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The Boleh Trust’s success in securing funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund is reported by the Portsmouth News, who welcomed the apprentice positions being created for youngsters in the area. Click here to see the News article.

We are absolutely delighted to report that our Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid has been successful. Tthe Boleh Trust has received initial HLF support  for our project to involve local young people in restoring Boleh. The HLF  first round pass provides development funding of £55,800 so that we can apply for a full grant of just [...]

We are very grateful to Michael Garlick who has very generously donated his prize money for his winning picture of ‘Maybird’,  in the 2011 National Historic Ships Photographic competition, to the Trust. We aim to buy a specific item to mark this welcome gift.  Michael chose the Trust because, like Boleh’s designer and builder Robin [...]

Once again we are grateful  to the Payne-Gallwey Trust for a further generous donation to Boleh. We have also received a welcome anonymous donation which has arrived just in time to provide matching funding for our bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Trust has decided to ‘go for gold’ and apply for a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The current economic climate means that, despite all the kindness and generosity of our many supporters, the Trustees have concluded that donations are unlikely to keep pace with the demands of Boleh’s restoration. A comprehensive bid [...]

When Boleh left Singapore for England in 1950 she carried a clinker built ‘pram’ dinghy lashed to the foredeck as her tender.  That dinghy has long since disappeared but, thanks to local yachtsman, James Stock, a similar traditionally built 1950’s ‘pram’ now sits in the Boleh workshops.  James has very generously given ‘Dawn’  (something of [...]

Thank you to all those who have kindly given to the Boleh Trust with a click of a mouse though online giving at Virgin Money Giving.

We have been fortunate to receive three generous donations to the Boleh Trust over the past few months: firstly, from the Payne-Gallwey Trust whose main funding objective is to support adventurous activities; secondly, from the Coral Samuel Charitable Trust in recognition of our educational support to young people; and lastly, from one of the UK’s [...]

It is a pleasure to announce that Boleh has a new Project Shipwright. Brian Taylor,who has his own successful restoration to his credit, the Boston smack ‘Rhoda Gostelow’, has joined the Boleh team. Brian lives in Emsworth and is looking forward to developing the Project and overseeing the work of our local apprentices.