The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London

Glovers take Prize, hands down

Written by: Emma Carlisle | Stories
from left: Master Glazier Tim McNally,mTess Steventon reporesenting Sybil Elgar School, CPC Chair Christine Smith and Tina Richardson, Master Communicator Jason Groves

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Glovers Take Prize, Hands Down
Virtual reality aids autistic students in award‑winning communications initiative​

The Worshipful Company of Glovers has won the 2025 Clarity in Charity Communications Award for its inspiring initiative, “Virtual Reality and Assistive Technology – finding a way for young people with autism” video competition.

The award, founded by the Company of Communicators in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass, recognises outstanding communications by non‑professionals supporting the livery movement and the wider charitable sector.

The judging panel praised the Glovers’ project at Sybil Elgar School for autistic students in Ealing for its innovative use of virtual reality headsets and haptic gloves, giving pupils a powerful new way to express their experiences and aspirations. They highlighted the campaign’s creativity, its strong sense of narrative, and its ability to communicate the importance of assistive technology in a crucial area of neurodiversity particularly in raising the profile of educating physics in schools.​

The judges were particularly impressed by the way the project helped develop pupils’ co‑ordination and confidence, supporting a safer environment at school while also building skills for the transition to adult life. They also noted the initiative’s potential to be replicated by other schools, demonstrating how relatively modest resources can deliver communications with real clarity, impact, and long‑term benefit.​

At the awards ceremony at Grocers’ Hall on 29 January 2026, Master Communicator Jason Groves and Master Glazier Tim McNally jointly presented the specially commissioned glass roundel ​to the Worshipful Company of Glovers. The Master Glazier expressed the hope that the Company would treasure the roundel created by artist Emma Butler‑Cole Aiken as a symbol of the Glaziers’ craft and of the strength of the partnership between the Glaziers and Communicators.​

Contact

Alistair Rogers
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Ludwell,
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SP7 9ND

clerk@thegloverscompany.org

The Worshipful Company of Glovers (incorporated by Royal Charter on 10-Sep 1638) is a Livery Company of the City of London, 62nd in order of precedence.

The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London Charitable Trust (charity number 269091). The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London Charitable Endowment (charity number 1142506).