We are delighted to announce that The Worshipful Company of Mercers is throwing it’s support behind the work of the Boleh Trust.
 
Sponsorship from the Mercers’ Company’s will help towards the next phase of Boleh’s restoration programme. The Trust is very grateful for the Mercers’ grant, which will support apprentices as they begin the work of installing Boleh’s internal cabin structure.

Click on the image below to see our Autumn 2009 Newsletter:

Autumn09

Following the demise of the Meridian Sailing and Training Trust (MS&TT), we have now set up our own Charity, the Boleh Trust. The aims of the Trust are to offer practical experience in traditional shipwright skills to apprentices and young people, to provide sail training vessels for disadvantaged young people and to restore and maintain traditional vessels. HM Revenue and Customs have recognised the Trust and donations made out to the Boleh Trust will therefore attract Gift Aid. See more details of the Trust on our new web page here.

Project Boleh has received another vote of confidence.  The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Fund has made a generous grant from their Grassroots Fund to help with the considerable costs of setting up and running our apprentice facility.  We are very grateful for this assistance and hope it will enable us to expand the role of local apprentices in the restoration of Boleh.

We are proud to announce that Hampshire County Council has designated Project Boleh as a Host Centre for Industrial, Maritime, Aviation, Transport and Technology (IMATT) training. This reflects the Project’s quality of training and supervision and the high level of craftsmanship involved. Apprentices can now work on Boleh with the help of Industrial Heritage Bursaries supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. We are very grateful to Hampshire County Council for this timely assistance.

We’re delighted to announce a generous grant from National Historic Ships. The funds will go towards the costs of restoring Boleh and, in particular, will be used to support our apprentices. Thank you National Historic Ships.  Making the award Martin Heighton, Director National Historic Ships commented: ” We are impressed by the progress you have made and excited by the potential.  This is just the kind of project we see as being pivotal to the emerging National Ship Preservation network … ”

Have a look at some of the boards Robin used during his lecture series following his safe arrival in Salcombe in 1950, now uploaded to Boleh’s History pages, here.

We’re very pleased to announce that Boleh has been identified as meriting inclusion in the National Register of Historic Vessels of the United Kingdom.

Details can be found on www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk

We’re really pleased with the article that was published today - take a look.