The latest news about and from the Worshipful Company of Butchers

The Future of Food – subject of this year’s City Food Lecture

Published on: 9 March 2020The Future of Food – subject of this year’s City Food Lecture

This year’s City Food Lecture, organised by the seven food-linked City Livery companies, attracted an invited audience of almost 700 people to the Guildhall recently.

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Volunteering to work with Teach First

Published on: 18 February 2020Volunteering to work with Teach First

It is impossible to overstate the value and benefit that can be provided by our Livery through members acting as a Coach to teachers working in some of the most challenging schools providing education for some of the most disadvantaged pupils of our society.

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Life on the ocean wave

Published on: 11 February 2020Life on the ocean wave

The nature of the duties, often at very short notice, of HMS Tyne, our affiliated Royal Navy ship, is such that invitations to go aboard are invariably at very short notice - the two we received recently certainly were.

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Charity links underpinned by donations

Published on: 10 February 2020Charity links underpinned by donations

Our February Court Lunch focussed on the excellent work carried out by our Charity and Education Committee on behalf of Liverymen.

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Liverymen hit the slopes for Inter-Livery Ski Championships

Published on: 27 January 2020Liverymen hit the slopes for Inter-Livery Ski Championships

Three Liverymen, Providitor Margaret Boanas, Captain Claire White, Liveryman Rory Duff, and two guests, took to the slopes in Morzine during January, representing the Worshipful Company of Butchers in the Inter-Livery Ski Championship.

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Our military connections celebrated at first Court Lunch of the decade

Published on: 14 January 2020Our military connections celebrated at first Court Lunch of the decade

The relationships between the Butchers’ Company at the armed forces were the focus at the first Court Lunch of the 2020s when we were reminded that we have a world-class military to be proud of.

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Gary Baker Award Winner announced

Published on: 13 January 2020Gary Baker Award Winner announced

Anna Lampitt is the 2019 winner of the Gary Baker Award following a hotly competed interview process at the end of November. Anna is in her final year at Harper Adams University studying for BSc with Honours in Food Production and Marketing.

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Theodora Children’s Charity: the impact of our support

Published on: 6 January 2020Theodora Children’s Charity: the impact of our support

Joe Goodlad from Theodora Children’s Charity shares the impact our support has had over the past three years, with the Worshipful Company of Butchers having donated an incredible £62,500 supporting the charity’s work helping sick and disabled children.

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Teach First Careers Expo at Butchers' Hall a big success

Published on: 3 January 2020Teach First Careers Expo at Butchers' Hall a big success

In December Butchers’ Hall was the selected venue for Teach First’s annual London Careers’ Expo. As one of our charities for the past three years they were kind enough to send across a short report following the event.

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Nuffield Scholar presents report to annual conference

Published on: 16 December 2019Nuffield Scholar presents report to annual conference

Caroline Mitchell, the Butchers’ Company’s Nuffield Scholar presented her report to over 300 people at the prestigious Annual Nuffield Conference in Warwickshire.

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