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’ […]
Help support the SS Freshspring Trust achieve its ambitious new goals! The SS Freshspring Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Trust Administrator to support them as they embark on an ambitious Heritage Lottery funded programme of work. If you’re an experienced energetic administrator needing a little extra work, or someone not quite ready to fully retire, […]
A National Lottery Heritage Fund grant is hard won so we were especially thrilled to learn we have been successful with a recent bid for £141,000 and to be interviewed by Laura James on The Voice radio on Monday 13th March. The funding will support a project that spans 18 months and will see us […]
Last night we celebrated a fantastic milestone achievement as we won the ‘Marsh Group Volunteer Award’ at National Historic Ships UK 2022 Awards! The awards encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with static and operational historic vessels through photography, volunteering, conservation, online activities and skills-based training. Freshspring’s chairman, John Puddy, was thrilled […]
Today is World Mental Health Awareness day. Many mental health charities including Samaritans and Mind are promoting this with helpful YouTube videos www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/world-mental-health-day/ World Mental Health Day – MindAbout us. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.www.mind.org.uk SS Freshspring is also playing its part – staging the performance […]
Every Brilliant Thing – a play by Duncan MacMillan The money raised from the rescheduled event will, as originally intended, be donated to The Samaritans (North Devon and North Cornwall branch) as well as SS Freshspring Trust. We know that this news will affect people in different ways so, as always, The Samaritans will be there for […]
It is not everyday that SS Freshspring makes it to the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London! Painted by local, North Devon artist, Pete Newell, this (acrylic) painting shows Freshspring in Harland and Wolff’s dry dock (Appledore), where she underwent a survey during May 2021. We are pleased to […]
BBC Spotlight was filmed onboard Freshspring on Wednesday August 10th.
At the end of July, we welcomed a group of cubs, scouts and their leaders, who were on a camping trip to Somerset from Staffordshire. The group spent a couple of hours onboard learning to send messages using Morse equipment, led by our very own Morse expert, Mike. They were also each able to make […]