Agenda item

To consider recommendations concerning the provision of hospitality.

(Deputy Brian Desmond Francis Mooney, Chief Commoner)

23 June 2020

Applications for Hospitality

(a)      Thames Estuary Partnership Reception

It was proposed that the City Corporation hosts an early evening reception on 18^th November 2020 for the Thames Estuary Partnership. Thames Estuary Partnership is a charity seeking to protect and maintain the coastal, environmental and natural heritage of the River Thames for the public benefit. The event would take place in a manner that is consistent with any COVID-related restrictions that may be in place.

It was recommended that hospitality be granted for an early evening reception and that arrangements be made under the auspices of the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for an early evening reception and that arrangements be made under the auspices of the Port Health & Environmental Services Committee; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.

(b)      200^th Anniversary of the death of John Keats – lecture and reception

It was proposed that the City Corporation hosts a lecture followed by an early evening reception and small dinner on 23^rd February 2021 to mark the 200^th anniversary of the death of John Keats.  Professor Nicholas Rowe, Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrew’s and also Chairman of the Keats Foundation, would give a lecture on the life and works of John Keats, in recognition of Keats’ connection to the City. 

It was recommended that hospitality be granted for a lecture, early evening reception and small dinner and that arrangements be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for a lecture, early evening reception and small dinner and that arrangements be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.

(c)      First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps Parade and Reception

It was proposed that the City Corporation hosts a late afternoon reception following a Church Service and Parade by the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps) in Summer 2021.The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, founded in 1907, deploys multi-faceted rapid response teams to support civil and military authorities during emergencies. In September 2019, the Corps became a Privileged Corps of the City of London and to date there had been no ceremony or other event to mark this recognition by the City.

It was recommended that hospitality be granted for a late afternoon reception following a church service and a Parade in Guildhall Yard to mark the Corp’s Privileged status; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.

Resolved - That hospitality be granted for a late afternoon reception following a church service and a Parade in Guildhall Yard to mark the Corp’s Privileged status; the costs to be met from City’s Cash within agreed parameters.