It was great to see our Company represented in The Livery Kitchen Cookbook, with a dedicated recipe for Boeuf Bourguignon! The cookbook commemorates the combined efforts, generosity and donations of City Livery Companies, individuals and volunteers to an initiative that supported NHS hospital workers during the pandemic. The Livery Kitchen Initiative (LKI) was set up...Read More
Our Company is pleased to support a new charity called Down Tools, set up to fight knife crime. The organisation is reaching into schools and working with young people to build awareness about the dangers, risks and consequences of carrying knives WCoBM’s donation was used to print 20,000 bookmarks, which will be distributed to schools...Read More
WCoBM donated nearly £90,000 last year to a wide range of causes to support charitable organisations and initiatives during Covid-19. Additional donations were made to those supporting the NHS and frontline key workers, as well as trade charities such as the Rainy Day Trust, Crash, Lighthouse Construction Industry and the Timber Trades Benevolent Society, all...Read More
The Drapers Company is inviting Freemen and Liverymen of the WCoBM to join them for a webinar on the Livery Kitchen Initiative (LKI) on 9th June. Jointly presented by Col Richard Winstanley OBE, Clerk to the Drapers’ Company, Mr Rej Bhumbra, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon Barts Health NHS Trust, and Mrs Laura Winningham OBE, Founder...Read More
Fellow Liverymen Since I last wrote to you at Easter we had the sad news of the death of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip was a fantastic champion for the UK and the City of London over more than seven decades, and an active supporter of the Livery. He will be very much...Read More
Dear Masters, Prime Wardens, Upper Bailiff and Clerks, Over two years ago, arising out of the Pan Livery working groups that were set up in 2017, a Livery philanthropic initiative started to take shape. It was important to those involved in creating the ideas that such an initiative had to have certain key objectives: It...Read More
Our outgoing Clerk Virginia Rounding features in a new documentary on #CelebratingCityWomen. The documentary looks beyond the big stories in our history to uncover the unsung heroes, women of the Square Mile. Featuring interviews with historians, artists and curators – among others – the short film takes you back in time, discovering the stories of...Read More
Since the first lockdown last April, our Livery has welcomed 11 new Liverymen and Freemen. Despite the challenges of a pandemic year, we like many others, have adapted to virtual life with all admissions and installations over the last 12 months taking place via Zoom. With membership by invitation only, WCoBM now has a very...Read More
In our next blog, Past Master Brian Blanchard and Chairman of the Education & Training Committee discusses the value of apprenticeships and why there has never been a better time for merchants and their suppliers to bring fresh new talent into the industry. You can also catch this article in Builders Merchants News – here...Read More
#BuildACareerWithoutLimits was launched to improve awareness and understanding of the building materials sector and its exciting career opportunities. Reaching out to apprentices, school, college and university leavers, those who already work in the sector and career switchers, the campaign is building widespread momentum. In our latest column for Builders’ Merchants News, WCoBM Education & Training...Read More
