjoy exploring Ashdown Forest and the wider East Sussex countryside with our family dog. I have been part of the Crowborough Players for a number of years, and I am a member of All Saints’ church.

Each year the Mayor chooses two charities to support and this year I am delighted to be supporting the Friends of Crowborough Hospital and 1st Crowborough Scout Group. I hope to support Friends of Crowborough Hospital by raising enough money to purchase some much-needed equipment for their very popular birthing centre and to support 1st Crowborough Scouts in their work maintaining their headquarters building which many local young people benefit from using.

It is an honour to have been elected as Mayor for this year and I look forward to meeting you either at council meetings or at some of our events throughout the year.