Stories

On the 5th of August 2026 liverymen Sarah Jopling and Jonathan Hook visited City Harvest's New Covent Garden site to spend the morning volunteering. The Worshipful Company of Glovers, along with...

 This year the Charity Projects Committee chose to support the MCC Foundation Under-16 Springboard Programme for boys and girls. The programme covers four days of specialist training...

 Following the kind invitation of The London College of Fashion, CPC Chair Christine Smith  and Liveryman Hilary Miller attended the Undergraduate exhibition of work of the class of 2026 at...

On 2nd July, I was fortunate to spend a lovely day out on the water with the Disabled Sailing Association {DSA} and students from Treloar's School. I arrived at Port Solent Marina to meet the skipper...

Our charity project with the National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Sybil Elgar School recently won the Clarity in Communications Award from the Worshipful Companies of Communicators and Glaziers. CPC...

The Master, Clerk and Christine Smith, Chair of the Charity Projects Committee(CPC) were very pleased to attend the Passing-out Parade for the 2025/2026 intake of 13 FANY recruits on Wednesday 3rd...

Nicola Duran, Livery Relationship Officer with the Treloar Trust wrote recently to Liveryman Katherine Ray, Nicola had this to say; “It is a real pleasure to share this donation report with you...

The Master with Dr Anne Weaver, Medical Director Master Mike Dodd and Liveryman Yvette Fletcher attended London’s Air Ambulance "Night of Innovation" at the Science Museum, where the LAA’s...

The Master and CPC Chair Christine Smith with Koalaa founder Nate Macabuag, Esme Marshall and team member. The Master and Chair of the Charity Projects Committee visited the Koalaa workshop in Acton...

Treloar’s is a charity that provides outstanding education, therapy and care to physically disabled young people, and empowers them to live more independent and fulfilling lives. It runs one of the...

Glover Sarah Jopling sent this report after she visited the Isabel Hospice on behalf of the Charity Projects Committee: Sarah Jopling and Alison Stirton-Croft (Head of Community Services) On the...

    The Master, CPC Chair Christine Smith and Assistant to the Clerk Katherine Ray recently attended the City of London Academy Islington (COLAI) awards. The Glovers have a...

  The Glovers support West London Youth Music Charity, Rhythm Studio Foundation (RSF) which is the charitable arm of The Rhythm Studio. It was founded in 2011 with the goal of transforming the...

Hot off the presses from the Worshipful Company of Communicators.... Glovers Take Prize, Hands DownVirtual reality aids autistic students in award‑winning communications initiative​ The...

Christmas had arrived early at the Winchester Project when Chairman Christine Smith and Charity Projects member Minnie Harris visited on 17th November. The decorations which included glove...

In the presence of Her Majesty  the Queen, representing the Charity Projects Committee, Chair Christine Smith and Secretary Yvette Fletcher attended the National Harvest Festival at Westminster...

The Big Hero 3 Campaign is back; three children have been chosen to join the campaign which is funded by The Worshipful Company of Glovers, The Open Bionics Foundation and an anonymous donor. The...

The Epping Forest Heritage Trust  (EFHT) has received from the Charity Projects Committee 60 pairs of heavy duty,  reinforced, leather gloves to protect the hands of their volunteers as...

The CPC recently donated four boxes of gloves to The Connection at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The first principle of the strategy developed by this charity that supports the homeless is “Building...

Liveryman Tina Richardson and 3rd Under Warden Felicity Chadwick-Histed represented the Worshipful Company of Glovers for a sunny celebration of the National Autistic Society's Sybil Elgar School's...

Liverymen Sarah Jopling and David Burndred visited the Disabled Sailors Association (DSA) 35ft training catamaran, Spirit of Scott Bader, at Port Solent near Portsmouth in mid July. DSA’s mission...

Defining Food Poverty – The New Normal  was a  very informative and interesting dayvheld at Drapers Hall on Monday June 23rd and  organised jointly by City Harvest and the...

Liveryman Yvette Fletcher, visited Spitalfields City Farm and found it to be a vibrant and bustling place. The farm was busy with both volunteers and visitors, creating a wonderful atmosphere of...

Thames 21 is a charity that the Glovers support with the donation of gloves.  The charity's remit is to put healthy rivers at the heart of community life which they achieve in four key ways -...

Liveryman and Past Court Assistant David Bennett reflects on over forty  years of Charity through Gloves and the astonishing numbers donated!

Some recent media coverage showcasing the Glovers' support for innovative AI based Senso Gloves to help young autistic students develop motor and sequencing skills. National Autistic Society school...

The Master Glover led an enthusiastic team of Glovers and guests in our annual Whitechapel Mission Breakfast Challenge. Arriving before dawn, the team prepared and served nearly 400 cooked...

The Master and Mistress Glover, Alastair and Tiana Collett, along with Warden Felicity Chadwick-Histed, Assistant Christine Smith and Liveryman Tina Richardson enjoyed an immensely interesting and...

Master Alistair Collet and Mistress Tiana, along with CPC chairman Christine Smith, and CPC members Minnie Harris and Hilary Miller and Past Master Clive Hawkins visited The London College of...

On 12th December Charity Projects Committee Chair Christine Smith, Charitable Trust Board Chair Simon Somerville and CPC member Minnie Harris visited Open Bionics in Bristol for the culmination of...

Christine Smith (Chair) and Jonathan Hook (Treasurer) visited the “Winch’ on 25th November to meet the CEO, staff and children in the afterschool club, which the Glovers have supported. Each...

On 25th September the Master and Mistress Glover led a keen team of gardeners, from novices to experts, to help at the Passage’s community garden project in Victoria.  The Passage...

Providence Row, on the eastern edge of the City, has been supporting people in crisis since 1860, when it started as a Catholic charity to alleviate poverty amongst homeless and rough sleepers. It...

In a wonderful example of inter-livery cooperation The Glovers hosted a charity fund raising event - Mistress Glover’s Flying Circus - in which fifteen people ranging from 32 - 80 did a Wing-Walk...

We are very pleased to able to Support Isabel Hospice situated in Welwyn Garden City for the first time. Simon Somerville, Chair of the Glovers Trust Board Committee and Christine Smith from the...

The Master, accompanied by Assistants Christine Smith and Felicity Chadwick-Histed, visited the National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Sybil Elgar School in Southall to see the Virtual Reality project...

The Glovers Company is proud to have sponsored the  'Autism Approaches: Enhancing Skills With Virtual Reality And Motion Tracking Haptic Gloves'  in The 695th Lord Mayor's Lecture...

On 24th April The Master visited Thames Hospice, accompanied by CPC Chair Christine Smith and CPC members Minnie Harris and Hilary Miller. The Glovers have supported Thames Hospice over the past 6...

A team of Glovers and guests completed the Whitechapel Mission Breakfast Challenge on 19th March. Arriving at 5.45am and preparing over 300 cooked breakfasts and hot drinks was a challenge indeed,...

Last year, Immediate Past Master Clive Hawkins generously donated funds from his Master's discretionary allowance to enable the MCC Foundation to create two half-day cricket workshops for the U12 age...

On a bitterly cold January day, the Master and Mistress Glover and Liveryman Minnie Harris visited The Passage Day Centre in Victoria.  The Glovers have supported The Passage in its work with...

The Glovers are delighted to have created a link with the Disabled Sailors Association (DSA) and since 2021 have made donations to DSA for specialist sailing gloves. From its south coast base DSA...

The Master., CPC Chair Chrsitine Smith and CPC member Minnie Harris had a most enjoyable visit to Koalaa on Tuesday 6th December.  We were welcomed by Ewan Phillips, the CEO, and Amy,  Head...

The Master and Liveryman Hilary Miller recently visited Thames Hospice in Maidenhead. The Worshipful Company of Glovers have been supporting Thames Hospice’s Lymphoedema Service since 2019, helping...

The Blue Mermaid Thames Barge. She is a replica of the original Blue Mermaid, sunk during the 2nd World war. Completed in 2019. She has no engine, and totally reliant on wind and sail. The barge is...

On Monday 22nd May a keen team of Glovers assembled at The Whitechapel Mission to take part in its famous Breakfast Challenge.  The Mission has been serving the homeless and marginalised in East...

    The Glovers are a hardy breed, so even snow did not deter 23 members from visiting Open Bionics in March for a guided tour of their facilities in Bristol. Thankfully, we had a...

CPC Chairman Christine Smith, past Chair Maggie Manwaring and CPC member Hilary Miller visited the London College of Fashion, Golden Lane London on 8th November.  The visit was arranged by...

The Master is allocated an amount of money that they can donate to causes of their choice, one of my donations was to Providence Row, mentioned some months back and another to this excellent Charity....

On 20th June, the Master Daphne Cave and her consort Peter Cave, visited Thames Hospice in Maidenhead, along with CPC acting Chairman Maggie Manwaring and Liveryman Hilary Miller. They were warmly...

The Master Glover visited The Pace Centre in Aylesbury on Monday 23rd May, 2022.  Pace is a school and therapeutic facility for children with severe neurological disorders, and is supported by...

You may remember Daniel from earlier in the year when he became a recipient of a Hero Arm funded by the Company. He has kindly sent in this photograph taken at his ordination.    

On Wednesday 16th March the Master Glover, accompanied by CPC Chairman and Past Master Roger de Courcey and Liveryman Minnie Harris, visited Providence Row.  The Glovers have supported...

Liverymen Hilary Miller and Minnie Harris met with Suaranjit Singh, the latest recipient of a Hero Arm funded in part by the Glovers. Suaranjit is delighted with her new arm, and every day brings her...

The Company of Communicators’ 2021 Clarity in Communications Award has been won by the Worshipful Company of Glovers’ Prosthetic Hands campaign.

  The Worshipful Company of Glovers have supported Thames Hospice for the past three years by donating funds towards Lymphoedema Gloves which assist in the relief of Lymphoedema symptoms. ...

As part of my Master’s year I have decided to support our prosthetics hands project by completing a sponsored ascent of Mount Snowdon, accompanied by a small team including Beverley Gormley, who...

The Worshipful Company of Glovers are very happy to be supporting one of our own Liverymen, Minnie Harris, on a fundraising event which is kicking off today.

The Rhythm Studio Foundation (RSF), believes that talented young musicians deserve a chance whatever their background. As a small music charity based in the northern, less affluent part of Kensington...

5 years ago, Tracy, a young mother thought she was coming down with flu. She took herself to bed. However the problem turned out to be far more serious - Sepsis. Tracy nearly died, she lost her...

On 24th June there was nationwide coverage of the Vikki with her new arm. You can see at https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mirror/20200624/281792811289039 and also on Youtube at...

As part of the Prosthetics Hands Project, The Glovers have donated their first Hero Arm to a young teacher. Vikki was born without a right forearm. When she became a teacher she found it very...

You may wonder how the Charity Projects Committee manage to continue their work whilst faced with the challenges of COVID19. Well, they are doing so through financial support as it is not possible to...

On Monday 9th March a keen group of Glovers and their guests completed the Breakfast and Clothing Challenges at the Whitechapel Mission. The Glovers have supported the Mission for many years with an...

Recently, the Company has engaged in a garden project at HMP Wandsworth and from which a generous letter of response was received by Liveryman Maggie Manwaring along with a report which is repeated...

Northbury Primary School had been awarded gardening gloves at the City Bridge Trust, Growing Localities Awards Ceremony in 2016. The Charity Projects Committee provided gloves for this event.  ...

The Charity Projects Committee has donated several pairs of cryotherapy gloves and cooling equipment to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. These gloves help patients undergoing chemotherapy...