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“Jubilant” will be in The Great River Race again, an important date for fundraising in support of the Trust’s work. The date is 8th September. She will also be making regular weekly evening and daytime outings with a rapidly filling diary of bookings by youth groups, special needs schools and training sessions for adults.

In 2017 The Trust continued to provide a safe and exciting introduction to boating on the Thames assisted by the 14th Richmond Sea Scouts Boating Centre. Jubilant is a fine craft for outings for the most junior or inexperienced rowers, and her accommodation of broad thwarts and walkway down the centre of the boat from…

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our founding Chairman, Maldwin Drummond DL OBE. He was a tower of strength to so many activities, mainly to do with the sea and his home country of the New Forest. His abiding interest in the well-being of young people was a driving force…

Jubilant has had a busy summer with events for Sutton District, Hampton Court and the Beaver Scouts/Cubs. Sutton District scouts and guides hosted an international event PAGGS, which is scouting twin towns across Europe. The camp was being held at Heyswood Campsite between 26th July and 4th August and had a Tudor theme. On Thursday…

Jubilant was recently engaged by ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” programme to perform a very important role involving high security. This was a welcome opportunity to recharge the coffers after an expensive complete refit in the winter to pass an out of water inspection for our Port of London Authority licence to operate. The job was to…

Jubilant was invited to appear in the Magna Carta River Relay a celebration of the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta. Her task was to convey a number of elected citizens from the three sponsoring boroughs, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Runnymede and Spelthorne as Charter Bearers. They were responsible for…