The Leathersellers’ Hall was the venue for a reception to
announce the results of the Big Curry Lunch 2019 and so the Mistress and I were
pleased to be able to attend. We joined many Livery Masters, Clerks and other
supporters of the various charities involved to hear at first hand just how
much had been raised in this its 11th year of operation.
Sheriff the Hon Liz Green represented the Lord Mayor and she
was accompanied by her Consort Peter and by the Lady Mayoress and gave a brief
speech of welcome. She also thanked the myriad of supporters who make the Big
Curry Lunch held on 4 April (see Blog No 109) such a success and noted that
their time and contributions were given free of charge. An amazing level of
support.
Handing over to Michael Hockney, Founder and Co-Chair of the
Organising Committee he passed on apologies from General Sir Mike Jackson who
was unable to be there on the night. He did repeat however Sir Mike and the
Lord Mayors’ support of the Big Curry Lunch and passed on their thanks to all
involved.
Michael then explained the recent additional support being
provided to ex-service personnel in the form of a ground breaking pain
management relief programme. This comes at an enormous cost but has proven
benefits to the service men and women themselves and to their families.
Extremely effective and much needed.
And then we got to the bit we were all waiting for; the
total sum raised. It was with enormous pleasure that we learnt that all records
had been broken this year with an amazing £246,500 being donated on the day.
Truly incredible. And even more incredible was that as a result of the Master
Leathersellers’ persuasive skills the last £3,500 was raised on the night
making a cool quarter of a million pounds to the charity. What a result!
So a huge thank you to all involved and to the Company of
Leathersellers for their hospitality. A wonderful charity and long may it
flourish to support our Armed Services who keep us all safe.
Picture shows the Master presenting a cheque (raised at our
recent Election Court Lunch) to Michael Hockney.
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