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Read up on our news and events and see what Boleh has been up to!

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Portsmouth welcome for HLF award

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.…
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14th December 2011
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HLF sets Boleh on course

The HLF first round pass provides development funding of £55,800 so that we can apply for a full grant of just over £440,000. This exciting news is the first step…
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12th December 2011
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Maybird helps Boleh

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…
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18th November 2011
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Timely and unexpected

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…
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15th October 2011
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Going for Gold

The Trust has decided to ‘go for gold’ and apply for a substantial grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The current economic climate means that, despite all the kindness…
O2C Admin
4th September 2011
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Online donations

Thank you to all those who have kindly given to the Boleh Trust with a click of a mouse though online giving at Virgin Money Giving (http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1002372)
O2C Admin
25th July 2011
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More Support for Boleh

We have been fortunate to receive three generous donations to the Boleh Trust over the past few months: firstly, from the Payne-Gallwey Trust whose main funding objective is to support…
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16th June 2011
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A new hand on the tiller

It is a pleasure to announce that Boleh has a new Project Shipwright. Brian Taylor, who has his own successful restoration to his credit, the Boston smack ‘Rhoda Gostelow’, has…
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20th April 2011
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Gift from Boleh veteran

Whilst in Boston, USA, Henry Middleton (Trustee) met Grahame Ledson who skippered Boleh from 1963 for 5 years when she was used by the Junior Leaders Regiment of the Royal…
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30th March 2011
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A great start for 2011

We are very pleased to report that the Boleh Trust has started the New Year with generous donations from The Radcliffe Trust and the Support Services and Training Company, Babcock…
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24th January 2011