A New Chancellor for Bedfordshire

The new chancellor is Baroness Howells. She will be installed at a ceremony in Luton tomorrow. Originally from Grenada, Rosalind Howells OBE was raised to the peerage as Baroness Howells of St Davids, of Charlton in the London Borough of Greenwich in 1999.

Her career background includes being the Director of the Greenwich Racial Equality Council as well as a Community and Equal Opportunities Worker. Baroness Howells is a trustee of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. She has worked with the London Voluntary Services Council, Carnival Liaison Committee, and the Greater London Action in Race Equality and has been an active campaigner for justice in the field of race relations.

We aim to hold a reception at the Houses of Parliament later this year and hopefully the Baroness will be there to host it.