Our Aims & Objectives
The Company is actively involved in six key areas:
Promoting excellence
Supporting education and research
Raising funds
Supporting and promoting the City of London
Fostering a spirit of good fellowship and encouraging
new members
Publicising the Company and its activities
Promoting excellence
- stimulating the development of agricultural education
- promoting higher standards of technical attainment
- facilitating discussion and promotion of common interests
- promoting the better understanding or agriculture in the life
of the nation
- forging links between home agriculture and the City of
London
- collaborating with industrial organisations and other Livery
Companies
Supporting education and research
- organising, promoting and sponsoring educational training and
management courses at leading agricultural colleges
- scholarships and bursaries for younger people
- financial assistance for foreign travel for young people
- assistance for apprentices
- grants to aid research and dissemination of results
Raising funds
- maintaining Charitable and Educational Funds
- raising further funds to augment existing Trusts
- instituting further Trust funds and/or outside financial
support
- letter detailing our charitable efforts
Charity Matters Letter
Supporting and promoting the City of London
- stimulating a knowledge of the Livery movement
- encouraging Liverymen to engage in the affairs of the City and
Corporation of London, including City briefings and elections of
the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
Fostering a spirit of good fellowship and encouraging new
members
- arranging lunches, dinners, events and social occasions to
facilitate discussion of farming matters
- encouraging Liverymen to attend Company events, particularly
the installation of the new Master and Wardens
- encouraging interest from prospective new members
Publicising the Company and its activities
- projecting an image which shows the Company to be of relevance
to both the agricultural industry and the City of London
- publishing a Newsletter reporting the Company’s activities
- producing suitable literature and involving the media as
appropriate
- providing speakers to promote the aims and objectives of the
Company