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On Tuesday 29 September over twenty members of the Worshipful Company of Nurses attended Common Hall for the election of the new Lord Mayor of London – a tradition that stretches back more than 800 years. Common Hall is not just ceremony. It’s one of the oldest democratic gatherings in the City, where Liverymen cast…
On Sunday 27 September the Company was represented at the Annual Woolmen Sheep Drive, by the Master and a large number of Company members. This event celebrates the ancient right of Freeman of the City (established in around 1180), to drive their livestock across the Thames toll free – the livestock was then walked directly…
Both the Worshipful Company of Nurses and the Company’s Charitable Trust were represented on Thursday 24 September at Cavell’s annual event for supporters at the House of Lords. The Master, Chair of the Company of Nurses Charitable Trust and Lizzie Clarke, Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees attended. This was Cavell’s annual event where…
The Master attended a lecture and dinner hosted by the Worshipful Company of Actuaries at the splendid Staple Inn Hall. The speaker was Bobby Seagull, who rose to fame when in the Cambridge winning team on University Challenge. He has appeared on many TV shows talking about his love of maths and he still teaches…
Members of the Worshipful Company of Nurses are now world record holders having been part of the team led by Central London Alliance and supported by St John’s Ambulance, to break the World Record for the most people performing CPR in one hour. The event took place in the Tower Suites, Minories, London on 23…
On Wednesday 23 September, two teams from the Company competed in a quiz held in aid of City Giving Day. There were many teams competing entered at a variety of locations around the City. One of our teams won the venue competition ! Pictured is the winning team at Andaz, Liverpool Street-Master, Christine Anderson, Clerk,…
The Master has had a busy few days at the start of September On Friday 4 September several Masters attended the opening of the gates at Temple Bar in honour of Samuel Pepys. They heard readings from his diaries and were escorted by the Musketeers and Pikemen from the Honourable Artillery Company. On Monday 7…
Thursday 13 August, was the 116th anniversary of the death of Florence Nightingale. Company freeman Cecilia Orchard organised a visit to East Wellow Church for prayers around the graveside. Lunch was at Florence’s childhood home at Embley Park. The Master and her Chaplain visited the tree where Florence received her Calling from God to become…
This week the Worshipful Company of Nurses provided some pro bono first aid and life support training for members of the Worshipful Company of HR Professionals. This was run as a thank you to the HR professionals for providing some valuable pro bono HR support to our Company. The training was run by Court Assistant…
The Master, accompanied by Julia Mingay who was representing the Worshipful Company of Nurses Charity, joined the City and St George’s University Awards ceremony to present the Worshipful Company of Nurses Charity Awards. These were received by three nurses for their outstanding academic achievement of their final dissertation in their programme of study. One award…