Thank you Grace College Gateshead Council for inviting me as guest speaker for your end of term celebrations and prize giving. Congratulations to those nominated for the awards. I'm really impressed with the standing of the college and excellent ethos focusing on character building.

We were delighted to welcome The High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear,High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear 2021/22, who addressed the College virtually during our end of term Celebration Assembly & Prize Giving. Click here to watch the full event: youtu.be/CurfK8ZP3_I High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales Emmanuel Schools Foundation

Hoping you all had a great Christmas with your loved ones. Wishing you a happy and safe New Year.

Privileged to attend Beacon of Light and see Sunderland Council grant Sunderland AFC FA Cup squad of 1973 the Freedom of the City. What a fantastic exemplary contribution they have made to the city over the last 50 years. Patrick Melia OBE @graememiller19 Sunderland UK

Invited by University of Sunderland to see performance by Emeli Sandé at the start of her 2022 tour at the The Fire Station What a fantastic night of music to hear this amazing voice in this amazing state-of-the-art auditorium. The acoustics The Fire Station are world class. Sunderland UK

Great to meet @npnewcastle Police Cadets at Newcastle College. They were very keen to learn about the High Sheriff role especially the Sword! Thank you PCSO Paul Mood for the invitation to speak to them. We are proud of them Northumbria Police High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales

Great to attend the High Sheriffs' Association of England and Wales webinar to present to the nominations for 2022. Police Cadets at @NPolChief is a key role that we should support and encourage. This also applies to other cadets who make us all very proud.

Always proud to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to our region. The Princess Royal presented The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2021 to the Skill Mill Limited theskillsmill.org at ExhibitionParkTrust #RoyalFamily @Twlieutenancy @NPolChief Habib Rahman @HighSheriffs

Pleased to be invited to present at RotaryNorthEast and see the induction of new members and Jimmy receiving the Paul Harris fellowship. Great organisation helping the local community Habib Rahman

Excited to hear High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear 2021/22 will take up the Chair of University of Sunderland's Board of Governors this summer. Great news! sunderland.ac.uk/more/news/stor… Graeme Thompson MBE John Mowbray John MacIntyre Lynne McKenna MBE Arabella Lee Hall

Privileged to be invited by Col James Denny to the Royal regiment of Fusiliers Officers Lunch at the The Tower of London in the The Fusiliers. Excellent hospitality in such an iconic location. Honoured to hear the many stories from those retired veterans who have kept us free and safe

Thank you Zvi Salomon sharing the great works the boys at Neetzotz Gateshead Council are doing with the High Sheriff Fund contribution. The boys made a "torah scroll weekly prasha" to aid their educational needs. They have just launched their new web site neetzotz.org/about.phpNEETZ…

What a fabulous job Newcastle Cathedral with the renovation and every time I visit I'm wowed. At the moment they are holding an exhibition "A Century of Wedding Gowns" which is so fitting for such a majestic place. We were lucky enough to be asked to exhibit my wife's wedding dress.

The Northumbria Police do an amazing job for our communities. It was great to see the fantastic training facilities at Follingsby Park. Thanks @NPolChief in keeping our communities safe which is recognised by all of us by being the No. 1 force in the country for public satisfaction

Farooq Hakim, High Sheriff of Tyne and Wear, married his wife Susan in 1989. Susan’s gorgeous wedding dress forms part of our ‘A Century of Wedding Gowns’ exhibition, running until Thursday 24 March. Visit our website for more information: newcastlecathedral.org.uk/wedding-gowns High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear 2021/22

It was a privilege to be asked to take part in Sunderland’s Commonwealth Day virtual celebrations along with the Mayor Sunderland Council and Tyne & Wear Lord Lieutenant TWLieutenancy. YouTube link for information youtube.com/watch?v=lSLVoi…

It was really great to be invited to meet Chris Lowther @TWFRS_CFO and team at The Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. They really do an amazing job keeping us all safe with the BEST average response time of 6 minutes in England.

The highlight of my shrivel year was meeting the amazing community organisations at T&W High Sheriff Fund Awards Ceremony. We had 111 attending from 34 organisations. Thank you to all the trusts for their donations & @CFTyneWearNland Sir David Bell Sarah Stewart OBE DL TWLieutenancy

The TOP AWARD of £3000 at the T&W High Sheriff Fund Award Ceremony went to Neetzotz Gateshead Council. They offer tutoring, mentoring, psychotherapy, training and social and recreational opportunities. Runners up each getting £2000 were 2214 (Usworth) Squadron and Northern Roots.

Thank you to everyone who attended The Tyne & Wear High Sheriff Fund Award Ceremony hosted at University of Sunderland