Thanks from Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust (FACT)
Shipwrights News | Posted on January 24, 2022 at 4:11 pm by Office Admin
In February 2020 the Education and Charity Committee awarded the Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust (FACT) £750 for support towards TRINITY3, a £1.5m project to increase accommodation on their ex light-ship by 33% and improve existing facilities used to work with children from deprived areas of London. FACT had previously been awarded £1,000 in June 2018. […]
News from the QE2 Activity Centre on the River Hamble
Shipwrights News | Posted on January 19, 2022 at 9:07 am by Office Admin
The Company has received the following news and thanks from the QE2 Activity Centre: During 2021 the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights generously agreed to grant £1,500 towards the purchase of a wheelchair accessible motorboat for QE2 Activity Centre. Due to lockdowns and supply chain issues the boat was delivered quite a lot later than intended, […]
Shipwrights Apprenticeship Scheme Manager and Scheme Chairman visit City College Southampton.
Apprenticeship Scheme | Shipwrights News | Posted on January 18, 2022 at 3:15 pm by Office Admin
The Shipwrights’ Apprenticeship Scheme manager and the Scheme Chairman, Mr. Alan Cartwright, recently enjoyed a very valuable visit to the marine skills training centre of City College Southampton, based at Woolston. They were kindly given the comprehensive tour by lecturers Paul Stevens and Matt Yarwood. There are two apprentices at the Woolston marine skills centre […]
Apprentice Charlie Moore proudly shows off his new Worshipful Company of Shipwrights overalls!
Apprenticeship Scheme | Shipwrights News | Posted on at 2:15 pm by Office Admin
Charlie Moore, Marine Engineering apprentice at Blackwater Marina in Essex, proudly wears his new Shipwrights Company embossed overalls. Charlie is our current Baltic Exchange Charitable Foundation funded apprentice, and is an outstanding marine engineer in the making!
Queen’s Silver Medal Awards Ceremony.
Apprenticeship Scheme | Company | Shipwrights News | Posted on January 14, 2022 at 1:54 pm by Office Admin
Last night the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights presented the four prize winners from The Queen’s Silver Medal Competition 2021 with their awards at a Court Meeting in Ironmongers’ Hall. The prize winners were: The Queen’s Silver Medal & £1,500 – Cameron Rogers of Babcock International Group, Plymouth The Shipwrights’ Bronze Medal & £1,000 – James Atkinson of BAE Systems, […]
City of London Sea Cadets Annual Report 2021
Shipwrights News | Posted on January 5, 2022 at 3:20 pm by Office Admin
The Shipwrights’ Company has a close affiliation with the City of London Sea Cadets who are based in HMS BELFAST and have sent their Annual Report which can be found here. The Shipwrights’ Company makes an annual grant to the City of London detachment and invites them to provide a Guard of Honour at the […]
Thank you from the AHOY Centre Charity
Shipwrights News | Posted on December 29, 2021 at 11:16 am by Office Admin
The following letter of thanks to the Shipwrights’ Company has been received from the AHOY Centre Charity. As we approach the year end, I wanted to share our gratitude once more for your support. 2021 continued to share some of the same hurdles we navigated during the previous year – but through our learning and […]
Updates from around the Country
Shipwrights News | Posted on December 22, 2021 at 11:53 am by Office Admin
The Shipwrights’ Company has received the following updates from organisations and charities that it has supported recently and is delighted to see how the funding it has awarded has been put to such good use. Click on the names below to read their reports. Fulham Reach Boat Club Portsmouth Sail Training Trust Roseland Youth Sailing […]
Medusa Christmas 2021 Newsletter
Shipwrights News | Posted on December 21, 2021 at 11:46 am by Office Admin
Liveryman Alan Watson OBE has sent a copy of the Medusa Christmas 2021 Newsletter which is attached here.
