“Bright Lights, Open Minds, Robust Community”
What a day of celebration of how we can all support our fellow human beings. The day began early, as it has now for 11 years, with a start ringing the bell at the London Stock Exchange. Here’s a glimpse of some of the events that went on:
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I had long lamented that we need to celebrate the Thames’ connection with the City forcibly each year as part of the Totally Thames Festival each September. We lit upon World Rivers Day, the fourth Sunday of every September as most appropriate, keeping our tradition yet celebrating with all the other cities of the world.
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We were delighted to celebrate our very first City of London “Pepys Day”.
225 people participated in a series of wonderful walks led by City of London Guides, leading from the Monument at 10:00 and ending at Mansion House at noon, whereupon we had a glass of champagne in celebration, and many decamped to The Hydrant for lunch.
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“Helping Businesses Connect To Prosper” – London Business Matters, London Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Regular readers know that I try to avoid having more than one post a day, but this was special, the very first Lord Mayor of London ringing the 5 minute bell at Lords Cricket Ground to reopen England versus Sri Lanka. Chris Hayward in shot, but masterminded so kindly by Mark Berman.
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One objective this year has been to build up pan-livery connections. A special project has been led by Paul Finch and other members of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, with a core team of Alex Marcuson, Craig Penfold, David Worsfold, and Richard Burge. Paul and the team have worked hard to get the nearly 50,000 people involved in the City’s livery community (27,000 registered liverymen, plus freemen, plus apprentices, plus clerks and others) to connect with each other. We’re getting close to the first year’s target of 2,000 members.
UPDATE – the team reached 2,000 members on 18 October, a few weeks ahead of schedule. Congratulations!
… and for those interested in joining a livery company or ward club.
