Our supporters

We are lucky to receive support in various forms from a number of organisations, and we are very happy to acknowledge them here. If you think your organisation could support us, please contact us.

Heritage Lottery Fund

The primary funder of our restoration project for the base and the wherries themselves, the HLF supports our aims of sharing Hathor, Olive and Norada with the public, and providing education about their role in the history and cultural heritage of the Broads. The total amount awarded is £640,000, but must be match-funded - every £10 that we receive in donations and spend on the project allows us to unlock a further £5 from the HLF award.

Rural Development Programme for England

We have been awarded £57,000 by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) towards Olive's restoration, under the general aim of improving sustainable tourism in the area. This money is given on the basis of expenses incurred, and so we are still fundraising towards the first set of expenditure! The RDPE is European funding and is administered by Defra under the Norfolk Coast and Broads LEADER Programme.

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas

Geoffrey Watling Charity

We have received generous support from the Geoffrey Watling charity, in particular towards the replacement slipway, essential for the significant restoration work on the wherries, and also to progress Norada's restoration in order to develop our educational programme.

Broads Authority Sustainable Development Fund

We are also delighted to have been successful in an application to the Broads Authority Sustainable Development Fund which has granted us more than £3200 to buy an electric engine for Norada. This will enable us to continue our commitment to clean and quiet sailing when Norada is relaunched.

Charles Hayward Foundation

A grant of £3500 from the Charles Hayward Foundation has been received towards the restoration of Olive.

The Mercers' Company

A grant of £1000 from The Mercers' Company is being put towards the purchase of an electric engine for Olive.

Other grants received

Grants have also been received from National Historic Ships, the Town Close Charity (no website), the Lady Hind Trust (no website), and tha Paul Bassham Charitable Trust (no website). In particular, the Town Close Charity has supported our employment of a wherry apprentice so that we can ensure that traditional skills essential to our restoration work are not lost. The grant from Paul Bassham Charitable Trust was £10,000 towards the wherry base rebuilding project.

Woodforde's Norfolk Ales

Renowned Norfolk brewers Woodforde's produce the multi-award winning Wherry bitter at their Woodbastwick brewery, and generously support our own wherries in various ways including printing our quarterly Friends newsletter. We are very grateful for their continued assistance and look forward to working with them further in the future.

BAM Nuttall

Civil engineering firm BAM Nuttall donated some steel piles, which have been used to support the new slipway and allow it to safely take the weight of our wherries.

Hotbrand

Kevin Jones of Hotbrand, Reepham, has kindly assisted us with design work for our leaflets and display boards. Leaflet printing has been provided by Roger Newman of Century Printing, Stalham (no website).

Cotswold Outdoor

Cotswold Outdoor in Norwich not only have one of our collecting boxes and some leaflets, but they also offer our Friends a 10% discount on merchandise, and we look forward to working with them on other support and fundraising opportunities.

Waitrose

In February 2011, WYCCT received £166 through Waitrose's Community Matters scheme at their branch in Eaton, on the southern side of Norwich.

Wherry Lines

In 2009 the Wherry Lines Comunity Rail Partnership offered us the chance to have our very own beer - Hathor Bitter was brewed by Blackfriars' Brewery of Great Yarmouth as a limited edition bottled real ale, launched at the Great Yarmouth Beer Festival in May and made available in selected pubs as well as to our Friends. It was a great awareness raiser - and not a bad pint either... cheers!

A number of Broadland pubs and other businesses have a collection box on our behalf - see our map below or click to view it full-screen.