15 December 2008
Three secrets of the City of London Corporation raise over
£1,400 for children’s charity in Evening Standard auction
Three opportunities to see behind-the-scenes at the City of
London Corporation have raised £1,466 for London children’s charity
Greenhouse through the Evening Standard’s Christmas Auction.
The auction closed at noon today, 15 December, with generous
Evening Standard readers bidding for the three unique opportunities
offered.
The chance to raise Tower Bridge fetched £795; a tour of the Old
Bailey with the Secondary of London Charles Henty sold for £411;
and a behind-the-scenes peek at the exotic animals at the Animal
Reception Centre at Heathrow Airport made £260.
All three “London Specials” are part of the unusual range of
services run by the City of London Corporation, the historic body
with a modern main purpose to sustain and look after the Square
Mile business district around St Paul’s.
Greenhouse was founded by-City high flier Michael de Giorgio
after he sold his financial consultancy, Portman Consultants, in
2002. Greenhouse supports disadvantaged London children by giving
them opportunities to take part in sports and performing arts.
Greenhouse works with 7,000 children in some of London’s most
deprived areas.
Ends
Notes to editors
1. The City of London Corporation: The City of London
Corporation, which provides local government services for the
Square Mile, the financial and commercial heart of Britain, works
nationally and internationally to maintain and enhance the City as
a world-leading international financial and business centre.
Its other special responsibilities and services to London and the
wider UK include the Barbican Arts Centre, the Central Criminal
Court at the Old Bailey, 10,000 acres of open space including
Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest, three wholesale food markets,
two inner-London City Academies, the City Bridge Trust, economic
regeneration programmes in neighbouring boroughs and acting as
London’s Port Health Authority. The Lord Mayor of the City of
London (currently Ian Luder, an eminent tax accountant) works
extensively at home and abroad to promote the City.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
2. Press contacts:
Laura Citron on 07884 295 736 or
laura.citron@cityoflondon.gov.uk