On Sunday 25 March the Boleh workshop at Eastney Beam Engine House, Portsmouth was buzzing with activity as local families and other visitors made the most of the opportunity to see Boleh and find out more about our plans for her restoration. As well as learning from the new sails (information panels), boards and banners, visitors were able [...]

Come and see Boleh in her workshop at the Old Pumping Station, 199 Henderson Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, PO4 9JF, click here for map. Learn her history and find out about her restoration. The Eastney Beam Engine will also be running and open to visitors, see here for details about the Beam Engine.

A letter in Classic Boat asking for information on Boleh’s whereabouts finally resulted in her acquisition by the Boleh Trust and her eventual arrival in Portsmouth for restoration. Now she finds herself in the pages of Classic Boat once again. Click here to see the article in the Yard News section of the March edition.

On Thursday 9 February 2012 the Portsmouth News ran a feature on Boleh and the opportunities the Heritage Lottery Fund will give to local apprentices. See here for full article.

We’re delighted to announce that we have formed a project team to work with the Trustees and shipwright Brian Taylor, to help secure the next round of Heritage Lottery Funding. Our team is: Paragon Skills for Industy: www.paragonskills.co.uk Westbrook  Marine Projects: www.westbrookmarine.co.uk University of Southampton: www.soton.ac.uk Cultural Consulting Network: www.culturalconsulting.net Our submission to the Heritage Lottery Fund is due [...]

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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.