Agenda item

To consider two recommendations relating to the provision of hospitality.

HOSPITALITY WORKING PARTY OF THE POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE

(Wendy Mead, O.B.E., Chief Commoner)

13 September 2017

(i) Early Evening Reception to launch the Fields of Battle – Lands of Peace: Peace and Reconciliation exhibition

From 30 April to 30 May 2018, an outdoor photographic exhibition, Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace: Peace and Reconciliation was to be displayed in the Guildhall Yard and it was recommended that the City Corporation host an early evening reception to launch the start of this exhibition. Guests would include representatives from the countries featured in the exhibition, historians with an interest in the First World War, representatives from the City’s Privileged Regiments, the Museum of London, the Imperial War Museum, London Metropolitan Archives, Parliamentarians, students from the City Academies and Schools, and Members with relevant interests.

The host element would be the Hospitality Working Party, the Culture Heritage &

Libraries Committee, and Members with relevant interests.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for an early evening reception, with arrangements to be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the approved parameters.

(ii) Early Evening Reception in support of a First World War Commemorative Exhibition in Guildhall Yard

The Royal Parks and the Royal Parks Guild were intending to hold a series of events to commemorate their involvement in the First World War, and to mark the contribution made by men and women who worked in British parks and gardens and who lost their lives in the conflict. One of the proposed projects was a commemorative installation, to be delivered in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, which was to be located in Guildhall Yard from 3 to 13 April 2018.

It was recommended that the City Corporation host an early evening reception in support of this installation, with guests to include representatives from the Livery Companies, the City’s Privileged Regiments, the Museum of London, the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Parks, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Parliamentarians, City staff who had served in the armed forces, students from the City Academies and Schools, and Members with relevant interests.

The host element would be the Hospitality Working Party, the Open Spaces & City

Gardens Committee, and Members with relevant interests.

Resolved – That hospitality be granted for an early evening reception, with arrangements to be made under the auspices of the Hospitality Working Party; the costs to be met from City’s Cash and within the approved parameters.