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All At SeA DECEMBER 2011
NEWS DeCeMBeR 2011
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THE Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded just over £1.4m to the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to create new exhibitions on the Navy in the 20th and 21st Centuries. The grant will help tell the story of the Royal Navy since 1900, a largely untold part of our maritime heritage. The 18th century Storehouse 10, built in 1776, is one of the finest Georgian storehouses in the UK and will be completely restored providing new exhibition spaces for the museum’s vast collections. Storehouse 10 will be connected to Storehouse 11 enabling the museum to show four centuries of naval history properly for the first time. State-of-the-art interactive displays and exhibitions will help bring the collections alive.
Stuart McLeod, Head of HLF for the South East, said: “This project has the potential to entertain, intrigue and delight. It will not only help to bring our impressive maritime heritage alive but boost tourism too.” Dr Dominic Tweddle, Director-General of the NMRN, said: “Despite the remarkable achievements of the men and women of the Senior Service over the past 100 years, there is no single exhibition in this country that tells their story. “We are determined to have the new exhibitions opened by 2014, the centenary of the start of World War I, so the Museum can be at the centre of marking the Navy’s vital role. “By the time these galleries open NMRN will have invested £11.1m in the Portsmouth area, with more to come”
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Over the next few years, as well as the development of the NMRN, there will be a new Mary Rose Museum that is due to open in late 2012.
UKSA wins Royal approval
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YOUTH maritime charity UKSA has been awarded Approved Activity Provider status by the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The charity will deliver practice and qualifying expeditions in sailing and kayaking for the Bronze and Silver Award schemes. UKSA also has the required facilities to deliver Gold Residential programmes. The awards programme is designed to give young people, aged 14 - 25 years, the chance to develop
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skills for work and life. The scheme encourages commitment and determination, fosters a spirit of adventure and develops the ability to work collegiately with others. The award is recognised by many employers and further educational establishments. UKSA’s Youth Development Co-ordinator Lee Jones said: “Our AAP status means that UKSA can now use its expertise to help even more young people unlock their potential .”
BRItISH sailor Ian Williams was crowned the new ISAF Match Racing World Champion after defeating Italian Francesco Bruni in a tense quarter-final of the Monsoon Cup, the final event on the World Match Racing tour. It is the second consecutive year that a British skipper has won the title after Ben Ainslie took the crown in 2010. Williams, who won the Championship in 2007 and 2008, now joins Russell Coutts, Chris
UKSA has created a large fleet, a waterside campus and first class teaching expertise to challenge young people and give them the confidence to thrive and succeed in modern society as future leaders. The charity also launched Change Direction, a Job Centre funded training programme for young, unemployed Islanders to address and remove barriers to employment. www.uksa.org
Dickson, Peter Gilmour and ed Baird as only the fifth skipper to win the World Championship at least three times. Speaking after his victory, Williams paid tribute to his team GAC Pindar crew of Bill Hardesty, Mal Parker, Gerry Mitchell and Matt Cassidy: “It feels fantastic to have won our third world title! We felt really strong as a team. they are fantastic and we can’t manage without any one member.”