Talbot Village Trust has supported the Maritime Volunteer Service in Poole with a £20,000 grant to purchase and update its RIB and teaching equipment.
The Maritime Volunteer Service is a national maritime training charity, dedicated to educating and training people aged 17 and above, to develop their boating skills. The local Poole service teaches its members new skills and qualifications, which are endorsed by the Royal Yachting Association.
Members of the charity hold weekly training sessions across five classrooms which are based in the Port of Poole. Each class can take up to 20 people and the sessions cover a range of topics such as first aid and RYA Radar training. The Trust’s funding enabled the classrooms to be upgraded to enhance the service’s education and safety offering.
Nigel Barrow, head of the Maritime Volunteer Service Poole unit, said: “We are so thankful to Talbot Village Trust for providing us with the funds needed to enable more people to join our training courses and allow us to update our RIB and equipment. Since we began 24 years ago, this donation has by far been our pivotal moment. It has allowed us to take a step forward in many different ways and we now have the right tools to assist and support more people through our service.”
Russell Lucas-Rowe, Trustee of Talbot Village Trust, added: “As a charitable trust we were happy to supply the Maritime Volunteer Service in Poole with the funding needed to grow their training courses for the future and improve the boats the charity uses. The service reaches a wide range of people from all walks of life, some of which have never been on the water or had any experience with boats. We have heard how the courses introduce people to a new hobby and they also make new friends.”
Talbot Village Trust meets biannually, and will be accepting applications for funding from both previous and new applicants in the area before the Trustees meet in the autumn of this year. Please go to www.talbotvillagetrust.orgfor more information.