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Featured pages from across the site

A handful of pages picked to highlight the breadth of the work of the Livery.

A guide to Livery Companies and Guilds

This free guide covers short descriptions of all the City Livery Companies, their coats of arms, contact details, and a map of livery halls.

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal Impact Report

On 10th December 2020, Caroline Wright, Chief Executive Officer the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, released of the 2021 Impact Report.

Livery Schools Link

Livery Schools Link works with livery companies and schools to benefit young people in education to improve student employability.

Livery Companies have a strong tradition of philanthropic giving. They have for some time provided funding specifically to enable offenders’ rehabilitation. This has included the work of the Sheriffs and Recorder’s Fund which has provided individual grants to prison leavers and also funding for charities such as Bounce Back, whose programmes focus on helping people leaving prison to find and keep work.

Recent News

Leading British Couturier designs fan for Lord Mayor’s Appeal and Barnardo’s

by The Web Master29 November 2021

The Worshipful Company of Fan Makers has launched a specially designed fan to mirror the Lord Mayor’s theme of Reflection and Hope.

The 2022 Lord Mayor’s Platinum Jubilee Big Curry

by The Web Master25 November 202129 November 2021

Michael Hockney MBE, Co-Chairman and Founder of The Lord Mayor’s Platinum Jubilee Big Curry, reveals the date of the 2022 event in what promises to be a very special year.

The Worshipful Company of Cooks’ first female Master interviewed live on the BBC

by The Web Master22 November 202122 November 2021

Following an approach from the BBC for interesting stories for the Lord Mayor’s Show live broadcast, Virginia Bond, the Second Master, was interviewed by the BBC’s Molly King.

City Corporation Governance Review Update (in response to Lord Lisvane Report)

by The Web Master19 November 2021

The City of London Corporation has written to all Livery Companies updating them on the review of its internal governance arrangements.

Livery Charity Chairs Group next Hot Topic meeting – 6th December

by The Web Master19 November 2021

The Livery Charity Chairs Group will host its next online workshop “Hot Topic #2 – Fundraising” on Monday December 6th on Zoom.

Election speech of the new Lord Mayor

by The Web Master13 November 202119 November 2021

Following today’s Lord Mayor’s Show, we take the opportunity to share the election speech of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Vincent Keaveny.

What people say

Read what people have to say about Livery Companies and Guilds.

As a Liveryman, what has made me swell with pride is the way the Livery reacted to Covid-19 by launching the NHS Livery Kitchens Initiative to deliver 600 two-course fresh, free and quality meals per day to several Barts Health Trust Hospitals. Pure joy at the end of a long and dangerous shift in full PPE.

David Barrett, Secretary Fellowship of Clerks

We just want to say thank you so much for all the hard work and the lovely food you’ve been sending us, we really love it and enjoy it and it’s ever so healthy for all this hard work that we are doing. Thank you very much for supporting our welfare.

Sharmila and Thelma, NHS Bart’s Nurses

The Livery Companies and the City Corporation actively partner with our youth, whether this be through bursaries, career advice, or ‘just in time’ donations when it matters the most. This is a great display of our aligned commitments towards social mobility and creating equal opportunities.

Shravan Joshi CC, Common Councillor for Ward of Bishopsgate

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