26 February 2009
City takes the plunge for Lord Mayor’s charity
Workers and residents from across London will be making a splash
this week (Friday 27 and Saturday 28 February) as they gather at
the Golden Lane Leisure Centre (owned and managed by the City of
London Corporation) to take part in the City of London’s annual
City Dip to raise money for this year’s Lord Mayor’s
Appeal.
The charity event, opened by the Lord Mayor Ian Luder, will
begin with a City of London schools relay. The livery
companies have also come out in force to raise money for the
Appeal, and the Needlemakers, Basketmakers and Tylers and
Brickmakers are all competing in this year’s Dip.
This year’s Dip has been incorporated into the new Healthy
Lifestyles Project being run within City of London schools.
This project has been designed to focus on local children’s health
and wellbeing, and includes increasing access to a variety of
sports and providing useful nutritional information.
The charities benefitting from this year’s Lord Mayor’s Appeal
are St John Ambulance and the Lord’s Taverners. With the money
raised from the appeal the Lord’s Taverners will be helping
disadvantaged City children enjoy sport while St John Ambulance are
donating 1000 defibrillators to help combat the incidence of
fatalities from heart attacks.
The Lord Mayor, Ian Luder, said:
“The City Dip is always a fantastic event that brings together
residents, workers, schools and livery companies from across the
Capital for two wonderful charities. The Lord’s Taverners and
St John Ambulance do incredibly worthy work for the City of London
and I very much thank all the City Dip participants for diving in
for this year’s Lord Mayor’s Appeal”.
The City Dip is a 5,000 metre (three miles) swim, which can be
completed either by an individual or by a team of up to 6
people. Last year’s Dip raised in excess of £21,000 for the
2008 Lord Mayor’s Appeal.
For further information please contact:
Susanna Howard, City of London Press Office. Email:
susanna.howard@cityoflondon.gov.uk
or telephone: 0207 332 3450
Edelman – Lord Mayor’s Appeal , Sorrel Beynon, Rachel Cohen,
Laura Cocker. Tel: 07980 687 255, 07973 537 904, 07966 351
713
Email:
lma@edelman.com
Please let any of the above people know if you would like to
send a photographer.
Notes to editors
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2009 – Building Lives, Saving
Lives
www.thelordmayorsappeal.org
The ‘building lives, saving lives’ theme embraces the essence of
the two principal charities the Lord Mayor has chosen to benefit
from the funds raised by his Appeal – The Lord’s Taverners and St
John Ambulance London (Prince of Wales’s) District. ‘Building
lives’ reflects the youth cricket and special needs initiatives
undertaken by The Lord’s Taverners. ‘Saving lives’ reflects the
crucial live-saving work carried out by St John Ambulance.
For more information about The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2009, to make
a donation or to see the many ways in which you could help the
Appeal please visit:
www.thelordmayorsappeal.org
Please help us to help you.
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including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest, three wholesale food
markets, as well as acting as the London Port Health
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