🌟 Feed a Future: Fundraising Dinner 🌟

🌟in support of the Livery Food Initiative and City Harvest London🌟

Wednesday 28 May 2025

The Worshipful Companies of Fuellers and Carmen, supported by The Vintners Company, warmly invite you to an evening of fellowship, fine dining, and purpose at the iconic Vintners’ Hall.

This special event supports the Livery Food Initiative, a pan-livery initiative supported by over forty livery companies, which champions the remarkable work of City Harvest London - transforming lives by tackling food waste and food poverty in our city.

This dinner will raise funds for over 120,000 meals.

** UPDATE **

We are delighted to announce that the auction will be conducted by best-selling author and renowned charity auctioner Jeffrey Archer.

The UK Food Crisis - what is it and how can we solve it?

City Harvest London is a food redistribution charity established 10 years ago with the mission to rescue food from going to waste and deliver it, for free, to those in need across London.

Across the UK, the cost-of-living crisis has created a food emergency. Currently, 1 in 5 people in London struggle to afford to eat, yet 1/3 of all food goes to waste. City Harvest rescues nutritious food from going to waste, and we need your help getting it to those communities that rely on our support.

Every day, City Harvest delivers to various community projects, giving approximately 130,000 people access to food a week. These projects include food banks, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, schools and nurseries, social supermarkets, supported accommodation, including domestic violence refuges, refugee/asylum centres, and many more.

By Christmas 2024 City Harvest’s impact on London and the environment looked like this:

 Venue: Vintners’ Hall, London
Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025
1815: Reception, 1845: Dinner, 2230: Carriages

Imagine an evening where every moment counts—not just for you, but for thousands across London who benefit from the lifesaving work of City Harvest London. By attending, you are not only enjoying a wonderful dinner in one of the City’s most historic and beautiful Livery Halls—you are helping to provide meals for those who need them most.

THE DETAILS

• 12 tables of 10 places each, with one seat donated to a City Harvest Ambassador—a true hero in the fight against food poverty.
• £3,500 + VAT per table, which provides an incredible 10,200 nutritious meals to Londoners in need.

To add to the excitement, attendees can take part in an online and live auction, which will be conducted by Jeffrey Archer to win fantastic prizes that inspire and directly support our charitable mission. Full details will be shared closer to the event.

During the dinner we will hear from Laura & Stephen Winningham who founded City Harvest and Sarah Calcutt who is the CEO of City Harvest.

Laura & Stephen Winningham - the Founders of City Harvest

Sarah Calcutt - CEO of City Harvest

Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare

Jeffrey Archer has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with sales of over 300 million copies in 115 countries and 49 languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (nineteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction. His latest novel, An Eye for An Eye is the seventh of the William Warwick novels and was published in September 2024.  Jeffrey served five years in the House of Commons and thirty-one years as a Member of the House of Lords. Jeffrey is an art collector and amateur auctioneer, conducting around 10 charity auctions a year, and has raised over £51m in the last 30 years for good causes.  He is married to Dame Mary Archer DBE, former Chair of Cambridge University Hospitals and the Science Museum Group. Dame Mary is an Honorary Liveryman of the Fuellers.

This impactful dinner will bring together over a hundred livery members and friends to raise vital funds to feed vulnerable communities across London.  All proceeds from this dinner will be donated to City Harvest London.

This event is about more than food—it is about Fuelling the Future and driving Progress…with Tradition. Together, let’s celebrate the strength of the Livery, honouring our rich history while embracing innovation to create a better tomorrow.

6 March 2023, The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nicholas Lyons (centre) presents the keys to the new City Harvest van to City Harvest in front of Mansion House, Walbrook

6 March 2024, The Lord Mayor, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli (centre) launches the pan livery, Livery Food Initiative truck for City Harvest in front of Mansion House, Walbrook

The Livery Food Initiative van and truck are symbols of the emergency we are facing in London. The need is greater than ever and we are working 7 days a week from depots in east and west London to deliver free surplus food for over 1.25 million meals a month to people facing food poverty.

Tables are limited, and the impact is priceless. Secure yours today and be part of this extraordinary evening.

LOCATION
Vintners' Hall
68 Upper Thames Street
London
EC4V 3BG
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DRESS
Black Tie & livery badges

TIMINGS
1815 - Reception
1845 - Dinner
2230 - Carriages

PRICE
£3,500 + VAT per table of ten seats of which one seat is donated to a City Harvest Ambassador