The role also includes supporting up to 3 charities and presenting the Lord Mayor's Awards for Urban Design.

[citation needed] The post of Mayor of Nottingham was created in the Charter of Edward I approved on 12 February 1284.

[1] The title was changed to Lord Mayor of Nottingham by letters patent, announced by King George V on 10 July 1928, at the opening of the new University College at Highfields.

It has recently (i.e. since 2002) become the established rule that newly created cities should wait for an interval of at least 10 years before making an application for a Lord Mayoralty.

Although the election no longer happens in the church, a civic service is held there each year to mark the Lord Mayor's appointment.