A meeting was held at the Mansion House to update Livery Companies on the work of the Pan-Livery initiative and so I took my place – together with all the other Masters - in the Egyptian Room to hear what had developed.
After a few opening comments by the Lord Mayor and by Alderman & Mercer William Russell, Chairman of the Pan-Livery Steering Group, we were updated by Chairman of the Communications Working Group, David Santa-Olalla who detailed the findings of the three surveys conducted over the last few months. These surveys covered 1) composition of the membership profile of Livery Companies; 2) the level of charitable giving made and 3) the number of voluntary hours given and pro-bono work undertaken by members across the Livery. They provided some fascinating and important statistics which space does not allow to be detailed here. Suffice to say that there is a lot more analysis needed and further research undertaken to develop the Communications thematic approach.
A presentation was then given by Victoria Russell on the extensive work of the Livery Committee (of which she is Chairman) and the benefits it provides to Livery Companies and their members. Very useful stuff.
After some questions from the floor the Lord Mayor closed the meeting and invited all assembled to join with him in a drinks reception in the Salon to mark the success of the RAF 100 in 100 campaign.
As previously reported (see Blog No 3) 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the formation of the RAF and so in this special year the Lord Mayor launched his 100 in 100 initiative to secure affiliations between 100 RAF units and 100 Livery Companies. To his enormous pride, the Lord Mayor was able to confirm that this target had been reached (in fact exceeded) and he thanked all Livery Companies for their support. For our part, the Water Conservators are affiliated with No.1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit RAF (AIDU), based at RAF Northolt and have developed this link since 1999. It is good to see so many other Livery Companies working closely with the Armed Services in this manner. A great campaign and a great response from the Livery movement.
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