News from MSSC

John Morris, Trust Officer, at MSSC has written with a breakdown of how the Sea Cadets allocated the donation received from the Shipwrights’ Company – Sea Cadets

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News from Stirling and Son, beneficiaries of a Shipwrights’ Billmeir Award

The following good news story from Stirling and Son in Devonport, Plymouth, a previous beneficiary of a Billmeir Award, has been forwarded by the Chairman of the SA Scheme, James Grazebrook. I am pleased to tell you both that when I started building the first boat, the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights very kindly granted me […]

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The Annual Shipwrights Lectures Again Attracts Increased Numbers

In 2016 the attendance was close to maximum at Turner Sims Concert Hall so this year the Lectures moved to the Nuffield Southampton Theatre, again on the University of Southampton campus. The number of apprentices and students attending the Lectures again increased and, the audience, together with their managers, numbered just under 400. The theme […]

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Shipwrights’ Lectures – Speaker Announced

We are delighted to announce that Manley Hopkinson FRGS is to speak at the Annual Shipwrights Lecture on 10 January. Manley is a renowned adventurer, business leader, inspirational speaker and leadership catalyst. His consultancy, ‘Manley Inspiration’ is highly regarded and works with high performing teams, organisations, business, government and civil institutions globally and makes a […]

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Shipwrights’ Lectures – Panel Announced

The next Shipwrights’ Lectures will be at 14.00 on 10 January 2018 at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. The lectures are aimed at inspiring apprentices and young people involved in the industry and will show how cutting-edge technology is adopted to deliver world beating performance.Following the 35th America’s Cup held in Bermuda this summer, which exhibited the […]

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Shipwrights’ Lectures 2018 – America’s Cup Innovation

The next Shipwrights’ Lectures will be at 14.30 on January 10th 2018  at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. The lectures are aimed at inspiring apprentices and young people involved in the industry and will show how cutting edge technology is adopted to deliver world beating performance. Following the 35th America’s Cup held in Bermuda this summer, which exhibited […]

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Update from TS Rigging Apprentice Jasmin Klimcke

TS Rigging were supported by the Shipwrights Apprenticeship Scheme to employ their first apprentice, Jasmin Klimcke, during her first year of employment and training in 2015-2016 through the newly opened up route to training at the Pioneer Sailing Trust. Jasmin’s work and training are going from strength to strength as she describes below. “I have […]

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SA Scheme Apprentice Cove Eddy’s Erasmus Exchange.

Falmouth Harbour Marine Services are a family run marine engineering business covering much of the South West of Cornwall. It was a logical choice for the company to train and employ son, Cove, into the business. Initially, however, they did not realise the potential of achieving this through an apprenticeship and Cove was studying full […]

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Sirius Marine Services benefiting from Shipwrights’ Apprenticeship Scheme Loan!

In 2014-2015 Sirius Marine Services received grant funding for their first apprentice and are now using the Shipwrights’ Apprenticeship Scheme loan facility to support their second apprentice, Tom Wills, through his first year of training and employment. The loan helps small businesses manage the cash flow impact of a first year apprentice by offsetting the […]

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