The Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow

The Incorporation today elected Colin Miller to be Deacon 2024-2025. Simon Walker was elected Collector.

Highly recommended!

Also at last night's Box-Opening, Aaron Humphries and Barry Hay from the Scottish Leather Group were given Green Champion Awards. @leatherscottish

At last night's box opening, the Deacon presented the Glasgow Caledonian University Fashion Business awards: first prize went to Sophie Rear while Lauren Miller won Highly Commended.

The Cordiner's Box, incidentally, was made for us a few years ago by the remarkable people at @GalGael Galgael Trust to replace the previous Box which dated from the time of Queen Anne and had disappeared at some point over the years. The wood was sourced from Holyrood Park.

It is a tradition that the Deacon place in the Incorporation's Box some souvenirs of major or personal events from his/her year in Office. Deacon McClements chose to honour the inspirational Rob Burrows CBE by including a newspaper with an obituary of the great man.

Our Body and Soul initiative, providing essential footwear for children to increase their participation in sports and outdoor activities was celebrated last night in fascinating presentations by Kirsten Noon and Chiara Piacentini of @PepassGlasgow and @gostconstantine

@gostconstantine @PEPASSGlasgow @TradesHouse Thank you both very much - you are wonderful ambassadors!

Delighted to be able to talk to the Cordiners at the trades house tonight alongside Kirsten from @PEPASSGlasgow, about the impact of funds given from them, which has enabled us to buy trainers and wellies for lots of our children. @TradesHouse

Last night's Box-Opening Supper of the Incorporation of Cordiners, was delighted to welcome Jack Geddes, fund-raising manager of the much-loved Glasgow City Mission @GCMCare which is rapidly approaching its 200th birthday and is one of the City's greatest institutions.

@gostconstantine @PEPASSGlasgow @Doug_GCC @EdISGlasgow Many thanks to Chiara for her fascinating talk to the Cordiners last night at their Box-Opening Supper.

@PEPASSGlasgow @TheCordiners @Doug_GCC @EdISGlasgow Was great to share the impact ! And thanks for all the support from @PEPASSGlasgow

Great night sharing the impact of @TheCordiners #Body&Sole funding; providing our c & yp with sports / dance shoes & wellies to take part in @PEPASSGlasgow activities👣 👟🥾🩰 Thank you Chiara Piacentini for sharing what it means to @gostconstantine💚❤️ @Doug_GCC @EdISGlasgow

Deacon David McClements represented the Incorporation at the glorious annual festival of Die Zunft zu Schuhmachern, our loyal and generous opposite-numbers in Switzerland.

The Annual Box Opening Supper of the Incorporation of Cordiners will take place on Tuesday June 11th 2024 at the Trades Hall, Glasgow. Ticket forms can be downloaded from cordiners-glasgow.com/BoxOpening2024… It will be a great night!

@Stjosephpri @PEPASSGlasgow Excellent news. well done!

Some photographs by George McNeillie of the Choosing Dinner of Deacon McClements.

@PEPASSGlasgow @GlasgowCC @Doug_GCC @fifsross @EdISGlasgow @sportscotland @St_Denis_PS @StAnnesPrimary @HaghillTeam Excellent!

It's been another busy week ! On Wednesday we had the pleasure of accepting a cheque for £21,400 from @TheCordiners This funding is to provide footwear for @GlasgowCC school pupils to take part in Physical Education Physical Activity and School Sport #Body&Sole 🤗👟🩰 @Doug_GCC

@ActiveSchoolsMM @StAndrewsRCSec @StAndrewsRC_PE @PEPASSGlasgow Excellent - good luck with all your activities!

Big thank you to @TheCordiners for helping fund suitable footwear for some pupils in @StAndrewsRCSec to be able to take part in sport. They have been a huge hit with the pupils and look great. #Body&Sole @StAndrewsRC_PE @PEPASSGlasgow

On Friday 2nd February, Deacon David McClements held his Choosing Dinner in the Trades Hall. The speakers included Right Rev. Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Adrian Ward MBE, a great advocate of Disability Legislation.

The Deacon’s Choosing Dinner is fast approaching! It will be held in The Trades Hall of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow, on Friday, 2nd February 2024, at 6.00pm for 6.30pm. Tickets priced £70 are available now from the Clerk, Tom Monteith. tom@monteithsolicitors.com

@LyonCourt Well done, Colin!

Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary gave the toast to the Incorporation of Tailors in Glasgow at its Choosing Dinner in Glasgow's Trades Hall.

@MrsMcGowan4 @pepass @ActiveSchoolsMc You are welcome! Good luck with all your activities.

Our TTC enjoyed trying out our new trainers, which were very kindly donated by @TheCordiners No trainers, no problem! 👟🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️@pepass @ActiveSchoolsMc