The Livery Newsletter and Gazette Issue 26 Winter 2016 | Page 15

Appointment of a new Trustee
In February 2016, Graham Blashill retired after many years as a Trustee and member of the Welfare Committee.
In August, Court Assistant Martine Petetin was appointed Trustee. In September, The Hon. Michael Richards
retired having served as Trustee since 2012 and a member The
of the
Welfare
manybyyears
earlier.
lunch
wasCommittee
deliciously for
catered
Mark
Grove
Both Graham and Michael have made major contributionsand
to the
the Benevolent
Fund
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hissuccess
team atofCook
& Butler and
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cracked
Committee.
along at a goodly pace. Our guests were admirably
introduced by Liveryman Fran Morrison and our
Principal Guest, Tim Wonnacott gave a generous and
Livery charities
very humorous reply to which I responded initially
by drenching poor Tim in a glass of water - he was
Sheriffs’ & Recorders’
5,000
Disabled
very kind about
it (sorry Tim!).
I was very pleased
Livery
Fund
to show off the newly found charities
Livery Grant of Arms
London Regiment
2,500
and Letters Patent which have been missing for many
St Lawrence Jewry
1,000
years - our Clerk tenaciously sought them out, and
Master’s Donations
3,800
the new Immediate Past Master, Chris Allen, and his
St Paul’s Cathedral
1,000
IPM, Mark Gower-Smith have funded a beautiful representation
and they are now resplendent in frames
Sons of the Clergy
500
Education
carved with tobacco leaves (or close to); Sandra also
ABF Soldiers’ Charity
1,000
located a huge banner not seen since 1985 and Angus
(Curry lunch)
Livery charities
Menzies, Clerk to the Master Mariners and never shy
Poppy appeal
500
Total:
of a challenge saw to it that it was displayed on the
Disneyland Taxi
1,400
16,700
Quarterdeck.
(CHCD trust)
Whilst all this was going on, apparently biblicalstyle downpours were being had all over London
Disabled
- oblivious to all that drama we ended our lunch
Barrow Farm RDA
12,000
Total:
and trooped back to the quarterdeck where Coffee,
Bobath Centre
5,000
17,000
Cigars, and Cognac awaited us (I did mention that
our Livery enjoyed dining on the High C’s..) and
Disadvantaged Youth
which seemed to hit the mark – Liveryman Jemma
Freeman had kindly provided the torpedo cigars
Oxford and Bermondsey 5,000
and had had them placed in souvenir tubes with our
Youth Club
Crest emblazoned on it. Several of us also sported
Arundel Castle
10,000
a limited edition Livery Smoking hat - originally
Cricket Foundation
conceived
a sortdistributed?
of shooting hat, it serves its
How are theasfunds
CCHF All About Kids
5,000
purpose so well as a “team” hat, that of the twenty
Pembroke House (Music) 10,000
At
their August
theby
Trustees
review
theday!
ordered,
but onemeeting,
remained
the close
of the
Pembroke House (Dance) 10,000
various
charities
receive
supportfor
against
the us the
Thank you
to thethat
Master
Mariners
allowing
guidelines
agreed
with
the
Court
in
2014.
The
causes
S Pinter Youth Project
5,000
use of the venue, to Tim for being a perfect Principal
were
divided
into
the fourattending
basic categories
shown
Guest,
and for
everyone
and giving
my
Katherine Low Settlement 1,560
Total:
above.
There
are
certain
charities
that
the
Livery
year such a special start.
Pro-Action
5,000
51,560
is expected to support. The other three categories
are self-explanatory. It was the view of the Trustees
Education
that homelessness is a major issue for the capital and
The Master
concluded that they were not supporting charities
to
S3 Physics
3,000
help
the
homeless
who
live
on
the
streets
of
London.
(Physics Partners Ltd)
Accordingly, it was decided to give £5,500 to support
Guildhall School Trust
15,000
a project at Spitalfields Crypt Trust for the annual cost
Sevenoaks
500
Total:
of a resident’s room at Acorn House to help a homeless
Mark Evison Foundation 5,000
23,500
man rebuild his life and overcome addiction.
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