The Livery Newsletter and Gazette Issue 27 Summer 2017 | Page 10
Figure 1 Which of the following causes
have you given to in the last
four weeks? Source CAF UK Giving
The lunch was 2015
deliciously catered by Mark Grove
and his team at Cook & Butler and we cracked
along at a goodly pace. Our guests were admirably
trends
indicate
charities
introduced by Recent
Liveryman
Fran
Morrison
and our
focused
on
children
or
young
people
Principal Guest, Tim Wonnacott gave a generous
and
are
at
the
front
of
the
mind
when
the
very humorous reply to which I responded initially
public
is asked
about
by drenching poor
Tim
in a glass
of their
water donations
- he was
while
medical
research
and
very kind about it (sorry Tim!). I was very hospitals
pleased
hospices
on a Grant
downward
to show off the and
newly
found are
Livery
of Arms
trend.
and Letters Patent
which have been missing for many
years - our Clerk tenaciously sought them out, and
the new Immediate Past Master, Chris Allen, and his
Figure 2 Proportion
of total
donation re-
IPM, Mark Gower-Smith
have funded
a beautiful
amount
received
by each cause in frames
presentation and
they are
now resplendent
in 2015,
Source
carved with tobacco
leaves
(or CAF
close UK
to); Giving
Sandra 2015
also
located a huge banner not seen since 1985 and Angus
Menzies, Clerk to the Master Mariners and never shy
Medical
research
received
of a challenge saw
to it that
it was charities
displayed
on the the
Quarterdeck. highest proportion of total donations
(16%), while hospitals and hospices
Whilst all this received
was going 12%.
on, apparently
biblical- who
Religious charities,
style downpours
were
being
had
all
over
London
in the prior year received the
largest
- oblivious to all
that received
drama we
our tying
lunch with
share,
13 ended
per cent,
and trooped back
to the quarterdeck
children/young
people. where Coffee,
Cigars, and Cognac awaited us (I did mention that
our Livery enjoyed dining on the High C’s..) and
which seemed to hit the mark – Liveryman Jemma
Freeman had kindly provided the torpedo cigars
and had had them placed in souvenir tubes with our
Crest emblazoned on it. Several of us also sported
Our Benevolent Fund
a limited edition Livery Smoking hat - originally
as a national
sort of shooting
it serves giving.
its
It is not the intention of the Benevolent Fund Trustees to conceived
replicate the
trends of hat,
charitable
purpose
so offering
well as a a “team”
that to of anyone
the twenty
There are two ring fenced funds which comprise the Welfare
Fund,
helping hat,
hand
but one remained
close of and
the day!
who has worked in the tobacco trade in any capacity, or ordered,
to their dependents
subject by
to the
conditions
Thank
you
to
the
Master
Mariners
for
allowing
strict criteria. As you can see from Figure 3 below, 60% of the charitable giving of the Benevolent Fund is us the
use goes
of the
Tim for
being
a perfect and
Principal
distributed by the Welfare Committee. The remaining 40%
to venue,
various to causes
that
are reviewed
Guest,
and
for
everyone
attending
and
giving
my 2
monitored by the Benevolent Fund Trustees. The analysis below follows the criteria adopted CAF in Figure
year are
such
a special
above. There are some charities which all Livery companies
expected
to start.
support, which are described as
“Livery obligations” in Figure 3.
The Master
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