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Donate to the Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
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The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
Sort Code: 60-07-47
Account number: 67098614.
The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust is a unique organisation in the UK, established to uphold the skills and traditions of this heritage boatyard, care for the historic fleet, and encourage youth sailing through a bursary fund. The yachts under the care of the Trust are the only Broads hire fleet from the 1930’s that are still all together and still based in their original sheds.
Since 1996, thousands of young people have had the opportunity to sail for the first time due to the Trust and, in doing so, develop greater self-confidence and a new perspective on the world. In 2023 and 2024 alone, over one thousand primary school children and teenagers sailed with the Trust, many of them from marginalised communities in Norfolk. The skills of teamwork, discipline, and tolerance that young people develop through mastering the challenges of sailing are important life skills.
We rely on donations to enable us to keep taking young people sailing and to ensure that our yachts are maintained to the high standards required. There are a number of ways in which you can help, either through a one-off donation, through a recurring donation or through a legacy.
Our charitable aims include:
- Introduce children to the history of the Broads, its wildlife and environment.
- Enhance sailing opportunities for young people in the area & broaden the sailing community.
- Work to promote the Broads environment, heritage and sailing.
- Maintain & preserve the last traditional sailing fleet on the Norfolk Broads.
- Protect & encourage the skills used in traditional wooden yacht maintenance.
Create a Legacy
If you feel that you would like to include the Norfolk Fleet Heritage Trust in your will, but would like further information, or to discuss it, please use the contact button below.
We can also assist by providing the necessary forms or they can be downloaded using the buttons below.
To ensure that both you ad the Trust ultimately benefit from your kind gift in the most tax-efficient way, you, or your solicitor will need the following information.
Registered charity name: Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust
Registered office: Horsefen Road, Ludham, Norfolk, NR295QG
Registered Charity number: 1052303
A Gift to the Norfolk Fleet Heritage Trust in your Will means that you will help future generations experience and enjoy this unique fleet of wooden boats.
When the Charitable Trust was formed in 1996, it undertook to keep this iconic fleet of traditional Norfolk Broads cabin yachts intact and operating from its original home at Ludham. To do this, it is necessary to employ people with the specialist boat-building skills. Our aim of establishing an apprenticeship scheme will ensure those skills can be carried forward.
Those of us who care about the preservation of this 1930’s fleet have the opportunity to help give a promise to future generations for their experience and enjoyment.
Please consider including a Gift to the Norfolk Fleet Heritage Trust in your Will. We understand that a decision like this requires careful consideration, and that your generous gesture will directly help preserve the things we love and ensure that they will be there for the future, as well as conserving part of the rich history of The Norfolk Broads.
You can be assured that your Legacy will be greatly appreciated and used responsibly to help fulfil the Aims and Objectives of the Trust.
Small or large, your Gift WILL make a difference.
Thank you
