During the COVID pandemic, the Lord Mayor has commenced issuing a monthly Bulletin providing various information including what the Livery is doing collectively to support the pandemic crisis and those in increased need.
Category: City
Update: The Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch 2021
Co-Chairman of the Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch, Michael Hockney, provides an update with news of some amazing fund raising efforts and of plans for 2021.
Lord Mayor’s address available on YouTube
The Lord Mayor, William Russell, gave a virtual briefing to the Livery to set out his key objectives for the forthcoming year. The event was recorded, and the hour-long video includes speeches and a Q&A session with Ms Victoria Russell (Chairman, Livery Committee), Sir Charles Bowman (Chairman, Pan Livery Steering Group) and John Barradell (Town Clerk & Chief Executive, City of London).
The date of the Annual Lord Mayor’s Gresham Lecture has changed
Building Back Better – The City’s Role in a Green-Led Economic Recovery is the title of next year’s annual Gresham College Lecture on 1st February.
Come to Carols for The City at 5.30pm Tues 8 Dec – All welcome
Carols for The City will be broadcast live from 5.30pm on Tuesday 6th December. This means that there is no limit on who can attend. It is organised by The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and the VOCES8 Foundation.
Mayor’s Virtual Coffee Mornings
In June and July 2020 the Lord Mayor undertook a series of eleven video calls – or virtual coffee mornings and afternoons – with the Masters and Clerks of selected groups of Livery companies.
Report praises the Livery
The Resource Allocation Sub Committee of the City of London published its Governance Review in mid-September, following its comprehensive Governance Review of the City Corporation.
Carols for the City
In partnership with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and the Voces8 Foundation will be holding a virtual Carol Service on Tuesday 8th December.