On Friday 30th June we will be holding a free open event to the public to come along and meet the volunteering team, explore the steamship and learn about the volunteering opportunities currently available on (and off) board! The ship will be open to visit from 3.30-5.30pm and is open to all ages and backgrounds. […]
You may have seen on our social media that we have been celebrating Volunteers Week (1st-7th June 2023). This is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering in their communities. As a charity, our volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, they are essential to […]
We have had a great start to the season with three events so far: our free National Lottery Open Day (Sunday 26th March), our Sea Shanty and Pasties event (1st April) and our first ‘official’ Freshspring open day to the season on Easter bank holiday Sunday (9th April), where we had plenty of Easter themed […]
We are still smiling ear to ear with the fantastic news: The National Lottery Heritage Fund have awarded us a grant of just over £141,000 to support a project spanning two open seasons (running just over 18 months)! This grant is hard won, so the team here at Freshspring have been thrilled to say the […]
What a fantastic night of melodic, foot stomping sea shanties! Thank you to everyone who turned out for our ‘Sea Shanty and Pasties’ Event with the wonderfully talented band, The Pluckateers. We sold out in record time and found ourselves sadly having to turn sales away; we even had people turning up at the boss’ […]