Past Master and Trustee, Professor Martin Bigg, was invited on behalf of the Water Conservation Trust, to Clare College, Cambridge, for the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, Annual End of Course and Alumni Dinner. It is 23 years since the first cohort of students came to Cambridge to begin…...
Learning through water
The new Immersive Room at Treloar School and College has become a focal point for students’ curriculum learning. It allows them to get up really close to the environment they are studying. Treloar’s is a charity supported by the Water Conservators that provides outstanding education, therapy and care to physically…...
Trust finances new heads at Treloar’s
The Company and Trust have supported Treloar School and College for many years, through collections at Company Lunches, and in response to direct appeals to The Water Conservation Trust CIO. In support of Treloar’s move to sustainable and efficient water usage, the Trust has donated £2,082 (as requested) to replace…...
Supporting Wounded Veterans
The Company uses its formal Lunches to raise awareness and to collect for charities outside the regular giving pattern. At the recent Installation Court, the incoming Master, Professor Carolyn Roberts, agreed that donations should go to the charity Supporting Wounded Veterans. The collection raised £600. Supporting Wounded Veterans, founded by…...
Defining Food Poverty – The New Normal
The Water Conservators have supported the Livery Food Initiative and City Harvest through donations and collections. It was very interesting to receive an update at the Drapers Hall attended by representatives of the Livery and the City. The Deputy Master Martin Bigg attended on behalf of the Company. Their work…...
Congratulations to Imperial winner
Congratulations to Hanzhi Chen for winning a Water Conservators’ Company Dissertation Prize for his dissertation entitled ‘The Impacts of Flame Retardants on Soil Quality, Human Health and the Environment from Agricultural Use of Sewage Sludge’, submitted for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering at Imperial, London. Deputy…...
Water Conservation Trust CIO
The Trustees of the Company’s charity, The Water Conservation Trust CIO*, met on 6 May 2025 to review progress on education projects and to consider what should be included in the five-year plan 2025-2030. Trustees agreed that the priority should be on education, with a review of the University Bursary…...
Thank you for your generosity
Members of The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators not only support its charity, The Water Conservation Trust, but also give directly to deserving causes in the City of London and beyond. The receiving organisation is announced at each lunch and thanks to the sterling efforts of collector Nigel Cartwright and…...
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Efforts by organisations to promote diversity and inclusion are falling into disrepute with some senior leaders because they are not delivering value to staff, customers, and shareholders. Leaders generally want to tackle discrimination and open-up opportunity in their companies, but the work has itself proved politically charged and potentially divisive. The…...
