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The IPWP
Official Launch for IPWP Programme at LISW17 |
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The IPWP programme will be officially launched as part of LISW17 with a business breakfast presentation held on Wednesday 13th September 2017 in the prestigious maritime venue Trinity House. Each member of the IPWP Executive Committee, which has representatives from Governments, Shipowners, Unions, Port Owners/Authorities and Voluntary Organisations will have their own table and invite their own guests. The launch will be followed by 'The Seafarers' Welfare Debate' with a panel from the LISW17 sponsored maritime charities…..details to follow. |
Veterans Charity Ball
A Veterans Charity Ball will be held on Friday16th June at the Holiday Inn Plymouth. With current serving servicemen and many veterans in Plymouth being one big Family, hopefully we can make this Charity Ball a huge success. £80 deposit will secure your table of 8 and a special offer price of £35 pp for serving or ex serving personnel .
All welcome and local business support welcome through ticket sales, donations or raffle prizes.Great night in store with fantastic local acts. Get Your Tickets Now.
Plymouth Branch Burns Lunch
A snippet of another fun fundraising event that was hosted by Chris & John Rankin.
Burns night lunch at Riverview whilst raising funds for Plymouth branch. Thank you to all those who attended, the fabulous toasts from Gordon Walker and Wendy Hawkins and to Sandra Walker who entertained us with many of her favourite "dits".
Thanks also to everyone for their help in putting our house back in order
Watch Ashore National AGM
The National AGM will take place in Hull on 12th and 13th May. It would be lovely to see as many of you as possible, we have managed to secure a really good deal from the hotel and details have already been circulated. We shall be staying at the Willerby Manor Hotel which is just outside of Hull. It is a Best Western Hotel and has nice gardens and an indoor pool which is available for guests to use. There are some good pictures on line so just type in name of the hotel and take a tour. Hope to see you there.
72nd Annual Scottish Service For Seafarers
One of the highlights of our Scottish Branch year is attending the Sailors' Society Annual Scottish Service for Seafarers, which is held in South Leith Parish Church. We have been attending this service for many years and are also proud to be one of the official Wreath Layers taking part in the Wreath Laying Ceremony at The Merchant Navy Memorial. Over the years it has been lovely to see the number of participants increase and this year we had 20 Organisations taking part in the ceremony at the Memorial on Leith Shore.