Jubilee Sailing Trust – Thanks
Shipwrights News | Posted on September 5, 2023 at 3:32 pm by Office Admin
The Jubilee Sailing Trust has just sent the following message: The two young recipients of your bursaries have now sailed. We are yet to receive their voyage reports however one of them has just sent this email in which was lovely to receive: “Thank you for the amazing voyage aboard the tenacious on the journey […]
Adventures Offshore – An Update
Shipwrights News | Posted on August 31, 2023 at 12:52 pm by Office Admin
Adventures Offshore is a charity based in Colchester ‘whose goal is simple… to give young people and vulnerable adults from all backgrounds the chance to discover their sense of adventure – and in the process develop transferable skills that will stay with them for life.’ In 2018 the Shipwrights’ Company funded a scheme by the […]
Making Waves with MACS
Shipwrights News | Posted on August 15, 2023 at 9:31 am by Office Admin
The Shipwrights’ Company recently supported the charity MACS (Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia & Coloboma Support) and has received the following note and e-postcard by way of thanks: Now that our sailors are back on dry land and the evaluation has taken place, I’m delighted to attach our report ‘postcard’ from the voyage, demonstrating the impact that your […]
Golf – The Shipwrights’ Salver
Shipwrights News | Posted on August 8, 2023 at 7:49 am by Office Admin
Fresh from halving our annual match with the Ironmongers, thus retaining the cherished inter livery decanter, a dozen Shipwrights gathered at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club on Monday 10 July to compete for the Shipwrights Salver. Inevitably there were some who couldn’t participate through illness, work commitments and holidays, but it was a fine day for […]
MEDUSA Newsletter Summer 2023
Shipwrights News | Posted on August 3, 2023 at 9:02 am by Office Admin
The Medusa Newsletter for Summer 2023 has been forwarded by Mr Alan Watson OBE and can be found at the following link: Medusa Newsletter Summer 2023
MACS Charity (Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia & Coloboma Support) – Thanks and Mid Year Report
Shipwrights News | Posted on July 10, 2023 at 11:49 am by Office Admin
Last month the Shipwrights’ Company’s Education and Charity Committee made a grant of £2,060 to the MACS Charity (Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia & Coloboma Support) whose work is so important. The grant will enable MACS to take MACS children and young people sailing over the summer months. The Chair of MACS has written a charming letter of […]
Tall Ships Youth Trust
Shipwrights News | Posted on July 4, 2023 at 11:06 am by Office Admin
The latest newsletter from Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT) can be viewed by following the link at the foot of the page. TSYT has confirmed that since the last update, 150 more young people have benefitted from a TSYT voyage, bringing the running total for this year to 433! In this month’s e-newsletter, you can […]
Women in Boatbuilding Mentoring Programme
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 26, 2023 at 3:56 pm by Office Admin
The Shipwrights’ Company has received the following report from Belinda Joslin about the Women in Boatbuilding Mentoring Programme. “The Women in Boatbuilding Mentoring Programme, supported by the Shipwrights’ Company, is successfully up and running. Since the launch in March, we have advertised the programme, analysed and paired the mentor/mentee applications and 8 pairings are now […]
Shipwrights’ vs Ironmongers’ Golf Match 2023
Shipwrights News | Posted on June 20, 2023 at 9:56 pm by Office Admin
This years golf match against the Ironmongers was played at Denham Golf Club on Tuesday 20 June. The heavens had opened during a warm and sultry night and arrivals for the morning tee off times were somewhat delayed as a result of the weather and poor traffic. That’s life driving around London and the M25 […]
