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Forthcoming event: LONTAR's 2021/22 Social outing - Further details to be announced.

General Notice: Due to prevailing Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the club has had to temporarily suspend its legendary annual Partners' NightOut event, which, for over 21yrs, has been like our annual "Oscar" Night-outing, to which all our Lontar-Ladies and friends of the Club always look forward to, putting up their best dresses (and dancing shoes), around Christmas time. We promise that, God willing, we will all be back again, having our traditional good times, as soon as circumstances allow.

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Our last Partners NightOut (before Covid!)... Dec 2019 (22nd Annual Christmas Outing)
The Club had its now famous annual "Partners Nite-out" Christmas party on Fri Dec 2019 at the posh Crowne Plaza, London Docklands, Victoria Dock. The event had held consistently for the previous 21 years. This was the 22nd anniversary and it certainly lived up to its excellent reputation. Members and several friends of the club dinned and partied into the early hours of the morning. One key highlight of the event was the now traditional humorous mutual exchange of gifts by each couple (with the inescapable "I love you" kiss!). It was, in effect, like a renewal of marriage vows by the lovely immaculately dressed couples! All present later acknowledged it to be a classy beautiful evening night-out for members, friends and their wives. Click here to view a selection of photos from the party. Our aim remains to ensure continuous improvement. NB: Couples interested in joining us for this Xmas event should feel free to contact any member of the club. Current and future years arrangements are all subject to the on-going Covid-19 situation. We will review and take appropriate decisions in line with prevailing circumstances.

The London Tari Club ('Lontar' for short) is strictly and exclusively a private members club whose underlying aim is to promote close social and fraternal relationship amongst its specially vetted members and their respective families. Its activities are expressly non-political, non-governmental, non-partisan and non-secretive. It is essentially a high profile UK-based networking social club of close friends.

The club was founded in London on Sunday 9th March 1997 by a group of friends as a forum for social interaction amongst busy professionals, intellectuals and socialites from different disciplines and business backgrounds. It provides a useful platform and unique opportunities for members to share common goals, explore and promote positive ideals within a framework of mutual support and co-operation. Quality use of time within a mutually supportive and creative environment underpins the core values of the club.

The club reaches out to the wider community through its well known ethos of "a friend of a member is a friend of the club" and its annual support of a number of Charities (click here xx for letters of Appreciation from various charities).

Lontar is an Ijaw-oriented club, all club members being of Ijaw heritage. Indeed, the word "Tari" (part of the club's name) derives from the Ijaw dialect meaning "oneness" or "to cherish".

• Promote a purely social and harmonious forum for members to meet and interact periodically, getting away from the rigours of routine work and sharing some quality time with friends.
• Create opportunities to consolidate and celebrate existing relationships based on mutual respect, support of one another, equality and love of all members and their families.
• Create avenues for second generation Nigerians to get to know one another and learn and promote their cultural heritage.
• Promote a focus group for business networking opportunities aimed at encouraging individual resourcefulness and mutual career development.