A handful of pages picked to highlight the breadth of the work of the Livery.
This free guide covers short descriptions of all the City Livery Companies, their coats of arms, contact details, and a map of livery halls.
On 10th December 2020, Caroline Wright, Chief Executive Officer the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, released of the 2021 Impact Report.
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.
An Addendum to The Livery Committee Annual Report has been published and is available here.
The Temple Bar Trust is pleased to announce a series of events celebrating one of the City’s best kept architectural secrets.
The Songs and Music of the City of London is the culmination of a two-year project and is the latest concise guide to the City of London’s cultural offerings.
In follow-up to their letter of 13th April, Sir David Wootton and Victoria Russell have provided further information on the forthcoming election of Sheriffs.
The Late-May update from the Livery Climate Action Group is now available and includes details of the upcoming seminar on the 28th June.
Victoria Russell, Chair of the Livery Committee, has interviewed this year’s two prospective Sheriffs – Alderman Alison Gowman and Alderman Nicholas Lyons.
Read what people have to say about Livery Companies and Guilds.
Introduced to the history and workings of the square mile and all its intricacies nearly 10 years ago, I have ever increasing delight that there is still so much to learn, see and absorb, and of course share with others. Long may it continue.
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.
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.
